Synonyms for fallback
- noun
- adjective
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
2. Pullout
Other
Adjective
Definitions
- n. 1
An act of falling back.
A failure of one of the rocket's first-stage engines just after liftoff would result in a destructive pad fallback.
- n. 2
A backup plan or contingency strategy; an alternative which can be used if something goes wrong with the main plan; a recourse.
As a fallback, I suppose we can use typewriters if the word processing system fails.
- adj. 1
That can be resorted to as a fallback.
Forms
- Plural
- fallbacks → recessions, ebbings, pullouts, disengagements…
Example sentences
- recession The recession has put the crunch on wage laborers.
- backup I have a backup plan in case something goes wrong.
By length
- 6 letters
- backup2, ebbing2
- 7 letters
- pullout2
- 9 letters
- secondary4, alternate3, recession3
- 11 letters
- alternative4
- 13 letters
- disengagement4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (backup2 = 2 syllables).