Failure and Record

Opposite meaning words

Failure noun - The nonperformance of an assigned or expected action.

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Record is an antonym for failure.

Nearby Words: fail, failing, failed

Record noun - A relating of events usually in the order in which they happened.

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Failure is an antonym for record in background topic.

Nearby Words: recorded, recording, recorder, recordist, recordable

notable	notable failure	notable record
similar	similar failure	similar record
complete	complete failure	complete record
single	single failure	single record
Other adjectives: actual, successful, massive, abysmal, great, horrible, personal, past, final, last, latest, greatest, previous.

You no longer face a withered Methuselah with a 1,300 year track record of failure, but instead, a competent woman with a gun pointed at your heads!

Source: Badass Boast / Web Comics
When judging sales, keep certain facts in mind for one, even a gold record can be considered a commercial failure if the previous record by the artist sold triple platinum.

Source: Horrible / Music
The failure of the album also took down Happy Mondays, who wouldn't record another album until 2007.

Source: Creator Killer / Music

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