Synonyms for flounder
- verb
- noun
Definitions
- v. 1
To act clumsily or confused; to struggle or be flustered.
He gave a good speech, but floundered when audience members asked questions he could not answer well.
- n. 1
A European species of flatfish having dull brown colouring with reddish-brown blotches; fluke, European flounder (Platichthys flesus).
Related words
Forms
- Plural
- flounders → struggles…
- Past participle
- floundered
e.g. floundered → faltered, rolled, wallowed, tossed…
Example sentences
- falter Hold the weight above your head until your arms begin to falter.
- wallow A pig will wallow in the mud in order to cool down.
By length
- 4 letters
- roll1, toss1
- 6 letters
- tumble2, falter2, wallow2, welter2, bungle2, boggle2
- 7 letters
- blunder2, stagger2, flounce1, faulter
- 8 letters
- struggle2
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (tumble2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- pédaler dans la semoule