Synonyms of flounders

flounders

verb

present tense third-person singular of flounder

1

as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

unprepared choristers who floundered helplessly through the musical number

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• trudges
• shuffles
• limps
• blunders
• lurches
• plods
• fumbles
• lumbers
• falters
• bumbles
• jogs
• flogs
• sways
• staggers
• wallows
• reels
• shambles
• totters
• muddles
• welters
• teeters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flies
• glides
• sails
• zooms
• coasts
• zips
• kilts

2

as in shuffles

to move heavily or clumsily

the car floundered through the heavy wet snow, constantly getting stuck

Synonyms & Similar Words

• shuffles
• stumbles
• stomps
• lurches
• barges
• trudges
• sloughs
• shambles
• drags
• clumps
• weaves
• lumbers
• plods
• stamps
• staggers
• hauls
• stumps
• lumps
• pounds
• slogs
• tramps
• scuffs
• flogs
• flops
• galumphs
• scuffles
• sways
• waddles
• tromps
• totters
• reels
• blunders
• teeters
• careens
• wobbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• glides
• slides
• waltzes
• floats
• hangs
• whisks
• hovers
• drifts
• coasts
• breezes
• wafts
• poises

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flounders

Henry, the principal owner, has made Kennedy the team spokesman and Kennedy said he’s not focused on his own job security as the organization flounders into obscurity. — Jen McCaffrey, New York Times, 11 June 2026