Synonyms of forgot

forgot

verb

past tense of forget

1

as in missed

to be unable to recall or think of

I forget exactly on which street that the house is

Synonyms & Similar Words

• missed
• lost
• disremembered
• unlearned
• ignored
• blanked
• neglected
• misremembered
• disregarded
• passed over
• overlooked
• slurred (over)
• slighted
• overpassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remembered
• recalled
• thought (of)
• recollected
• reminisced (about)
• reminded
• flashed back (to)
• minded
• harked back (to)
• harkened back (to)
• hearkened back (to)

2

as in ignored

to fail to give proper attention to

she promised not to forget her high school friends after she went off to college

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ignored
• neglected
• missed
• overlooked
• disregarded
• passed over
• bypassed
• omitted
• slurred (over)
• slighted
• rejected
• failed
• overpassed
• disdained
• brushed (aside or off)
• skimped
• sloughed (off)
• scorned
• shrugged off
• sluffed (off)
• pooh-poohed
• scanted

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• tended (to)
• attended (to)
• regarded
• remembered
• appreciated
• valued
• cherished
• heeded
• cultivated
• fostered
• noticed
• minded
• noted
• prized
• watched
• treasured
• followed
• marked
• listened (to)
• observed
• remarked
• nurtured
• nursed
• pampered

3

as in neglected

to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness

he forgot the pot boiling on the stove

Synonyms & Similar Words

• neglected
• shirked
• slacked (off)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remembered
• did
• attended (to)
• carried out
• performed
• executed
• accomplished
• achieved
• maintained
• kept up

4

as in failed

to miss the opportunity or obligation

I forgot to call on his birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

• failed
• neglected
• omitted
• ignored
• missed out on
• disregarded
• passed over
• skipped
• overlooked
• slid
• defaulted
• slipped
• pretermitted
• slighted
• overpassed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• remembered
• did
• kept
• observed
• carried out
• performed
• practiced
• heeded
• executed
• met
• minded
• satisfied
• fulfilled
• discharged
• complied (with)

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of forgot

People almost forgot about the fifth starter. —Bennett Durando, Denver Post, 13 Apr. 2026

My parents never forgot about me. —Annie Heilbrunn, San Diego Union-Tribune, 9 Apr. 2026

Boz never forgot the foundation of hope that moment provided. —Lauren Brown West-Rosenthal, Parents, 8 Apr. 2026

Now Larrañaga stopped a freshman who forgot one and asked the class to help. —Dave Hyde, Sun Sentinel, 7 Apr. 2026

Porziņģis played like a man who forgot the rules of physics, racking up five fouls in the third quarter—including two in the backcourt that were as unnecessary as a screen door on a submarine. —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 6 Apr. 2026

Propped against this narrow counter, with a steady stream of market-goers filling the street, Cami had passed her a sheaf of forms to sign and Ember, already impatient, promised to leave them on her desk before the weekend, then slotted them into her bag and immediately forgot. —Literary Hub, 1 Apr. 2026

The consensus view forgot something basic about human beings. —Gary Shapiro, Fortune, 1 Apr. 2026

Perhaps the managers at Hooters forgot what Yoda's character had said about anger leading to suffering, because Berry was furious. —John Tufts, IndyStar, 1 Apr. 2026