Synonyms of flunking

flunking 1 of 2

adjective

as in failing

Related Words

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

Dissimilar Words

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

flunking

2 of 2

verb

present participle of flunk

as in collapsing

to be unsuccessful

the movie flunks, both as entertainment and as a dramatization of a historical incident

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of flunking

Verb

George's low moment in Philadelphia was a 25-game suspension last season for flunking a drug test that put a permanent blemish on his career. — ABC News, 14 Oct. 2026

Hannah starts flunking tests, missing class, and becomes totally subsumed in Melanie’s world and her instructor’s investment in her. — Ryan Lattanzio, IndieWire, 12 June 2026

Lost in the shuffle at times is the 35-year-old George — in large part this season because of a 25-game suspension for flunking a drug test — who has deferred to the other three Sixers when needed yet can still flash that All-Star form. — CBS News, 30 Apr. 2026

Or the employee cafeteria in the chains’ corporate overlord’s headquarters flunking an inspection? — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 20 Mar. 2026

By the end of the eighth grade, Ben—now out as gay—was flunking every class. — Longreads, 3 Feb. 2026

For its misleading omissions, the Times story deserves a flunking grade. — Orlando Sentinel, The Orlando Sentinel, 7 Jan. 2026

Conservatives, with few exceptions, united behind her, arguing the controversy was an example of a left-wing instructor flunking a student over their Christian beliefs. — Jo Yurcaba, NBC news, 14 Dec. 2025

The coursework was intense, and the two struggled, even flunking some classes. — Eva Roytburg, Fortune, 28 Nov. 2025