flounder | Definition of flounder

Synonyms and Antonyms of flounder

1 to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number

Synonyms of flounder

blunder, bumble, flog [British], limp, lumber, plod, struggle, stumble, trudge

Words Related to flounder

jog, shamble, shuffle

falter, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter

Near Antonyms of flounder

coast, fly, glide, kilt, sail, zip, zoom

2 to move heavily or clumsily

the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck

Synonyms of flounder

barge, clump, flog [British], galumph, lumber, lump, plod, pound, scuff, scuffle, shamble, shuffle, slog, slough, stamp, stomp, stumble, stump, tramp, tromp, trudge

Words Related to flounder

drag, flop, haul

blunder, careen, dodder, lurch, reel, stagger, sway, teeter, totter, waddle, weave, wobble (also wabble)

Near Antonyms of flounder

drift, float, hang, hover, poise, waft

Antonyms of flounder

breeze, coast, glide, slide, waltz, whisk