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Nouns (1)

n. used as a noun in the phrase "without fail" which means "definitely" or "with certainty"

Verbs (44)

v. exercise, or have the power of, memory; "After the shelling, many people lost the ability to remember"; "some remember better than others"

remember

v. mention favourably, as in prayer; "remember me in your prayers"

remember, think of

v. keep in mind for attention or consideration; "Remember the Alamo"; "Remember to call your mother every day!"; "Think of the starving children in India!"

remember, think back

v. recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

remember, commemorate

v. call to remembrance; keep alive the memory of someone or something, as in a ceremony; "We remembered the 50th anniversary of the liberation of Auschwitz"; "Remember the dead of the First World War"

fail, forget

v. forget to do something; "Don't forget to call the chairman of the board to the meeting!"

remember, commend

v. mention as by way of greeting or to indicate friendship; "Remember me to your wife"

fail, betray

v. disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake; "His sense of smell failed him this time"; "His strength finally failed him"; "His children failed him in the crisis"

reward, remember

v. show appreciation to; "He remembered her in his will"

fail, judge unacceptable

v. judge unacceptable; "The teacher failed six students"

fail, neglect

v. fail to do something; leave something undone; "She failed to notice that her child was no longer in his crib"; "The secretary failed to call the customer and the company lost the account"

fail, bomb, flunk, flush it

v. fail to get a passing grade; "She studied hard but failed nevertheless"; "Did I fail the test?"

fail, miscarry, go wrong

v. be unsuccessful; "Where do today's public schools fail?"; "The attempt to rescue the hostages failed miserably"

break, fail, go, die, give, break down, conk out, give out, give way

v. stop operating or functioning; "The engine finally went"; "The car died on the road"; "The bus we travelled in broke down on the way to town"; "The coffee maker broke"; "The engine failed on the way to town"; "her eyesight went after the accident"

recall, think, know, remember, retrieve, recollect, remind, call back

v. recall knowledge from memory; have a recollection; "I can't remember saying any such thing"; "I can't think what her last name was"; "can you remember her phone number?"; "Do you remember that he once loved you?"; "call up memories"

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Adjectives (0)

Fuzzynyms (147)

dissatisfy, make unhappy

v. fail to satisfy

peter out, taper off, fizzle, fizzle out

v. end weakly; "The music just petered out--there was no proper ending"

flop, founder, fall through, fall flat

v. fail utterly; collapse; "The project foundered"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

falter, stammer, stutter

v. speak haltingly; "The speaker faltered when he saw his opponent enter the room"

stumble, falter, bumble

v. walk unsteadily; "The drunk man stumbled about"

flounder, flounder around

v. behave awkwardly; have difficulties; "She is floundering in college"

stagger, flounder

v. walk with great difficulty; "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

misfire, fail to detonate, fail to fire

v. fail to fire or detonate; "The guns misfired"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

waste, waste away, diminish

v. become diminished

taper

v. diminish gradually; "Interested tapered off"

shrink, shrivel, wither, shrivel up

v. wither, as with a loss of moisture; "The fruit dried and shriveled"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

degenerate, deteriorate, fall apart

v. become worse or disintegrate; "His mind deteriorated"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

block, stop, halt, kibosh, put the kibosh on

v. stop from happening or developing; "Block his election"; "Halt the process"

decline, go down

v. go down; "The roof declines here"

bend, flex

v. form a curve; "The stick does not bend"

fold, turn up, fold up

v. bend or lay so that one part covers the other; "fold up the newspaper"; "turn up your collar"

crash, fall violently

v. fall or come down violently; "The branch crashed down on my car"; "The plane crashed in the sea"

crash, break up, break apart

v. break violently or noisily; smash;

tumble, collapse, break down, crumble, crumple

v. fall apart; "the building crumbled after the explosion"; "Negotiations broke down"

fall, come down, go down, descend

v. move downward and lower, but not necessarily all the way; "The temperature is going down"; "The barometer is falling"; "The curtain fell on the diva"; "Her hand went up and then fell again"

fall, decrease, diminish, lessen

v. decrease in size, extent, or range; "The amount of homework decreased towards the end of the semester"; "The cabin pressure fell dramatically"; "her weight fall to under a hundred pounds"; "his voice fell to a whisper"

fall

v. pass suddenly and passively into a state of body or mind; "fall into a trap"; "She fell ill"; "They fell out of favor"; "Fall in love"; "fall asleep"; "fall prey to an imposter"; "fall into a strange way of thinking"; "she fell to pieces after she lost her work"

pry, jimmy, lever, prise

v. to move or force, especially in an effort to get something open; "The burglar jimmied the lock", "Raccoons managed to pry the lid off the garbage pail"

