What is another word for flounder?
958 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ flˈa͡ʊndə], [ flˈaʊndə], [ f_l_ˈaʊ_n_d_ə]
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Similar words for flounder:
- animal (noun)
- fish (noun)
- flounder (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- blunder (verb)
- botch (verb)
- fail (verb)
- falter (verb)
- fumble (verb)
- grope (verb)
- gum up (verb)
- hesitate (verb)
- lurch (verb)
- mire (verb)
- miscarry (verb)
- misfire (verb)
- pitch (verb)
- sink (verb)
- slog (verb)
- slop (verb)
- struggle; be in the dark (verb)
- stumble (verb)
- toss (verb)
- totter (verb)
- wallow (verb)
- wobble (verb)
- other synonyms
- blow
- fail
- hesitate
- lurch
- miscarry
- misfire
- other relevant words
- plop
- slog
- squirm
- stumble
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Flounder:
n.
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- coelacanth,
- brill,
- bream,
- dab,
- bloater.
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- shuffle,
- limp,
- muddle,
- suffer,
- come under,
- not know where/which way to turn,
- thrive,
- be in dire/desperate straits,
- be in the grip of something,
- incur,
- go through,
- undergo,
- endure.
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- misconstrue,
- mistake,
- miss the point,
- not have a clue,
- lose your grip (on something),
- misunderstand,
- have no conception of something,
- move,
- get someone wrong,
- misinterpret,
- be unclear about/as to something.
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- flail.
- haddock,
- goby,
- bowfin,
- bluegill,
- eel,
- sunfish,
- blackfish,
- fish,
- gar,
- goldfish,
- sardine,
- Sting ray,
- catfish,
- anchovy,
- smelt,
- shark,
- turbot,
- flatfish,
- hake,
- guppy,
- minnow,
- tuna,
- whitefish,
- trout,
- herring,
- swordfish,
- bass,
- fluke,
- lamprey,
- salmon,
- mackerel,
- sea horse,
- walleye,
- marlin,
- rainbow trout,
- halibut,
- grouper,
- pike,
- pickerel,
- perch,
- tarpon,
- sole,
- albacore,
- sturgeon,
- dogfish,
- crappie,
- speckled trout,
- Mudfish,
- puffer,
- kipper,
- hammerhead,
- sailfish,
- char,
- barracuda,
- ray,
- carp.
v.
• blunder (verb)- drops ball,
- drop ball,
- dropt the ball,
- dropt ball,
- mis judging,
- mis judged,
- flubbing,
- slipt up,
- dropping ball,
- mis-judges,
- mis-judging,
- drops the ball,
- dropped ball,
- mis-judged,
- mis judges.
- mis construing,
- mis-conjecture,
- pulls boner,
- mis-manages,
- mis computing,
- mis-construes,
- misconjecturing,
- mis calculate,
- mis-applying,
- pulling boner,
- bollixes,
- dis-tort,
- mis compute,
- mis manage,
- mis applied,
- misconjectures,
- mis-computed,
- mis conjecturing,
- mucking up,
- mucks up,
- miscomputed,
- mis managed,
- mis-calculates,
- pulling a boner,
- mis-conjectures,
- mis conjecture,
- mis-conjectured,
- mis-apply,
- mis handles,
- mis-compute,
- mis-computing,
- goofs up,
- mis construes,
- mis-construing,
- mis-handles,
- miscomputes,
- mis-managed,
- misconjectured,
- mis managing,
- mis calculates,
- mis-managing,
- mis construed,
- mis calculating,
- pulled boner,
- mis handle,
- mis-construe,
- mis-applied,
- mis calculated,
- mis-calculating,
- goofing up,
- mis construe,
- mis apply,
- mis-manage,
- mis handled,
- mis conjectures,
- mis manages,
- dis tort,
- mis applying,
- mis-handle,
- mis conjectured,
- goofed up,
- mis-handled,
- mis-computes,
- mis computed,
- mis-construed,
- pulls a boner,
- miscomputing,
- pull boner,
- mis-calculated,
- mis-conjecturing,
- mis computes,
- mis handling,
- mis applies,
- mis-calculate,
- pulled a boner,
- mis-applies,
- dis-torts,
- dis torts,
- mis-handling.
- are undecided,
- wast undecided,
- is undecided,
- trips up,
- stubbing toe,
- am undecided,
- stubs toe,
- spake haltingly,
- was undecided,
- art undecided,
- speaks haltingly,
- speaking haltingly,
- top pled,
- whiffles,
- were undecided,
- wert undecided,
- stubbed toe,
- tripping up,
- hem haw,
- spoke haltingly,
- being undecided,
- top-pled.
- lost the handle,
- lose handle,
- mis-fielding,
- lost handle,
- misfielding,
- loses handle,
- mis field,
- loses the handle,
- mis-field,
- mis fielding,
- mis-fielded,
- misfielded,
- mis fielded,
- misfields,
- mis fields,
- mis-fields,
- losing handle,
- losing the handle.
- making muck of,
- made muck of,
- made a muck of,
- making a muck of,
- misconjectued,
- misconjectus,
- makes a muck of,
- make muck of,
- makes muck of,
- misconjectuing.
- de-bated,
- being reluctant,
- sits fence,
- shies away,
- wast irresolute,
- sits on fence,
- holds off,
- sat on fence,
- shied away,
- de laying,
- wert irresolute,
- art reluctant,
- de-bates,
- thought twice,
- was unwilling,
- de lays,
- is unwilling,
- de-laying,
- sat fence,
- were reluctant,
- shying away,
- de bating,
- are reluctant,
- sit fence,
- sitting on fence,
- is irresolute,
- de bate,
- sate fence,
- were irresolute,
- thinks twice,
- am unwilling,
- de bates,
- wast reluctant,
- de-lays,
- wert unwilling,
- was irresolute,
- blow hot cold,
- am irresolute,
- being irresolute,
- was reluctant,
- de-bate,
- sitting fence,
- wast unwilling,
- were unwilling,
- de-bating,
- wert reluctant,
- sate on fence,
- art unwilling,
- is reluctant,
- am reluctant,
- de lay,
- de bated,
- are irresolute,
- are unwilling,
- de-lay,
- being unwilling,
- art irresolute.
- moved to the side,
- move side,
- moving the side,
- moving to side,
- moved side,
- moves side,
- moving to the side,
- moving side,
- moves the side,
- moves to side,
- moves to the side,
- move the side,
- moved to side,
- moved the side.
- hanging up,
- de tain,
- slowing down,
- hanged up,
- slows down,
- slowing up,
- de-tain,
- de tains,
- de-tains,
- slows up.
- mis carries,
- mis-carrying,
- mis-carried,
- missed fire,
- mis carrying,
- mis-carries,
- missing fire,
- missing the mark,
- misses fire,
- mis-carry,
- mis carry,
- miss mark,
- misses the mark,
- missed mark,
- mis carried,
- missing mark,
- misses mark.
- fizzling out,
- fizzed out,
- mis-fired,
- mis-fires,
- fizzing out,
- mis fire,
- mis-firing,
- mis-fire,
- mis fired,
- mis fires,
- mis firing,
- fizzes out,
- fizzles out,
- fizzled out.
- over whelm,
- dis-appear,
- dis-appeared,
- dis-appearing,
- touches bottom,
- went the bottom,
- touching bottom,
- de-pressed,
- sub merges,
- de presses,
- sub-merged,
- over-whelmed,
- forcing down,
- de-presses,
- over whelming,
- goes the bottom,
- dis-appears,
- goes to bottom,
- sub-sides,
- de pressed,
- over-turn,
- dis appear,
- go bottom,
- sub sides,
- going the bottom,
- over turns,
- de-press,
- de-pressing,
- goes bottom,
- sub merging,
- tipping over,
- going bottom,
- went bottom,
- casts down,
- dis appearing,
- over whelms,
- dis appeared,
- ex cavate,
- go the bottom,
- de pressing,
- over turning,
- sub-merge,
- caved in,
- over-turning,
- goes to the bottom,
- over whelmed,
- going to the bottom,
- touched bottom,
- went to the bottom,
- de press,
- sub-merges,
- sub side,
- sub sided,
- sub-merging,
- went to bottom,
- over-whelming,
- going to bottom,
- dis appears,
- tips over,
- over-whelm,
- ex-cavate,
- over-whelms,
- forced down,
- forces down.
