Synonyms of floundering

1 Syllable

lurch, toss, flop, toil, thrash

2 Syllables

muddle, fumble, bobble, grope, dotard, labor, strive, awkward, lashing, goalless, flummox, clunky, plunge, klutzy, tumble, pratfall, blunder, stumble, travail, wallow, snafu

3 Syllables

doddering, maladroit, unhelpful, unfitted

4 Syllables

purposeless, motiveless, heavyhanded, incompetent, undirected