How long did you flounder around before you asked for help?
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Flounder
//ˈflaʊndɚ//
Synonyms for "flounder" (130 found)
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Strong matches (39)
Related words (65)
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1 entriesRelated terms
1 entriesat location
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3 entriesmanner of
1 entriesrelated to
16 entriesTranslations
97 translations across 33 languages.
Asturian
2 entries- soyu noun (Platichthys flesus)
- xoyu noun (Platichthys flesus)
Azerbaijani
1 entries- tutulmaq verb (to act clumsily or confused)
Basque
1 entries- platuxa latz noun (Platichthys flesus)
Bulgarian
3 entries- камбала noun (Platichthys flesus)
- обърквам се verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- пля́скам verb (to flop around)
Catalan
1 entries- plana noun (Platichthys flesus)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 川鰈 /川鲽 noun (Platichthys flesus)
Czech
2 entries- flundra obecná noun (Platichthys flesus)
- platýs bradavičnatý noun (Platichthys flesus)
Danish
3 entries- flynder noun (Platichthys flesus)
- skrubbe noun (Platichthys flesus)
- sprælle verb (to flop around)
Dutch
2 entries- bot noun (Platichthys flesus)
- spartelen verb (to flop around)
Esperanto
2 entries- fleso noun (Platichthys flesus)
- barakti verb (to flop around)
Estonian
1 entries- lest noun (Platichthys flesus)
Finnish
4 entries- kampela noun (Platichthys flesus)
- horjua verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
- kompuroida verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
- kompuroida verb (to act clumsily or confused)
French
2 entries- flet noun (Platichthys flesus)
- tituber verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
Galician
2 entries- lirpa noun (Platichthys flesus)
- solla noun (Platichthys flesus)
German
4 entries- Flunder noun (Platichthys flesus)
- Schwierigkeiten haben verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
- herumholpern verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- herumzappeln verb (to flop around)
Greek
4 entries- πλευρονήκτης noun (Platichthys flesus)
- ψήσσα noun (Platichthys flesus)
- παραδέρνω verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- παραπαίω verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
Hungarian
4 entries- érdes lepényhal noun (Platichthys flesus)
- belegabalyodik verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- belezavarodik verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- botladozik verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
Irish
2 entries- leadhbóg noun (Platichthys flesus)
- leith noun (Platichthys flesus)
Japanese
1 entries- まごつく verb (to act clumsily or confused)
Lithuanian
1 entries- upinė plekšnė noun (Platichthys flesus)
Lushootseed
1 entries- p'uay' noun (Platichthys flesus)
Māori
4 entries- pātiki noun (Platichthys flesus)
- tangaru verb (to flop around)
- tangaru verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
- tākaru verb (to flop around)
Norman
1 entries- fliandre noun (Platichthys flesus)
Norwegian
1 entries- skrubbe noun (Platichthys flesus)
Polish
4 entries- fląderka noun (Platichthys flesus)
- flądra noun (Platichthys flesus)
- stornia noun (Platichthys flesus)
- brnąć verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
Portuguese
3 entries- linguado noun (Platichthys flesus)
- solha noun (Platichthys flesus)
- debater-se verb (to flop around)
Russian
4 entries- речна́я ка́мбала noun (Platichthys flesus)
- бара́хтаться verb (to flop around)
- сби́ться verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- сбива́ться verb (to act clumsily or confused)
Serbo-Croatian
2 entries- iverak noun (Platichthys flesus)
- иверак noun (Platichthys flesus)
Spanish
4 entries- platija noun (Platichthys flesus)
- tambalearse verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
- tartalear verb (to act clumsily or confused)
- tartalearse verb (to act clumsily or confused)
Swedish
4 entries- flundra noun (Platichthys flesus)
- skrubbskädda noun (Platichthys flesus)
- sprattla verb (to flop around)
- sprattla verb (to attempt to move or regain one's balance)
Tagalog
1 entries- tatampal noun (Platichthys flesus)
Turkish
1 entries- pisi balığı noun (Platichthys flesus)
Ukrainian
2 entries- бо́рсатися verb (to flop around)
- побо́рсатися verb (to flop around)
Sample sentences
15 total sentences available.
More than 250 fish species use the Chesapeake Bay and tributaries for some portion of their life cycles, including American and hickory shad, river herring, striped bass, eel, weakfish, bluefish, flounder, oysters, and blue crabs. More than 300 migratory bird species can also be found in the watershed.
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An adult flounder has both eyes on the same side of its face.
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A flounder is a fish that spends its adult life on the sea bed.
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