break

v. crack; of the male voice in puberty; "his voice is breaking--he should no longer sing in the choir"

break, interrupt, end prematurely

v. terminate; "She interrupted her pregnancy"; "break a lucky streak"; "break the cycle of poverty"

break, break in

v. make submissive, obedient, or useful; "The horse was tough to break"; "I broke in the new intern"

break, damp, dampen, weaken, soften

v. lessen in force or effect; "soften a shock"; "break a fall"

decline, worsen, grow worse, get worse

v. grow worse; "Conditions in the slum worsened"

drop, degenerate, deteriorate

v. grow worse; "Her condition deteriorated"; "Conditions in the slums degenerated"; "The discussion devolved into a shouting match"

dwindle, dwindle away, dwindle down, lose substance

v. become smaller or lose substance; "Her savings dwindled down"

waste, languish, waste away, pine away

v. lose vigor, health, or flesh, as through grief; "After her husband died, she just pined away"

fade, languish

v. become feeble; "The prisoner has be languishing for years in the dungeon"

drop, sink, drop down

v. fall or drop to a lower place or level; "He sank to his knees"

weaken, make weak, make weaker

v. lessen the strength of; "The fever weakened his body"

sink, slump, slide down

v. fall or sink heavily; "He slumped onto the couch"; "My spirits sank"

decline, wane, go down, grow smaller

v. grow smaller; "Interest in the project waned"

fade, wither, lose vigor, lose vitality, loose freshness

v. lose freshness, vigor, or vitality; "Her bloom was fading"

wane

v. become smaller; "Interest in his novels waned"

wane, decrease in phase

v. of the moon

identify, consider same, consider equal

v. consider to be equal or the same; "He identified his brother as one of the fugitives"

know

v. be familiar or acquainted with a person or an object; "She doesn't know this composer"; "Do you know my sister?"; "We know this movie"; "I know him under a different name"; "This flower is known as a Peruvian Lily"

reminisce, recall the past

v. recall the past; "The grandparents sat there, reminiscing all afternoon"

return, recall, come back, hark back

v. go back to something earlier; "This harks back to a previous remark of his"

Synonyms (13)

think, cogitate, cerebrate

v. use or exercise the mind or one's power of reason in order to make inferences, decisions, or arrive at a solution or judgments; "I've been thinking all day and getting nowhere"

recall, think, know, remember, retrieve, recollect, remind, call back

remember, think back

v. recapture the past; indulge in memories; "he remembered how he used to pick flowers"

Antonyms (69)

forget, bury, dismiss from the mind, stop remembering, put out of mind

v. dismiss from the mind; stop remembering; "i tried to bury these unpleasant memories"

mind, be mindful of, bear in mind

v. keep in mind

pass, judge acceptable

v. accept or judge as acceptable; "The teacher passed the student although he was weak"

pass, nail, make it

v. go successfully through a test or a selection process; "She passed the new Jersey Bar Exam and can practice law now"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

come through, succeed

v. attain success or reach a desired goal; "The enterprise succeeded"; "We succeeded in getting tickets to the show"; "she struggled to overcome her handicap and won"

reach, pull off, accomplish, attain, achieve

v. to gain with effort; "she achieved her goal despite setbacks"

arrive, get in, make it, go far

v. succeed in a big way; get to the top; "After he published his book, he had arrived"; "I don't know whether I can make it in science!"; "You will go far, my boy!"

carry off, pull off, manage, bring off

v. be successful; achieve a goal; "She succeeded in persuading us all"; "I managed to carry the box upstairs"; "She pulled it off, even though we never thought her capable of it"; "The pianist negociated the difficult runs"

better, amend, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, make better

v. to make better; "The editor improved the manuscript with his changes"

delight, please, give joy

v. give pleasure to or be pleasing to; "These colors please the senses"; "a pleasing sensation"

perform

v. perform a function; "Who will perform the wedding?"

better, improve, ameliorate, meliorate, become better

v. get better; "The weather improved toward evening"

stay, rest, remain, continue

v. stay the same; remain in a certain state; "The dress remained wet after repeated attempts to dry it"; "rest assured"; "stay alone"; "He remained unmoved by her tears"; "The bad weather continued for another week"

finish, complete

v. come or bring to a finish or an end; "He finished the dishes"; "She completed the requirements for her Master's Degree"; "The fastest runner finished the race in just over 2 hours; others finished in over 4 hours"

gain, gain weight, get fatter, put on weight

v. increase (one's body weight); "She gained 20 pounds when she stopped exercising"

blank out, forget, draw a blank, fail to remember, be unable to remember

v. be unable to remember; "I'm drawing a blank"; "You are blocking the name of your first wife!"

mistake, confuse, misconstrue, confound, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, take amiss

v. interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"

fail to remember

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