| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall limply, collapse |
Synonyms: |
dangle, droop, drop, flag, flap, flounder, flutter, hang, jerk, lop, quiver, sag, slump, stagger, teeter, topple, toss, totter, tumble, wave, wiggle |
| Main Entry: | flop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
Synonyms: |
bomb*, close, come apart, come to nothing, fall flat, fall short, flummox, fold, founder, miscarry, misfire, wash out |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | backfire |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | have an opposite effect |
Synonyms: |
backlash, boomerang, bounce back, disappoint, fail, flop, miscarry, rebound, recoil, ricochet, spring back |
| Main Entry: | bag |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | droop |
Synonyms: |
balloon, billow, bulge, flap, flop, hang, lop, sag, swell |
| Main Entry: | bomb |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail miserably |
Synonyms: |
blow it, flop, flummox, go out of business, lose, wash out, wipe out |
Antonyms: |
do well, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | drop |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | let go of; fall |
Synonyms: |
abandon, bring down, cave in, collapse, decline, depress, descend, dive, duck, dump, fell, floor, flop, give up, go down, ground, keel over, knock, loosen, lower, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plump, plunge, release, relinquish, shed, shoot, sink, slide, slip, slump, topple, tumble, unload |
Antonyms: |
ascend, mount, rise, take up |
| Main Entry: | dwell |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | live in |
Synonyms: |
abide, bide, bunk, continue, crash*, establish oneself, exist, flop, hang one's hat, hang out*, hole up, inhabit, keep house, locate, lodge, make one's home, nest, occupy, park*, perch*, pitch tent, quarter, remain, rent, reside, rest, room, roost, settle, sojourn, squat, stay, stop, tarry, tenant, tent |
| Main Entry: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be unsuccessful |
Synonyms: |
abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, miscarry, miss, miss the boat, play into, run aground, slip, turn out badly |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, earn, gain, merit, obtain, prosper, reach, succeed, win |
| Main Entry: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
Synonyms: |
abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
Antonyms: |
ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | flap |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | flutter |
Synonyms: |
agitate, beat, dangle, flail, flash, flop, hang, lop, shake, swing, swish, thrash, thresh, vibrate, wag, wave |