Thesaurus / flash the pan
FEEDBACKsynonyms for flash the pan
synonyms for flash the pan
- annus mirabilis
- fifteen minutes of fame
- flash in the pan
- nine-day wonder
- phenom
- phenomenon
- sensation
- stunner
- wonderment
- bankruptcy
- breakdown
- deterioration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- rupture
- bomb
- botch
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- downfall
- failing
- fiasco
- flop
- frustration
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- overthrow
- rout
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- false step
- faux pas
- flash in the pan
- lead balloon
- nonsuccess
- sinking ship
- total loss
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
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- default
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- delinquency
- dereliction
- deterioration
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- failing
- fiasco
- flop
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- implosion
- inadequacy
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- neglect
- nonperformance
- omission
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- false step
- faux pas
- flash in the pan
- lead balloon
- nonsuccess
- sinking ship
- total loss
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccessfulness
- washout
- wreck
- abortion
- bankruptcy
- bomb
- botch
- breakdown
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- collapse
- decay
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deficit
- deterioration
- downfall
- failing
- false step
- faux pas
- fiasco
- flash in the pan
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lead balloon
- lemon
- loser
- loss
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- misstep
- nonperformance
- nonsuccess
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- sinking ship
- stalemate
- stoppage
- total loss
- turkey
- unsuccess
- washout
- wreck
- blow
- defeat
- disaster
- failure
- mistake
- obstacle
- setback
- blunder
- bummer
- bust
- calamity
- discouragement
- downer
- downfall
- drag
- dud
- error
- fiasco
- fizzle
- impasse
- inefficacy
- lemon
- miscalculation
- mischance
- misfortune
- mishap
- slip
- washout
- bitter pill
- blind alley
- bringdown
- false alarm
- faux pas
- flash in the pan
- old one-two
- bankruptcy
- breakdown
- collapse
- decline
- defeat
- deficiency
- deterioration
- failing
- loss
- misstep
- abortion
- bomb
- botch
- bungle
- bust
- checkmate
- decay
- deficit
- downfall
- fiasco
- flop
- frustration
- implosion
- inadequacy
- lemon
- loser
- mess
- misadventure
- miscarriage
- nonperformance
- overthrow
- rout
- rupture
- stalemate
- stoppage
- turkey
- washout
- wreck
- false step
- faux pas
- flash in the pan
- lead balloon
- nonsuccess
- sinking ship
- total loss
antonyms for flash the pan
MOST RELEVANT
- accomplishment
- achievement
- advantage
- ascent
- benefit
- blessing
- continuation
- enough
- improvement
- increase
- plenty
- rise
- strength
- success
- triumph
- win
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- triumph
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- achiever
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- earnings
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How to use flash the pan in a sentence
The vision—it had been an instantaneous flash after all and nothing more—had left his mind completely for the time.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODA flash of surprise and pleasure lit the fine eyes of the haughty beauty perched up there on the palace wall.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACYSleek finds it far harder work than fortune-making; but he pursues his Will-o'-the-Wisp with untiring energy.
THE PIT TOWN CORONET, VOLUME I (OF 3)CHARLES JAMES WILLS"A camp-fire would hardly flash and die out like that, Sarge," he answered thoughtfully.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRIf those jaspers flash any part of the roll in the Territory before snowfall, I'll get them.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIRYou never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAYMr. Slocum was not educated in a university, and his life has been in by-paths, and out-of-the-way places.
THE BOOK OF ANECDOTES AND BUDGET OF FUN;VARIOUSHe watched the man put some bread and milk in a tin pan, and set it down on the floor of the basket.
SQUINTY THE COMICAL PIGRICHARD BARNUMHe devoured it whole with a kind of visual gulp—a flash; the entire meaning first, then lines, then separate words.
THE WAVEALGERNON BLACKWOODI drew back from the rim of Writing-On-the-Stone, that set of whispered phrases echoing in my ears.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR