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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: | 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: | 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: | slip |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, goof |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, bungle, failure, fault, flub, fluff, foul-up, gaff, howler, imprudence, indiscretion, lapse, misdeed, misstep, mistake, muff, omission, oversight, screw-up, slip of the tongue, slip-up, trip |
| Antonyms: | correction, perfection, success |
| Main Entry: | belly laugh |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | very funny joke |
| Synonyms: | good one, guffaw, hoot, howler, rib tickler, riot, roar, scream, sidesplitter, thigh-slapper, wow |
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| Main Entry: | error |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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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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| Concept: | Error. |
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-nouns
error, fallacy; misconception, misapprehension, misstanding, misunderstanding; inexactness; laxity; misconstruction (misinterpreptation); miscomputation (misjudgment); non sequitur; misstatement, misreport; mumpsimus., mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes, oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose thread; trip, stumble (failure); botchery (want of skill); slip of the tongue, slip of the pen; lapsus linguae, clerical error; bull (absurdity); haplography., illusion, delusion; false impression, false idea; bubble; self-deceit, self-deception; mists of error., heresy (heterodoxy); hallucination (insanity); false light (fallacy of vision); dream (fancy); fable (untruth); bias (misjudgment); misleading
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| Antonyms: | truth |
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