forgot

[fer-got] / fərˈgɒt /

VERB

not be able to remember

Synonyms

STRONG

blow obliterate

WEAK

clean forget consign to oblivion dismiss from mind disremember draw a blank escape one's memory fail to remember let slip from memory lose consciousness of lose sight of misrecollect think no more of

Antonyms

WEAK

carry learn recall recollect remember take

VERB

leave behind

Synonyms

STRONGEST

fail ignore neglect overlook skip

STRONG

blink discount disregard drop omit slight transgress trespass

WEAK

lose sight of overpass pass over

Antonyms

STRONGEST

accomplish achieve complete finish heed look at notice regard succeed

STRONG

attend pay attention

WEAK

carry learn recall recollect remember take

Example Sentences

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I forgot to ask Coach Madalon if there was room left on the shelf.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 28, 2026

O'Mahoney asked him to record the message for his girlfriend, Rebecca Spencer, who was away, but he forgot to press record and asked Prince William to record it a second time.

From BBC • May 21, 2026

Hawking could intuit the mathematics that describes the fabric of spacetime, but in that earlier book he sometimes forgot that the rest of us could not do the same, and meandered into distracting mathematical discussions.

From The Wall Street Journal • May 19, 2026

Done poorly, they could trigger stealth taxes, surtaxes, lost deductions and Medicare penalties that show up years later, like a bar tab you forgot about.

From MarketWatch • May 8, 2026

He was about to tell her that the storm had ripped it away, when he turned .and forgot about the cape.

From "Wolf Brother" by Michelle Paver