Synonyms for fallout
fall·out

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:4.7 / 3 votes

1. falloutnoun

   A negative side effect; an undesirable or unexpected consequence.

   Psychological fallout in the shadow of terrorism, title of an article by Dr. Abraham Twerski, M.D. in .

   Synonyms:
   repercussion

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. fallout, radioactive dustnoun

   the radioactive particles that settle to the ground after a nuclear explosion

   Synonyms:
   side effect, radioactive dust

2. side effect, falloutnoun

   any adverse and unwanted secondary effect

   "a strategy to contain the fallout from the accounting scandal"

   Synonyms:
   radioactive dust, side effect

Matched Categories

1. • Consequence
   • Dust

PPDB, the paraphrase databaseRate these paraphrases:2.0 / 1 vote

1. List of paraphrases for "fallout":

   fall-out, spin-offs, impact, rainfall, spillovers

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1. Markus Huber:

   With volatility having receded somewhat during the past few days it appears that investors have been reassessing the potential negative fallout from the slowdown in China.

2. Marty Dropkin:

   Markets could get messy amid the fallout from Silicon Valley Bank’s collapse, alongside ongoing uncertainty over the future path of the global economy and interest rates.

3. Jim Paulsen:

   I think there will still be other times when we revisit' Brexit' fears to some extent, but I don’t think it’s going to turn out to be near as big as people thought in terms of financial or economic fallout, and I ’d get more prepared for breaking the new record highs.

4. Bryden Teich:

   There's still a lot of fallout from prices at these levels, in terms of who's going to be producing what.

5. Mark Zandi:

   I think they've got a fighting chance to land the economic plane on the tarmac without crashing it, we need a little bit of luck on the pandemic and on the fallout of the Russian invasion.