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
• wabbles
• dodders

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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