Fail and Getting better

Opposite meaning terms

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Getting better is an antonym for fail.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

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Fail is an antonym for getting better in topics: recover, improve in health.

The show's been getting better about this: one episode of series 4 has the heroes fail to save a girl while managing to save two boys, although the heroes are upset about their failure, they don't dwell on it too much.

Source: Series / Primeval

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Getting better and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/getting_better

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