FLOPPED Synonyms: 92 Similar and Opposite Words

flopped

verb

past tense of flop

as in plopped

to throw or set down clumsily or casually they lazily flopped themselves onto the couch to watch the game flopped the bag of groceries onto the counter

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as in collapsed

to be unsuccessful the attempt to run the ball into the end zone flopped, and our team lost by five points

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as in flapped

to move or cause to move with a striking motion a fish flopping around on the dock

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Recent Examples of flopped Relatively low rates secured for bonds issued by Nvidia and SpaceX flopped in the secondary debt market earlier this month while Amazon had to settle for rates that were high by its standards, The Wall Street Journal reported on July 12. — Tobias Burns, CNBC, 26 July 2026 The Daily Show spent almost four minutes waxing rhapsodic over that time Lenny Kravitz’s pants split open and his hog flopped out. — Bethy Squires, Vulture, 17 July 2026 Cece went into her room, flopped onto her bed, and pulled up her text thread with Tomo. — Jessica Contrera, New Yorker, 13 July 2026 Anders Carlson bombed in 2023, then Brayden Narveson flopped at the start of 2024. — Rob Reischel, Forbes.com, 29 June 2026 The superhero movie flopped on opening weekend, with domestic ticket sales totaling approximately $38 million. — Joey Nolfi, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 Although the movie flopped, the single topped Billboard's Hot 100 chart. — Cara Lynn Shultz, PEOPLE, 29 June 2026 Thielbar has regressed, while free agent Phil Maton, Hoyer’s main bullpen addition on a two-year, $14 million deal, has flopped like last year’s big bullpen addition, Ryan Pressly. — Paul Sullivan, Chicago Tribune, 21 June 2026 Ruffled, massive blooms on upright stems that haven't flopped are a real garden success story. — Karen Brewer Grossman, Southern Living, 16 June 2026

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Verb

In the comics, Battleworld stitched together all the different worlds and plopped every hero and their variant into one new universe.

— Jordan Moreau, Variety, 31 July 2026
Muchová went up 3-1 early with a crouching forehand volley that just plopped inside the court, prompting applause from Gauff and a disbelieving shake of the head from Muchová.

— Ava Wallace, New York Times, 9 July 2026

Definition of plopped

Verb

By reproducing Campbell’s soup cans and Marilyn Monroe portraits at industrial scale, Warhol collapsed the distinction between commerce and culture, suggesting that mass production and repetition could become a form of value in itself.

— Amy O’Brien, Vogue, 21 July 2026
The country’s power grid collapsed three times this month, while water service, food production, transportation, garbage collection and medical services have been severely disrupted.

— Nora Gámez Torres, Miami Herald, 21 July 2026

Definition of collapsed

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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

Verb

Young people fluttered about, wearing custom white T-shirts emblazoned with the festival’s retro cartoon-style poster art.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 29 July 2026
On Thursday morning, fat bees perched on black-and-blue sage flowers, and doves loudly fluttered from fruit tree to fruit tree.

— Anne Ewbank, Sacbee.com, 23 July 2026

Definition of fluttered

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The 17 passengers and crew who lived told investigators everyone survived the landing, but many passengers struggled to locate life vests and the crew had a difficult time pulling out life rafts.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 22 July 2026
Brayden Burries, Bucks While most of the vaunted crop of rookie guards from the NCAA ranks struggled, Burries was a glaring exception.

— John Hollinger, New York Times, 22 July 2026