CLUNKERS Synonyms: 51 Similar and Opposite Words

clunkers

noun

plural of clunker

as in crates

a dilapidated old automobile she drove a clunker because she couldn't afford anything better

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as in disasters

something that has failed a real clunker, the movie was soon littering the shelves of video stores everywhere

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Recent Examples of clunkers Mahomes has put up clunkers in the past and bounced back from them fine. — Sam McDowell, Kansas City Star, 27 Oct. 2026 The Connecticut rapper’s debut swings from tongue-in-cheek provocations to slam-poetry clunkers, landing a few solid punchlines and pop hooks along the way. — Lily Goldberg, Pitchfork, 3 Aug. 2026 That means plenty of clunkers, even when teams are decent. — The Editorial Board, Chicago Tribune, 9 June 2026 Same goes for Sonny Gray (two quality starts, two 4-inning clunkers), Ranger Suarez and Brayan Bello (both two bad games followed by a gem). — Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 19 Apr. 2026 The Master of Suspense has several winners in his filmography, as well as a few clunkers. — Wesley Stenzel, Entertainment Weekly, 4 Apr. 2026 Despite Tuesday’s outing, his early clunkers may have already sunk his chances to make the team. — Justice Delos Santos, Mercury News, 10 Mar. 2026 Of course, Thoma Bravo has some clunkers like any other private equity firm. — Jim Cramer, CNBC, 1 Mar. 2026 That is, if clunkers like Monday don’t become the norm. — Cedric Golden, Austin American Statesman, 11 Feb. 2026

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Noun

On Friday, the order took effect removing some of the 50 percent tariffs imposed on Canadian forestry and agricultural goods, including packing boxes and crates, paper products, plywood sheets, and certain machinery and refrigeration equipment.

— Kate Andrews, Washington Post, 1 Nov. 2026
The former electronic music has roots in disco, dub reggae, hip-hop—traditions in which the DJ, in search of records fresher and wilder than those in rival crates, is a central figure, urging producers to new heights of ingenuity.

— Andy Cush, Pitchfork, 31 Oct. 2026

Definition of crates

Noun

At the same time, as the extreme heat and wildfires this year showed us, climate disasters are taking lives and inflicting economic losses on a scale that governments can no longer afford to ignore.

— Laurence Tubiana, Time, 6 Nov. 2026
Their power persisted despite proliferating school shootings, the devastating failures of the state’s electrical grid, the preventable deaths of pregnant women, and other scandals, disasters, and tragedies.

— Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of disasters

Noun

Many franchises were jumping from 2D to 3D at the turn of the millennium, and there were plenty of failures — but Metroid wasn’t one of them.

— Daryl Baxter, Space.com, 1 Nov. 2026
Accessibility failures thrive in the dark, where no one has to explain how decisions are made, why capacity isn’t anticipated accurately, or what accessibility actually looks like when thousands of disabled people often have to navigate barriers.

— Maribeth Romslo, Rolling Stone, 1 Nov. 2026

Definition of failures

Noun

Harbaugh’s team hasn’t scored an offensive touchdown in the last two games and is one of the huge disappointments of this season.

— Brad Biggs, Chicago Tribune, 3 Nov. 2026
Indeed, and most embarrassingly, might my interest in preaching be little more than an attempt to assuage my writing disappointments?

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 28 Oct. 2026

Definition of disappointments

Noun

Memory and chip firms SanDisk, Western Digital, AMD, Seagate and Micron were the index’s biggest losers, all plunging around 10%.

— Steve Kopack, NBC news, 5 Nov. 2026
The losers would likely prefer to continue attacking their opponents with mud-slinging ads filled with lies.

— Sun Sentinel Editorial Board, Sun Sentinel, 5 Nov. 2026

Definition of losers

Noun

Monday's attacks on a shelter and former school with bunker-busting bombs came as people were lined up for aid in Komyshuvakha, a village in the Zaporizhzhia region.

— Arkansas Online, Arkansas Online, 4 Nov. 2026
Special tools were then used to carry out the delicate operation, and extra caution was exercised to avoid any vibrations while approaching the wreck that may set off the unexploded bombs still inside the wreck.

— Muskan Bhatia, Interesting Engineering, 4 Nov. 2026

Definition of bombs

Noun

Since Benson and her co-authors met in Oviedo, weather catastrophes have multiplied, oceans have acidified and the amount of carbon in the atmosphere has soared.

— Katie Worth, ProPublica, 30 Oct. 2026
With that in mind, here’s a look at three new books shaped by catastrophes large and small.

— Lisa Henricksson, Air Mail, 17 Oct. 2026

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