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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blunderer |
| Synonyms: | botcher, bull in a china shop, bumbler, bungler, dub, foozler, ignoramus |
| Main Entry: | fiasco |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | catastrophe |
| Synonyms: | abortion, blunder, botched situation, breakdown, debacle, disaster, dumb thing to do, dumb trick, embarrassment, error, failure, farce, flap, flop, mess, miscarriage, route, ruin, screwup, stunt, washout |
| Antonyms: | advantage, benefit, blessing, boon, miracle, success, wonder |
| 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: | snafu |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake |
| Synonyms: | blooper, blunder, bungle, confusion, error, false step, faux pas, flub, foul-up, goof-up, mess, miscalculation, misjudgment, misunderstanding, mix-up, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup |
| 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: | disorganization |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unordered situation or thing |
| Synonyms: | anarchy, chaos, confusion, derangement, disarray, disjointedness, disorder, disruption, dissolution, disunion, foul-up, incoherence, mix-up, rat's nest, screw-up, unconnectedness, unholy mess |
| Antonyms: | coherence, method, neatness, order, organization, plan, system, tidiness |
| 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: | indiscretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mistake |
| Synonyms: | bumble, crudeness, dropping the ball, dumb move, error, excitability, faux pas, folly, fool mistake, foolishness, foul-up, gaffe, gaucherie, goof, hastiness, imprudence, indiscreetness, ingenuousness, lapse, miscue, misjudgment, misspeak, naiveté, rashness, recklessness, screw-up, simple-mindedness, slip of the tongue, slip*, slip-up, stumble, stupidity, tactlessness, thoughtlessness, unseemliness |
| Antonyms: | care, discreetness, discretion, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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