Antonyms for flounder
ˈflaʊn dərfloun·der

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:1.0 / 1 vote

1. flounder

   Antonyms:
   emerge, flow, course, career, speed, rise, flourish, skim

   Synonyms:
   roll, blunder, bungle, boggle, wallow, tumble

Matched Categories

1. • Flatfish
   • Struggle
   • Walk

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. floundernoun

   flesh of any of various American and European flatfish

2. flounderverb

   any of various European and non-European marine flatfish

3. stagger, flounderverb

   walk with great difficulty

   "He staggered along in the heavy snow"

   Synonyms:
   distribute, stagger, reel, lurch, swag, careen, keel

4. flounderverb

   behave awkwardly; have difficulties

   "She is floundering in college"

   Synonyms:
   stagger

How to use flounder in a sentence?

1. David Cockfield:

   Oil doesn't seem to be able to find any point where it can stop falling. We really have to see the price of oil consolidate somewhere, the TSX is going to continue to flounder until we see some light at the end of the tunnel as far as the oil stocks and oil prices are concerned.

2. Paul Jacobs:

   God was looking out for us, because for several days we had seas as flat as a flounder.

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