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ACHIEVE Antonyms

There are 19 antonyms of the word achieve. (opposite meanings)
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Best Opposite Words For ACHIEVE

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abandon
verbv
noun

• the trait of lacking restraint or control; reckless freedom from inhibition or worry

• a feeling of extreme emotional intensity

verb

• forsake, leave behind

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• leave behind empty; move out of

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• leave someone who needs or counts on you; leave in the lurch

decline
verb, nounv, n
noun

• change toward something smaller or lower

• a condition inferior to an earlier condition; a gradual falling off from a better state; decline

• a gradual decrease; as of stored charge or current

• a downward slope or bend

verb

• grow worse

• not accept as true

• show unwillingness towards

• grow smaller

• go down

• fall in value

• inflect for number, gender, case, etc.

deteriorate
verbv
verb

• become worse or disintegrate

• grow progressively worse

disappoint
verbv
verb

• fail to meet the hopes or expectations of

fail
verb, nounv, n
verb

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• be unsuccessful

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• stop operating or functioning

• be unable

• judge unacceptable

• fail to get a passing grade

• fall short in what is expected

• become bankrupt or insolvent; fail financially and close

• prove insufficient

• deteriorate

forfeit
verb, nounv, n
noun

• something that is lost or surrendered as a penalty

• a penalty for a fault or mistake that involves losing or giving up something

• the act of losing or surrendering something as a penalty for a mistake or fault or failure to perform etc.

adjective satellite

• surrendered as a penalty

verb

• lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime

lose
verbv
verb

• fail to keep or to maintain; cease to have, either physically or in an abstract sense

• fail to win

• suffer the loss of a person through death or removal

• miss from one's possessions; lose sight of

• allow to go out of sight or mind

• fail to make money in a business; make a loss or fail to profit

• fail to get or obtain

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• withdraw, as from reality

• be set at a disadvantage

miss
verb, adverb, nounv, adv, n
noun

• a form of address for an unmarried woman

• a young female

• a failure to hit (or meet or find etc)

verb

• fail to perceive or to catch with the senses or the mind

• feel or suffer from the lack of

• fail to attend an event or activity

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to reach or get to

• be without

• fail to reach

• be absent

• fail to experience

neglect
verb, nounv, n
noun

• lack of attention and due care

• the state of something that has been unused and neglected

• willful lack of care and attention

• the trait of neglecting responsibilities and lacking concern

• failure to act with the prudence that a reasonable person would exercise under the same circumstances

verb

• leave undone or leave out

• fail to do something; leave something undone

• fail to attend to

• give little or no attention to

quit
verbv
verb

• put an end to a state or an activity

• give up or retire from a position

• go away or leave

• turn away from; give up

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

regress
verbv
noun

• the reasoning involved when you assume the conclusion is true and reason backward to the evidence

• returning to a former state

verb

• go back to a statistical means

• go back to a previous state

• get worse or fall back to a previous condition

• go back to bad behavior

stop
verb, nounv, n
noun

• the event of something ending

• the act of stopping something

• a brief stay in the course of a journey

• the state of inactivity following an interruption

• a spot where something halts or pauses

• a consonant produced by stopping the flow of air at some point and suddenly releasing it

• a punctuation mark (.) placed at the end of a declarative sentence to indicate a full stop or after abbreviations

• (music) a knob on an organ that is pulled to change the sound quality from the organ pipes

• a mechanical device in a camera that controls size of aperture of the lens

• a restraint that checks the motion of something

• an obstruction in a pipe or tube

verb

• come to a halt, stop moving

• put an end to a state or an activity

• stop from happening or developing

• interrupt a trip

• cause to end

• prevent completion

• hold back, as of a danger or an enemy; check the expansion or influence of

• seize on its way

• have an end, in a temporal, spatial, or quantitative sense; either spatial or metaphorical

• render unsuitable for passage

• stop and wait, as if awaiting further instructions or developments

stumble
verb, nounv, n
noun

• an unsteady uneven gait

• an unintentional but embarrassing blunder

verb

• walk unsteadily, tripping repeatedly

• miss a step and fall or nearly fall

• encounter by chance

• make an error

surrender
verb, nounv, n
noun

• acceptance of despair

• a verbal act of admitting defeat

• the delivery of a principal into lawful custody

• the act of surrendering (usually under agreed conditions)

verb

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• relinquish possession or control over

underperform
verb, adjectivev, adj
verb

• perform less well or with less success than expected

• perform too rarely

worsen
verbv
verb

• grow worse

• make worse

fall behind
verbv
verb

• retreat

• hang (back) or fall (behind) in movement, progress, development, etc.

fall short
verb

• fail to meet (expectations or standards)

give up
verbv
verb

• lose (something) or lose the right to (something) by some error, offense, or crime

• give up with the intent of never claiming again

• give up in the face of defeat of lacking hope; admit defeat

• put an end to a state or an activity

• give up what is not strictly needed

• part with a possession or right

• leave (a job, post, or position) voluntarily

• relinquish possession or control over

• give up or agree to forgo to the power or possession of another

• stop maintaining or insisting on; of ideas or claims

• allow the other (baseball) team to score

• stop consuming

Alternatives for ABANDON

Alternatives for DECLINE

Alternatives for DETERIORATE

Alternatives for DISAPPOINT

Alternatives for FAIL

Alternatives for FORFEIT

Alternatives for LOSE

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