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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: | fail |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | abandon, forsake |
| Synonyms: | abort, back out, blink, break one's word, desert, disappoint, discount, disregard, fault, forget, funk, go astray, ignore, let down, miscarry, neglect, omit, overlook, overpass, slight, slip |
| Antonyms: | capture, complete, deliver, finish, obtain, procure |
| Main Entry: | misbehave |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | act in inappropriate manner |
| Synonyms: | act up, be at fault, be bad, be dissolute, be guilty, be immoral, be indecorous, be insubordinate, be mischievous, be out of line, be out of order, be reprehensible, bend the law, carry on, cut up, deviate, do evil, do wrong, fail, fool around, get into mischief, go astray, go wrong, make trouble, misconduct, offend, roughhouse, sin, sow wild oats, take a wrong turn, transgress, trespass |
| Antonyms: | behave, obey |
| Main Entry: | ramble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | talk aimlessly, endlessly |
| Synonyms: | amplify, babble, be diffuse, beat around bush, blather, chatter, depart, descant, digress, divagate, diverge, drift, drivel, dwell on, enlarge, excurse, expatiate, get off the subject, go astray, go off on tangent, go on and on, gossip, harp on, lose the thread, maunder, meander, prose, protract, rant and rave, rattle on, stray, talk nonsense, talk off top of head, talk randomly, wander |
| Antonyms: | be direct |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | stray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | wander; get lost |
| Synonyms: | be abandoned, be lost, deviate, drift, err, gad, gallivant, go all over the map, go amiss, go astray, lose one's way, meander, ramble, range, roam, rove, straggle, swerve, traipse, turn, wander away, wander off |
| Antonyms: | go direct |
| Main Entry: | wander |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | digress; get lost |
| Synonyms: | babble, depart, deviate, divagate, diverge, err, get off the track, get sidetracked, go astray, go off on a tangent, lose one's way, lose train of thought, ramble, rave, shift, stray, swerve, talk nonsense, veer |
| Antonyms: | go direct, stay |
| Main Entry: | miscarry |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail to attain goal |
| Synonyms: | abort, back wrong horse, backslide, be defeated, be demoted, be found lacking, be in vain, be ruined, blunder, break down, come to naught, come to nothing, decline, deteriorate, fall, fall flat, fall short, fall through, fizzle, flop, flounder, fold, founder, go astray, go down swinging, go down, go downhill, go up in smoke, go wrong, hit bottom, hit the skids, lose control, lose out, lose status, meet with disaster, misfire, miss, miss fire, miss the boat, miss the mark, play into, run aground, slip*, turn out badly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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