shipwreck

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of SHIPWRECK

the destruction or loss of a ship <the shipwreck of much of the Spanish Armada ended Spain's plans for invading England>

Synonyms shipwrecking, wreck, wreckage, wrecking

Related Words beaching, grounding, stranding; foundering, sinking; scuttling

Near Antonyms recovery, salvage, salvaging

something that has failed <finally admitted that their marriage was a shipwreck and that the time had come to bail out>

Synonyms bomb, bummer, bust, catastrophe, clinker, clunker, debacle (also débâcle), disaster, dud, fiasco, fizzle, flop, frost, lemon, loser, miss, shipwreck, turkey, washout

Related Words also-ran, disappointment, dog, has-been, near miss; botch, hash, mess, muddle, shambles; nonevent; nonstarter

Near Antonyms corker, crackerjack (also crackajack), dandy, jim-dandy, phenomenon

Antonyms blockbuster, hit, smash, success, winner

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