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 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 The promise Perez never forgot By Perez’s third season in the majors, his talent behind the plate was no longer much of a secret. — Kansas City Star, 22 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 Even on days where the director would come out between dress and tape and make huge cuts to the scenes, Hayden, never once forgot a line or missed her blocking. — Shelby Stivale, Entertainment Weekly, 17 Aug. 2026 And the Documentary never suggests Banks was on set or in a position to intervene, covered it up, or later forgot about it. — Charlotte Phillipp, PEOPLE, 17 Aug. 2026 Another employee got the glove switching part down, but forgot the handwashing in the middle. — David J. Neal, Miami Herald, 14 Aug. 2026 Three Tenses is born from a draft Park had written, saved on a floppy disc, then plum forgot about for a couple decades. — Diana Arterian, Literary Hub, 13 Aug. 2026

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Verb

Right tackle Luke Goedeke tore his plantar fascia and suffered a severe foot contusion, and missed six games.

— Rick Stroud, The Orlando Sentinel, 28 Aug. 2026
Bell, a fourth-round draft pick after his record-breaking senior year at UConn, missed the first two preseason games with a groin injury but starred in his debut against the Pittsburgh Steelers at the brand new Highmark Stadium on Thursday night.

— Joe Arruda, Hartford Courant, 28 Aug. 2026

Definition of missed

Verb

Neighbors said their complaints about the empty lot were ignored for years until a fire burned part of the property and neighbor Kayt Miranda's garage early on Wednesday morning.

— Joy Benedict, CBS News, 28 Aug. 2026
The stock that spent two years being ignored by the same investors who loaded up on Hilton and Marriott is now having its moment.

— Josh Brown,Sean Russo, CNBC, 27 Aug. 2026

Definition of ignored

Verb

Texas law requires certain professionals who have reasonable cause to believe a child has been abused or neglected to report the suspicion within 24 hours.

— Doug Myers, CBS News, 26 Aug. 2026
The recent transformation has breathed new life into the space, elevating it from neglected to polished while preserving its architectural roots.

— Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 25 Aug. 2026

Definition of neglected

Verb

Critically, the owner of the footage failed to show any impact on the market for the footage and in fact had never licensed the footage for compensation.

— Schuyler Moore, Forbes.com, 30 Aug. 2026
Congress legalized home brewing in 1978 Occasional efforts in recent years to change the law failed to gain traction.

— Maureen Groppe, USA Today, 30 Aug. 2026

Definition of failed

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Insult was added to injury in the early days of the blackout, when NIPSCO omitted Gary from their timelines on when power would come back.

— Chris Tye, CBS News, 27 Aug. 2026
Grealish was subsequently omitted from City’s squad for the summer’s Club World Cup, prior to his Everton switch.

— David Ornstein, New York Times, 26 Aug. 2026