| Main Entry: |
flounder |
| Part of Speech: |
verb |
| Definition: |
struggle; be in the dark |
Synonyms: |
blunder, bobble, cast about, come apart at the seams, drop the ball, fall down, flop, flummox, foul up, fumble, go at backwards, go to pieces, grope,
labor, lurch, make a mess of, miss one's cue,
muddle,
plunge, pratfall, screw up, slip up, snafu,
strive, stub one's toe,
stumble,
thrash,
toil,
toss,
travail, trip up,
tumble,
wallow, work at
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| Notes: |
founder means to sink, while flounder means to flail helplessly |
Antonyms: |
do well, succeed
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