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Flunk

🔄 Synonyms of "Flunk"

3 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
failverb	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
flush itverb	fail to get a passing grade
bombnoun	An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.

↔️ Antonyms of "Flunk"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
passverb	To change place.
nailnoun	The thin, horny plate at the ends of fingers and toes on humans and some other animals.
make itverb	To succeed in doing something, for example in reaching a place, going somewhere, attending an event, arriving in time for something, adding to one's schedule or itinerary, or in getting where one wants to be in one's life or career, which sometimes means becoming or wanting to become successful (succeed in a big way) or famous.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Flunk"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
failverb	(intransitive) To be unsuccessful.
bombverb	An explosive device used or intended as a weapon, especially, one dropped from an aircraft.
flush itverb	fail to get a passing grade
outsnoun	A means of exit, escape, reprieve, etc.
flunk outverb	(idiomatic) To fail to finish school, or a given subject, program or course, due to academic shortcomings; i.e., to have too many flunking or failing grades (marks).
flagnoun	A piece of cloth, often decorated with an emblem, used as a visual signal or symbol.
flopnoun	A complete failure, especially in the entertainment industry.
ploughnoun	(agriculture) A device pulled through the ground in order to break it open into furrows for planting.
fall down onverb	To stumble or unintentionally descend and land on
fall downverb	(intransitive) To fall to the ground. To collapse.
plucknoun	(informal, figurative, uncountable) Guts, nerve, fortitude or persistence.
fall throughverb	(intransitive, idiomatic) To be unsuccessful, come to nothing; to be cancelled; not to proceed.
sloughnoun	The skin shed by a snake or other reptile.
missnoun	A failure to obtain or accomplish something; a failure to succeed.
dropnoun	(also figuratively) A small quantity of liquid, just large enough to hold its own round shape through surface tension, especially one that falls from a source of liquid.
sag offverb	To skive; to fail to attend school when required to do so.
defaultnoun	(electronics, computing) the original software programming settings as set by the factory
foldnoun	An act of folding.
forfeitverb	To suffer the loss of something by wrongdoing or non-compliance
loseverb	(transitive) To cease to have (something) in one's possession or capability.