- over-flows,
- over flowing,
- letting run over,
- over-flowing,
- letted run out,
- over flow,
- over-flown,
- over-flow,
- over flows,
- over-flowed,
- over flowed,
- lets run out,
- letted run over,
- letting run out,
- over flown,
- lets run over.
- rising and fall,
- moves restlessly,
- moved restlessly,
- rises fall,
- rising fall,
- rose and fall,
- rise fall,
- moving restlessly,
- rises and fall,
- rose fall.
- being immersed,
- bathing in,
- bathed in,
- rolling around in,
- wast immersed,
- gat stuck,
- wert immersed,
- rolled around in,
- are immersed,
- rolls about,
- moved around in,
- gets stuck,
- splashed around,
- moving around in,
- rolls around in,
- rolling about,
- gotten stuck,
- got stuck,
- splashing around,
- was immersed,
- moves around in,
- art immersed,
- getting stuck,
- were immersed,
- bathes in,
- am immersed,
- splashes around,
- is immersed,
- rolled about.
Other synonyms:
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- shiver,
- fidgety,
- convulsion,
- twitch,
- contort.
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- thrash.
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- jig.
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- shake.
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- fit.
- goof,
- Floundered,
- miss.
- come to naught,
- lose control,
- go up in smoke,
- go astray,
- went downhill,
- goes downhill,
- run aground,
- be defeated,
- lose out,
- fall through,
- falling short,
- founders,
- misfire,
- meet with disaster,
- go down swinging,
- go wrong,
- back wrong horse,
- goes wrong,
- be demoted,
- failed,
- breaking down,
- hit bottom,
- hit the skids,
- turn out badly,
- going wrong,
- be ruined,
- missed the boat,
- be found lacking,
- be in vain,
- come to nothing,
- going downhill,
- goes astray,
- went astray,
- going astray,
- break down,
- lose status,
- fall flat,
- be vain,
- play into,
- miss the boat,
- fall short,
- go downhill.
- thought about,
- pull back,
- think twice,
- thinking twice,
- sit on fence,
- shy away,
- thinks about,
- hold off,
- pulling back,
- be irresolute,
- pussyfoot,
- thinking about,
- dithering,
- dithered,
- stutter,
- be reluctant,
- pulled back,
- be unwilling,
- pulls back,
- Hesitated,
- think about.
- Messed,
- be undecided,
- botch,
- shipwreck,
- totter,
- flop,
- stub toe,
- wobble,
- stomp,
- fumbling,
- drop the ball,
- hang up,
- wiggle,
- Zigzagging,
- falter,
- joggles,
- Misconstrued,
- Joggling,
- casting down,
- Teetering,
- lose the handle,
- miscarry,
- squirm,
- submerse,
- falls down,
- louse up,
- sink,
- fail,
- cast down,
- stomping,
- slow up,
- cast about,
- mucked up,
- misfield,
- move around in,
- walking unsteadily,
- Misconjecture,
- hesitate,
- caving in,
- stomped,
- fall down,
- go to the bottom,
- mishandle,
- bobbling,
- bollixed,
- bobbled,
- walk unsteadily,
- speak haltingly,
- scrabble,
- cave in,
- Whiffling,
- fluffing,
- slosh,
- Scrabbling,
- caves in,
- fluffed,
- bathe in,
- feel blindly,
- Zigzagged,
- blunder,
- scruple,
- bobble,
- slop,
- Joggled,
- misconjectu,
- make a muck of,
- shipwrecks,
- gum up,
- pitch,
- grope,
- be immersed,
- Whiffled,
- dropped the ball,
- Weltering,
- pull a boner,
- move restlessly,
- wading,
- bollix,
- wallow,
- plod,
- Sank,
- slog,
- muck up,
- slowed down,
- Misapplied,
- rise and fall,
- falling down,
- slow down,
- Grabble,
- joggle,
- bobbles,
- go to bottom,
- muff,
- tripped up,
- let run over,
- fumble,
- zigzags,
- Scrabbled,
- be unsteady,
- dropping the ball,
- toss,
- roll about,
- scrabbles,
- tipped over,
- touch bottom,
- Miscompute,
- over turn,
- messes,
- force down,
- get stuck,
- roll around in,
- bollixing,
- splash around,
- blow,
- trip up,
- mire,
- slowed up,
- walks unsteadily,
- slip up,
- fell down,
- slips up,
- Messing,
- slipping up,
- goof up,
- let run out,
- Stammered,
- Weltered,
- mar,
- Whiffle,
- slipped up,
- set back,
- flubbed,
- tip over,
- Shipwrecking.
