washout

The word “washout” has 2 syllables: wash-out

It's pronounced as /ˈwɒʃ.aʊt/

What is synonym and antonym for washout?

In the thesaurus, “washout” has 131 synonyms and 70 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for washout along with examples of usage in sentences.

Synonyms for washout

also-ran
blanch
bleach
blench
bomb
botch
break
brighten
bummer
burn out
bust
catastrophe
clinker
clunker
collapse
come a cropper
come to grief
come up empty
crash
crater
crumble
debacle
debilitate
decline
decolorize
deluge
die on the vine
dim
disappointment
disaster
do in
do up
dog
douche
douse
downpour
dowse
drain
drench
dud
dull
enervate
enfeeble
engulf
erosion
etiolate
exhaust
fade
fag
fail
failure
fall flat
fall short
fatigue
fiasco
fizzle
flame out
flood
flop
flounder
flow
flunk
flush
fold
founder
frazzle
frost
go under
gully
gush
harass
has-been
hash
hose
implode
inundate
irrigate
kill
knock out
lay an egg
lemon
lighten
loser
mat
matt
matte
mess
miscarry
misfire
miss
muddle
near miss
nonevent
nonstarter
outwear
pale
rinse
runoff
rush
sap
saturate
self-destruct
shambles
shipwreck
silver
sink
skid
slip
slosh
sluice
slump
snow
soak
splash
stream
strike out
struggle
swamp
tank
tire
turkey
wane
wash
waste
weaken
wear
wear out
wear to a frazzle
weary
whiten
whitewash

Antonyms for washout

activate
blacken
blockbuster
blotch
burnish
checker
click
color
come off
cook
corker
crackajack
crackerjack
dandy
dapple
darken
daub
deepen
deliver
discolor
dye
embrown
energize
fleck
flourish
go
go over
hit
invigorate
jim-dandy
marble
mottle
paint
pan out
pattern
phenomenon
pigment
polish
polychrome
prevail
prosper
rejuvenate
relax
rest
shade
shine
smash
speck
speckle
splotch
spot
stain
streak
strengthen
striate
stripe
succeed
success
tarnish
thrive
tincture
tinge
tint
triumph
unwind
variegate
vitalize
win
winner
work out

Meanings of washout

noun
1. An appliance designed to wash something out.
2. The cleaning of matter from a physiological system using a fluid.
3. A period between clinical treatments in which any medication delivered as the first treatment is allowed to wash out of the person before the second treatment begins.
4. The action whereby falling rainwater clean particles from the air.
5. A channel produced by the erosion of a relatively soft surface by a sudden gush of water.
6. A breach in a road or railway caused by flooding.
7. The cleaning of the inside of a (locomotive) boiler to remove scale (limescale).
8. A disappointment or total failure; an unsuccessful person.
9. A sporting fixture or other event that could not be completed because of rain.
10. The aerodynamic effect of a small twist in the shape of an aircraft wing.

Example Sentences

The outdoor event was a complete washout due to heavy rain.
The flood caused a major washout on the highway.
His first attempt at business was a total washout.
The game was canceled because of a washout on the field.
The storm led to a washout of the railway tracks, delaying trains.

On this page you'll find 201 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to washout, such as: activate, also-ran, blacken, blanch, bleach, blench, blockbuster.

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