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errata
[ih-rah-tuh, ih-rey-, ih-rat-uh] 
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erratum
[ih-rah-tuhm, ih-rey-, ih-rat-uhm]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misprint |
| Synonyms: | error, mistake, typo |
| 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: | fallacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, misconception |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth |
| Antonyms: | certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | inaccuracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, erroneousness |
| Synonyms: | blunder, corrigendum, deception, defect, erratum, exaggeration, fault, howler, imprecision, incorrectness, inexactness, miscalculation, mistake, slip*, solecism, typo, unfaithfulness, unreliability, wrong |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, correctness, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | aberration, blooper, blunder, boo-boo, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false move, false step, fault, faux pas, flub, fluff, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, overestimation, oversight, slight, slip, slip of tongue, slipup, snafu, solecism, trip*, typographical error, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | typographical error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake in printing |
| Synonyms: | clerical error, erratum, misprint, mistake in typing, printer's error, typing mistake, typist's error, typo |
| Main Entry: | speciousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fallacy |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, spuriousness, subterfuge, untruth |
| Main Entry: | spuriousness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fallacy |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, deceptiveness, delusion, deviation, elusion, equivocation, erratum, erroneousness, error, evasion, falsehood, faultiness, flaw, heresy, illogicality, inconsistency, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, mistake, non sequitur, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, speciousness, subterfuge, untruth |
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| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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faulty, aberrant, all in the wrong, apocryphal, astray, at cross, controvertible, deceitful, delusive, devoid of truth, erroneous, exploded, fallacious, false, 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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