- plaice,
- trip,
- disseminate,
- Scutiform,
- tilt,
- alternate,
- uncertain,
- turn,
- misstep,
- level,
- seesaw,
- wade,
- halt,
- flounce,
- blunder on,
- discoid,
- sand dab,
- topple over,
- wax and wane,
- miscue,
- astonish,
- slip,
- quiver,
- bitch,
- circulate,
- struggle,
- galumph,
- luck,
- tremble,
- Tromp,
- sway,
- linger,
- make hash of,
- miss one's cue,
- mess about,
- walrus,
- flit,
- flummox,
- flitter,
- fall prostrate,
- succumb,
- horizontal,
- flush,
- be hard put,
- plunge,
- strive,
- lemon sole,
- slough,
- question,
- dance,
- take a header,
- career,
- be sunk in,
- twitter,
- go to pieces,
- turn turtle,
- ebb and flow,
- keel,
- fluctuate,
- oscillate,
- puzzle over,
- clomp,
- allot,
- reel,
- walk off with,
- spoil,
- spread,
- coincidence,
- stub one's toe,
- quake,
- plop,
- trematode,
- barge,
- come to grief,
- break one's back,
- winter flounder,
- sprawl,
- spread eagle,
- come apart at the seams,
- pratfall,
- administer,
- lump,
- labor,
- submit,
- shift,
- distribute,
- struggle through,
- rock,
- blunder away,
- accident,
- labour,
- come a cropper,
- fall over,
- wallop,
- blunder into,
- tumble,
- toss and turn,
- scend,
- shake up,
- wag,
- be uncertain,
- list,
- stump,
- sweat,
- agonize,
- boggle,
- disperse,
- wonder,
- go to pot,
- heave,
- back and fill,
- unintelligibility,
- swing,
- scuff,
- agonize over,
- scuffle,
- agonise,
- careen,
- flap,
- swag,
- faux pas,
- hobbyhorse,
- Pendulate,
- come and go,
- be ensnarled in,
- chance,
- in a lather,
- trudge,
- stir up,
- stick fast,
- cavort,
- twist,
- get going,
- shamble,
- teeter-totter,
- be all thumbs,
- flicker,
- assign,
- waggle,
- be involved in,
- startle,
- dabble,
- plane,
- travail,
- doubt,
- flat,
- flog,
- roll,
- pound,
- capsize,
- even,
- clump,
- toil,
- stick at,
- Wabble,
- work at,
- flutter,
- be agitated,
- dispense,
- topple,
- vary,
- bob,
- fade,
- yaw,
- have trouble,
- agitate,
- beat about,
- bestir,
- blunder upon,
- murder,
- bite the dust,
- be entangled in,
- prance,
- go at backwards,
- founder,
- teeter,
- waver,
- stamp,
- food fish,
- lose the day,
- Atlantic Halibut,
- agitated,
- waffle,
- bounce,
- curvet,
- fall headlong,
- yellowtail flounder,
- european flounder,
- vacillate,
- dive,
- Twire,
- seethe,
- thrash about,
- wriggle,
- make a mess of,
- tramp,
- mess,
- screw up,
- Titubate,
- quaver,
- splash out,
- lumber,
- hobble,
- writhe,
- butcher,
- move about,
- grovel,
- apportion,
- Foozle,
- wamble,
- drown,
- Volutation,
- snafu,
- rear,
- flue,
- be uncomfortable,
- adversity,
- be at sea,
- lick the dust,
- rake over.
How to use "Flounder" in context?
The flounder is a flattened, long-bodied fish that typically inhabits subtidal and coastal waters. It can reach up to 1.1 m in length and can weigh up to 25 kg. The flounder is one of the most common fish in U.S. waters, and is also found around the world in a range of environments.
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