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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | a mistake |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, bonehead play, boo-boo, bungle, error, false move, faux pas*, flub, flummox, foulup, gaffe, goof-up, miscalculation, miscue, misstep, muddle, muff, oversight, screw-up, slipup, snafu, whoops |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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| Main Entry: | blunder |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake |
| Synonyms: | blooper, boner, boo-boo, bungle, dumb move, dumb thing to do, error, fault, faux pas, flub, flub-up, fluff, gaffe, goof, howler, impropriety, inaccuracy, indiscretion, lapse, muff, oversight, slip, slip-up, solecism, trip* |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, correction, fix, restitution |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | butcher |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | meat killer, seller |
| Synonyms: | boner, meat person, meatmarket person, processor, skinner, slaughterer, slayer |
| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake; wrong |
| Synonyms: | X, absurdity, bad job, blunder, boner, boo-boo, delinquency, delusion, deviation, erratum, failure, fall, fallacy, falsehood, falsity, fault, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, misapprehension, misbelief, miscalculation, misconception, miscue, misdeed, misjudgment, mismanagement, miss, misstep, misunderstanding, offense, omission, oversight, screamer, screw-up, sin, slight, slip, slipup, solecism, stumble, transgression, trespass, untruth, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, certainty, correction, right, truth, validity |
| Main Entry: | gaffe |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake, goof |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, faux pas*, howler, impropriety, indecorum, indiscretion, putting foot in mouth, slip*, solecism |
| Notes: | a gaff is an iron hook with a handle used for landing large fish, while a gaffe is a socially awkward or tactless error |
| Antonyms: | correction |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | slipup |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, bungle, faux pas, flaw, glitch, goof, lapse, miscalculation, miscue, misjudgment, misstep, mistake, misunderstanding, oversight, screwup, slight, stumble, transgression |
| Main Entry: | flub |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake |
| Synonyms: | blunder, boner, botch, bungle, err, error, fluff, muff |
| Main Entry: | bloomer |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | blooper, boner, bungle, error, faux pas, fumble, goof, mistake, muff, stumble |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
aberrant, all in the wrong, apocryphal, astray, at cross, controvertible, deceitful, delusive, devoid of truth, erroneous, exploded, fallacious, false, faulty, groundless, heretical, ideal, illogical, illusive, illusory, in error, in the wrong box, inaccurate, incorrect, indefinite, inexact, mistaken, mock, on a false scent, on the wrong scent, out, out in one's reckoning, perverted, refuted, spurious, tripping, unauthenticated, under an error, unexact, ungrounded, unreal, unsound, unsubstantial, unsustainable, untrue, untrustworthy, wide of the mark
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