Synonyms of flopping

flopping 1 of 2

adjective

as in folding

Related Words

• folding
• collapsing
• failing
• slipping
• washing-out
• flunking
• no-good
• slumping
• declining
• inauspicious
• waning
• unsuccessful
• unpromising
• hopeless
• futureless
• bankrupt
• destroyed
• ruined
• failed
• wrecked
• kerflooey
• kaput

Dissimilar Words

• successful
• going
• triumphant
• flourishing
• thriving
• coming
• prosperous
• promising
• growing
• palmy
• booming
• robust
• roaring

flopping

2 of 2

verb

present participle of flop

1

as in plopping

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• plopping
• tossing
• plunking
• plumping
• flinging
• planking
• slinging
• heaving
• flumping
• installing
• planting
• settling
• ensconcing

2

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• collapsing
• folding
• failing
• missing
• struggling
• bombing
• tanking
• flunking
• striking out
• foundering
• crashing
• cratering
• falling short
• coming up empty
• flaming out
• slipping
• falling flat
• declining
• laying an egg
• slumping
• washing out
• coming to grief
• floundering
• skidding
• dying on the vine
• crumbling
• falling on one's face
• coming a cropper
• sinking
• waning
• misfiring
• imploding
• miscarrying
• going under
• self-destructing

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• going
• succeeding
• clicking
• delivering
• working out
• coming off
• going over
• cooking
• flourishing
• prospering
• thriving
• winning
• prevailing
• panning out
• triumphing

3

as in flapping

to move or cause to move with a striking motion

a fish flopping around on the dock

Synonyms & Similar Words

• flapping
• fluttering
• flailing
• whipping
• waving
• swinging
• swaying
• flicking
• beating
• knocking
• banging
• smacking
• pounding
• thumping
• flickering
• flitting
• battering
• fanning
• oscillating
• throbbing
• spanking
• buffeting
• undulating
• pulsing
• palpitating

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flopping

Verb

Perhaps the poster child for the flopping phenomenon is Shai Gilgeous-Alexander. —Ian Miller Outkick, FOXNews.com, 27 May 2026

For all the bright spots on Islands’ state champion soccer team, nothing shone brighter than its golden hairdos flopping around the pitch. —Jack Leo, AJC.com, 23 May 2026

Trimming by half will keep the foliage from completely flopping over and retaining too much moisture around the crown. —Marie Iannotti, The Spruce, 9 May 2026

Suggs set the tone for the series in the opening quarter of Game 1, disrupting Pistons passes, sinking a pair of 3-pointers and belly-flopping to the floor to collect a loose basketball. —Josh Robbins, New York Times, 1 May 2026

This was inevitable after McCollum inadvertently kicked Jalen Brunson in the groin, then accused the Knicks star of flopping in Game 1; and then got into a heated spat with Jose Alvarado before sinking the game-winning jumper in Game 2. —Peter Sblendorio, New York Daily News, 21 Apr. 2026

Meyers asked if Winkler had any sense during previews that the show was flopping. —Victoria Edel, PEOPLE, 21 Apr. 2026

Before Game 2, Timberwolves coach Chris Finch accused the Nuggets of flopping in the series opener. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 21 Apr. 2026

And who knows — the Warriors might have won Sunday if Porziņģis hadn’t fallen prey to Alpren Sengun’s flopping. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026