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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | boner |
| 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
| Main Entry: | boo boo |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | small mistake |
| Synonyms: | blunder, error, gaffe, goof, misstep, oversight, screw-up, slip |
| Main Entry: | carry on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | lose control emotionally |
| Synonyms: | act up, be indecorous, blunder, cut up, lose it, make a fuss, misbehave, rage, raise Cain |
| Antonyms: | be calm |
| Main Entry: | default |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure; want |
| Synonyms: | absence, blemish, blunder, dearth, defect, deficiency, delinquency, dereliction, disregard, error, fault, imperfection, inadequacy, insufficiency, lack, lapse, miss, neglect, nonpayment, offense, omission, overlooking, oversight, privation, shortcoming, slight, transgression, vice, weakness, wrongdoing |
| Antonyms: | advantage, payment, perfection, satisfaction, success |
| Main Entry: | delusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misconception, misbelief |
| Synonyms: | apparition, blunder, casuistry, chicanery, daydream, deception, deceptiveness, dream, eidolon, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, figment, fool's paradise, ghost, hallucination, head trip, ignis fatuus, illusion, lapse, mirage, misapprehension, mistake, optical illusion, oversight, phantasm, phantom, pipe dream, self-deception, shade, speciousness, spuriousness, trickery, trip, vision |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion hallucination is from disturbed sensory perceptions; delusion is from disturbed thinking an illusion is an image or conception of something actual or real that presents itself to the mind in an abnormal or distorted manner; a delusion is a false belief about oneself or other people that persists despite its being at variance with the facts |
| Antonyms: | actuality, certainty, fact, reality, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | disappointment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | saddening situation; letdown |
| Synonyms: | bitter pill, blind alley, blow, blunder, bringdown, bummer, bust, calamity, defeat, disaster, discouragement, downer, downfall, drag, dud, error, failure, false alarm, faux pas*, fiasco, fizzle, flash in the pan, impasse, inefficacy, lemon, miscalculation, mischance, misfortune, mishap, mistake, obstacle, old one-two, setback, slip, washout |
| Antonyms: | boost, comfort, happiness, help, miracle, pleasure, relief, success, wonder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | err |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake; do wrong |
| Synonyms: | be in error, be inaccurate, be incorrect, be mistaken, blow*, blunder, bollix, boo-boo, deviate, drop the ball, fall, flub, foul up, go astray, go wrong, goof, lapse, louse up, make a mess of, mess up*, misapprehend, misbehave, miscalculate, misjudge, muff, offend, screw up, sin, slip up, snafu, snarl up, stray, stumble, transgress, trespass, wander |
| Antonyms: | correct |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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