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Synonyms for flop

15 synonyms
4 antonyms
2 meanings

noun
verb

Most common

dud fiasco turkey bust fizzle

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Dud — A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry

dud, fiasco, box-office bomb informal, turkey

2. Bust

Other

collapse, drop, wash-out, floating point operation, flop-house, plonker

Verb

fall flat, fall through, founder

Antonyms

hit, achievement, success

All antonyms of flop →

Definitions

n. 1
A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
n. 2
A heavy, passive fall; a plopping down.
v. 1
To fall heavily due to lack of energy.
He flopped down in front of the television, exhausted from work.

Related words

Word family: floppy flop-eared flopsy
Phrases: belly flop flip-flop

Forms

Plural: flops → duds, fiascos, turkeys, busts…
Past participle: flopped
e.g. flopped → foundered…

Example sentences

fiasco Sami's manager was following this whole fiasco.
dud Their investment in the startup turned out to be a dud.
fizzle Her projects always start out great, then fizzle out.
drop Why don't you drop in for tea at your convenience?

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
flop		steady
fiasco		rising
dud		rising
fizzle		rising
drop		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters: dud¹
4 letters: drop¹, bust¹
6 letters: turkey², fiasco³, fizzle²
7 letters: founder², plonker
8 letters: collapse²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (turkey² = 2 syllables).

In other languages

Français: bide
Italiano: pancia
Español: barriga
Català: panxa