Fail and Select

Opposite meaning words

Fail verb - To stop functioning.

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Select is an antonym for fail.

Nearby Words: failure, failing, failed

Select verb - To decide to accept (someone or something) from a group of possibilities.

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Fail is an antonym for select in pick out topic.

attack	fail attack	select attack
part	fail part	select part
class	fail class	select class
way	fail way	select way
Other words: command, game, song, times, levels.

Dwarf Fortress has a myriad number of ways to fail (after all, Losing is Fun!) but there are a select few ways that you can Epicly Fail, like say accidentally starting your fortress over a volcanonote Actually, it appears to be some weird hybrid of a volcano and a bottomless pit.

Source: Epic Fail / Video Games
Death Is a Slap on the Wrist Failure Is the Only Option: If you select not to get instructions: "You will fail." Forced Tutorial: Averted, as you don't get a tutorial at all.

Source: Video Game / Loved
Star Ocean: Til the End of Time has 4D Mode, where it is most easily summed up by saying if you select this difficulty, Tri-Ace hates you and wants you to fail.

Source: Harder Than Hard

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Select and Fail. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/select

Fail & Select. N.p., 2016. Web. 21 Jul. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/select>.

Select or Fail. 2016. Accessed July 21, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/fail/select.

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