FLOPPED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

flopped

verb

past tense of flop

as in plopped

to throw or set down clumsily or casually they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter

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as in collapsed

to be unsuccessful the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped, and our team lost by five points

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as in flapped

to move or cause to move with a striking motion a fish flopping around on the dock

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Recent Examples of flopped This one kinda flopped Stateside but was pretty big around the world. — Brian Tallerico, Vulture, 26 June 2026 Ruffled, massive blooms on upright stems that haven't flopped are a real garden success story. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026 That fad, alas, had run its course, and the Bicentennial Pet Rock flopped. — ABC News, 13 June 2026 Although the movie flopped, the single topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 Anders Carlson bombed in 2023, then Brayden Narveson flopped at the start of 2024. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 Replay shows the defender never made meaningful contact and the offensive player overly-exaggerated the contact (flopped). — Jon Root Outkick, FOXNews.com, 13 June 2026 The superhero movie flopped on opening weekend, with domestic ticket sales totaling approximately $38 million. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 Thielbar has regressed, while free agent Phil Maton, Hoyer’s main bullpen addition on a two-year, $14 million deal, has flopped like last year’s big bullpen addition, Ryan Pressly. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026

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Verb

But about two years ago, when the Markley Group plopped its second cooling tank behind her above-ground swimming pool, along with a growing number of surveillance cameras, the relationship had soured.

— ABC News, ABC News, 2 July 2026
If you're tempted to remove a nest that a bird plopped in the middle of your petunias, read this first.

— Brandee Gruener, Southern Living, 29 June 2026

Definition of plopped

Verb

Separately, at least 15 informal miners were killed when a defunct gold mine partly collapsed Monday in the district of Wadi Halfa, close to Sudan’s border with Egypt, authorities said.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 7 July 2026
This had a multiplying effect, as paddy fields next to shrimp ponds turned brackish and rice yields collapsed.

— Zakir Hossain Chowdhury, The Dial, 7 July 2026

Definition of collapsed

Verb

This comes as the ex-Apprentice host on July 3 tossed some praise Clinton’s way in a book reading event with Second Lady Usha Vance on the latter’s podcast.

— Dominic Patten, Deadline, 4 July 2026
This creator tossed on an oversize button-down and chunky bauble necklace for an effortlessly cool long-weekend look.

— Ariel Wodarcyk, InStyle, 4 July 2026

Definition of tossed

Verb

This was the case for Morocco’s opener, where Casemiro had eyes on two players at once while his team-mates failed to cut out the pass ahead of him.

— Mark Carey, New York Times, 6 July 2026
The stutter-step approach by Bruno Guimãraes on the penalty kick failed anyway and the game remained scoreless into the first hydration break.

— Hannah Keyser, CNN Money, 5 July 2026

Definition of failed

Verb

The day could be sliced into identical pieces, the body trained to answer the bell, and the worker folded into a machine that only made sense when every human motion had been made useful to someone else.

— Alexander Puutio, Forbes.com, 2 July 2026
Fire shelters weigh around 6 pounds and are folded up inside several protective layers in a firefighter’s pack.

— Jack Dura, Los Angeles Times, 2 July 2026