| Main Entry: | founder |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go under, fail |
Synonyms: |
abort, be lost, break down, collapse, come to nothing, fall, fall through, go down, go lame, go to bottom, lurch, miscarry, misfire, sink, sprawl, stagger, stumble, submerge, submerse, trip |
| Notes: | founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
Antonyms: |
accomplish, achieve, succeed |
| Main Entry: | sink |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fall in, go under |
Synonyms: |
bore, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck |
Antonyms: |
float, rise |
| Main Entry: | submerse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sink |
Synonyms: |
bore*, bring down, capsize, cast down, cave in, couch, decline, demit, depress, descend, dig*, dip, disappear, drill, drive, droop, drop*, drown, ebb, engulf, excavate, fall, flounder, force down, founder, go down, go to the bottom, immerse, lay, let down, lower, overturn, overwhelm, plummet, plunge, put down*, ram, regress, run, sag, scuttle, set, settle, shipwreck, slope, slump, stab, stick*, stoop, submerge, subside, swamp, thrust, tip over, touch bottom, wreck |