FORGOT Synonyms: 85 Similar and Opposite Words

forgot

verb

past tense of forget

as in missed

to be unable to recall or think of I forget exactly on which street that the house is

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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

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as in neglected

to leave undone or unattended to especially through carelessness he forgot the pot boiling on the stove

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as in failed

to miss the opportunity or obligation I forgot to call on his birthday

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Recent Examples of forgot The Dodgers trailed the Yankees 5-0 and were being one-hit by Gerrit Cole in Game 5 of the 2024 World Series before Aaron Judge failed to catch a routine flyball and Cole forgot to cover first base. — Dan Freedman, Forbes.com, 4 Aug. 2026 That could be because their former coach did not mark a change for athletic purposes, or maybe the coach forgot about a UIL rule and, because there were no allegations, didn’t receive any UIL oversight. — Charles Baggarly august 4, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 4 Aug. 2026 Here's Myles Garrett's girlfriend — Olympic snowboarder Chloe Kim — passive aggressively wishing herself a happy National Girlfriends Day since Myles apparently forgot to. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 4 Aug. 2026 And the 6-foot-9 defensive anchor for the Bruins never forgot. — Ethan Hanson, Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026 After Graham was eulogized Tuesday in the nation's capital as an indefatigable dealmaker by the president, vice president and others, mourners in Columbia prepared to remember him Wednesday as the son of pool hall owners who never forgot his roots. — ABC News, 29 July 2026 It was not stolen, someone just forgot to return it or something. — Joel Feder, The Drive, 29 July 2026 An ancestor who forgot about the beautiful flowers by the lake? — April Dávila, Literary Hub, 22 July 2026 In that moment, Greenfield completely forgot about the show or his character or acting. — Lexy Perez, HollywoodReporter, 21 July 2026

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Isbel has missed nearly two months with plantar fasciitis in his left foot.

— Jaylon Thompson, Kansas City Star, 1 Aug. 2026
Offensive lineman Jager Burton (hamstring) also missed practice, while Kraft (knee) and guard Aaron Banks (nee/management) both practiced.

— Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026

Definition of missed

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Her attorney advised against it, but Belle ignored the advice, allowed the change and signed.

— Margery A. Greenberg, New York Daily News, 1 Aug. 2026
The crowds ignored the best efforts of the protest leaders to act as disciplinary conductors and reveled in their own playful spontaneity, their slogans and posters heaping colorful profanities on the prime minister.

— Asim Ali, Time, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignored

Verb

Without such oversight, new facilities tend to cluster in affluent suburban markets while underserved rural and inner-city areas remain neglected.

— Richard Menger MD MPA, Forbes.com, 31 July 2026
The neighborhood sits just four miles north of uptown, and some residents have long felt neglected by the city.

— DJ Simmons, Charlotte Observer, 23 July 2026

Definition of neglected

Verb

Israel even went after Tehran’s own leaders – killing former Supreme Leader Ayatollah Ali Khamenei – in the hope of triggering regime change, which has so far failed.

— Nadeen Ebrahim, CNN Money, 2 Aug. 2026
Brookfield was able to acquire a different version of the business from the one that had failed.

— Jim Osman, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of failed

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Conductor Nathalie Stutzmann made a convincing case for an unwieldy composition whose autographed score was given by Wagner's daughter-in-law, Winifried, to Hitler and lost in the destruction that ended World War II.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Aug. 2026
The date stood out to Browning, who’d lost thousands in anticipated shillings when 584 steerage and 253 second-class passengers chose drowning in a Canadian river over registering at one of his boarding houses near the port of Liverpool.

— Claire Carusillo, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

Definition of lost

Verb

But by that point, the government's own investigation had shown that wasn't true, and the government omitted that inconvenient evidence from its search warrant applications, Comey said.

— Aysha Bagchi, USA Today, 30 July 2026
The mine wars were omitted from West Virginia school textbooks, replaced with a patriotic version of the coal industry’s history.

— Elijah TanAll, Encyclopedia Britannica, 29 July 2026