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| Main Entry: | |
| 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: | fall |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | descend; become lower |
| Synonyms: | abate, backslide, be precipitated, break down, buckle, cascade, cave in, collapse, crash, decline, decrease, depreciate, diminish, dip, dive, drag, droop, drop down, dwindle, ease, ebb, flag, flop, fold up, go down, gravitate, hit the dirt, keel over, land, lapse, lessen, nose-dive, pitch, plummet, plunge, recede, regress, relapse, settle, sink, slip, slope, slump, spin, stumble, subside, take a header, tip over, topple, totter, trail, trip, tumble, wane |
| Antonyms: | ascend, climb, go up, rise, scale |
| Main Entry: | go |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | elapse |
| Synonyms: | be spent, expire, flow, lapse, pass, pass away, slip away, transpire, waste away |
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | addle, be off the mark, be wrong, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, confuse, deceive oneself, err, fail, get wrong, goof, have wrong impression, jumble, lapse, make a mess, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, miss, miss the boat, not know, omit, overestimate, overlook, put foot in, slip up, slip*, snarl, take for, tangle, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | be certain, be sure, comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pass |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | go by, elapse; move onward |
| Synonyms: | befall, blow past, catch, come off, come to pass, come up, crawl, cross, cruise, depart, develop, drag, fall out, fare, flow, fly, fly by, get ahead, give, glide, glide by, go, go past, happen, hie, journey, lapse, leave, linger, move, occur, pass away, pass by, proceed, progress, push on, reach, repair, rise, roll, run, run by, run out, slip away, take place, transpire, travel, wend |
| Antonyms: | get, take, use |
| Main Entry: | regress |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to earlier way of doing things |
| Synonyms: | backslide, degenerate, deteriorate, ebb, fall away, fall back, fall off, go back, lapse, lose ground, recede, relapse, retreat, retrogress, revert, roll back, sink, throw back, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
| Main Entry: | relapse |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deteriorate, weaken |
| Synonyms: | backslide, be overcome, be overtaken, degenerate, fade, fail, fall, fall back, lapse, recidivate, regress, retrogress, revert, sicken, sink, slide back, slip back, suffer, turn back, worsen |
| Antonyms: | get better, heal, progress, strengthen |
| Main Entry: | revert |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | return to an earlier, less-developed condition |
| Synonyms: | about-face, backslide, change, come back, decline, degenerate, deteriorate, fall off the wagon, flip-flop, go back, hark back, inverse, invert, lapse, react, recrudesce, recur, regress, relapse, resume, retrograde, retrogress, return, take up where left off, throw back, transpose, turn, turn back |
| Antonyms: | develop, grow, progress |
| Main Entry: | sin |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | commit illegal or immoral action |
| Synonyms: | backslide, break commandment, break law, cheat, commit crime, deviate, do wrong, err, fall, fall from grace, go astray, lapse, live in sin, misbehave, misconduct, offend, sow wild oats, stray, take the primrose path, transgress, trespass, wallow in the mire, wander |
| Antonyms: | behave, comply, obey |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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