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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Relevance

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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Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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 His hair flopped greasily over his ears. —

USA Today, 8 Mar. 2026 Jokic either fell or flopped — depending on who tells it — over the top of George four minutes into the game when the burgeoning Utah star tried the maneuver. —

Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 5 Mar. 2026 Apartments, hotels, and office buildings have flopped into foreclosures. —

George Avalos, Mercury News, 5 Mar. 2026 None of those players flopped but none of them been outstanding, either. —

Jack Pitt-Brooke, New York Times, 28 Feb. 2026 He and most of the Cluely staff were flopped on a single sofa. —

Sam Kriss, Harpers Magazine, 24 Feb. 2026 But the new uniforms flopped spectacularly upon their debut in spring training, with players complaining that the jerseys looked cheap, felt papery and that the names on the back were too small. —

Mac Cerullo, Boston Herald, 18 Feb. 2026 In the field, Harry Truman’s Approval Rating whinnied and tossed its head, and Richard Nixon’s Approval Rating flopped on one side and emitted a horrible gurgle. —

Alexandra Petri, The Atlantic, 13 Feb. 2026 While Cort earned his accolades, the film received mixed reviews upon release and flopped at the box office. —

Jon Blistein, Rolling Stone, 11 Feb. 2026

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Verb

For a picturesque date that feels like you’ve been plopped onto a movie set, consider the Gondola Getaway in Long Beach.

— Kailyn Brown, Los Angeles Times, 9 Mar. 2026
But then there is a working toilet up there that’s not behind any walls or hidden by a door; it’s just plopped there, a few feet from the foot of the bed.

— Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 6 Feb. 2026