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 Tamayo socialized and temporarily forgot what awaited at home. — Arkansas Online, 10 Sep. 2026 Kupp nearly forgot one team (Ninja UKR) before the fan pointed it out to the Super Bowl LVI Most Valuable Player. — Pete Grathoff, Kansas City Star, 29 Aug. 2026 Fewer than 30% of Americans support a data center being built in their community and the reason why is simple; the industry forgot about consumers. — Staff, FOXNews.com, 28 Aug. 2026 Maybe a family watches a favorite performer together, while nearby strangers start talking because someone forgot sunscreen and their friend packed enough for six people. — Svetlana Khachiyan, USA Today, 27 Aug. 2026 With all that success, Dolly never forgot her goal of helping others. — Hunter Kelly, HollywoodReporter, 26 Aug. 2026 Imagine someone forgot a bowl of New England clam chowder in the back of a cloth-upholstered car during the height of a Florida summer. — Aj Willingham, AJC.com, 25 Aug. 2026 Dolly never forgot her humble beginnings and throughout her life she was dedicated to extending a helping hand to all. — Rebecca Angel Baer, Southern Living, 25 Aug. 2026 As if things weren’t already bleak, Milwaukee was gifted its 21st run after Julio Rodríguez forgot how many outs there were in the bottom of the eighth. — Johnny Flores Jr, New York Times, 19 Aug. 2026

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Verb

To illustrate how meaningless that can be, those three teams missed the playoffs.

— Kevin Fishbain, New York Times, 11 Sep. 2026
Brentwood missed a chance to end it in the second overtime but had an extra point blocked.

— Steve Galluzzo, Los Angeles Times, 11 Sep. 2026

Definition of missed

Verb

All three projects—the ballroom, the arch, and the Kennedy Center—may soon be moving forward simultaneously, red tape cleared (or ignored).

— Janay Kingsberry, The Atlantic, 5 Sep. 2026
What mattered was that the project ignored the fact that a ship is nothing but the tip of a very long logistical, regulatory, and infrastructure spear.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 4 Sep. 2026

Definition of ignored

Verb

Volvo neglected to detail pricing on the 2028 XC40, but the 2026 version starts at $41,295 delivered.

— Adam Ismail, The Drive, 10 Sep. 2026
The play’s main character, Mack the Knife, is simultaneously attractive and repulsive, and the role works best when neither of those two sides is neglected.

— Literary Hub, Literary Hub, 9 Sep. 2026

Definition of neglected

Verb

The Cowboys’ roster revamp failed miserably in its debut against Tulsa.

— Manny Navarro, New York Times, 6 Sep. 2026
The explosion was ultimately blamed on an O-ring that failed in one the shuttle’s solid rocket boosters, allowing a flame to pierce the external fuel tank.

— Richard Tribou, The Orlando Sentinel, 6 Sep. 2026

Definition of failed

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Cisse, 21, has also been omitted from the squad, after joining this summer from Austrian Bundesliga club LASK.

— Sam Joseph, New York Times, 4 Sep. 2026
Housing developments increasingly omitted sidewalks, favoring drivers over walkers, and the country grew more litigious, making planners wary of playgrounds, which could attract lawsuits when kids got hurt.

— Joshua Rothman, New Yorker, 4 Sep. 2026