All false move synonyms

noun false move

• misunderstanding — failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
• omission — the act of omitting.
• aberration — An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
• fault — a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
• lapse — an accidental or temporary decline or deviation from an expected or accepted condition or state; a temporary falling or slipping from a previous standard: a lapse of justice.
• inaccuracy — something inaccurate; error.
• confusion — If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
• misconception — an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
• solecism — a nonstandard or ungrammatical usage, as unflammable and they was.
• misstatement — to state wrongly or misleadingly; make a wrong statement about.
• fluff — light, downy particles, as of cotton.
• neglect — to pay no attention or too little attention to; disregard or slight: The public neglected his genius for many years.
• misprint — a mistake in printing, as an instance of printing a letter or word other than that intended.
• over-estimate — to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
• underestimation — to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
• indiscretion — lack of discretion; imprudence.
• fall — to come or drop down suddenly to a lower position, especially to leave a standing or erect position suddenly, whether voluntarily or not: to fall on one's knees.
• stumble — to strike the foot against something, as in walking or running, so as to stagger or fall; trip.
• mistake — an error in action, calculation, opinion, or judgment caused by poor reasoning, carelessness, insufficient knowledge, etc.
• misstep — a wrong step.
• oversight — an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
• whoops — a loud cry or shout, as of excitement or joy.
• flub — a blunder.
• muddle — to mix up in a confused or bungling manner; jumble.
• blooper — A blooper is a silly mistake.
• blunder — A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
• muff — sheet glass made from a blown cylinder (muff) that is split and flattened.
• miscalculation — An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
• gaffe — a social blunder; faux pas.
• miscue — a stroke in which the cue fails to make solid contact with the cue ball.
• bungle — If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
• snafu — a badly confused or ridiculously muddled situation: A ballot snafu in the election led to a recount. Synonyms: snarl, bedlam, tumult, disarray, disorder, confusion, mess; foul-up. Antonyms: order, efficiency, calm.
• boo-boo — A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
• inadvertence — the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.
• misapplication — to make a wrong application or use of.
• delusion — A delusion is a false idea.
• slip — to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
• trip — a group of animals, as sheep, goats, or fowl; flock.
• misapprehension — misunderstanding.
• illusion — something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
• misinterpretation — An instance of misinterpreting.
• slight — small in amount, degree, etc.: a slight increase; a slight odor.
• false step — a stumble.
• typographical error — an error in printed or typewritten matter resulting from striking the improper key of a keyboard, from mechanical failure, or the like.
• misjudgment — An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
• faux pas — a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
• flummox — to bewilder; confound; confuse.
• goof-up — a foolish or stupid person.
• screw-up — a metal fastener having a tapered shank with a helical thread, and topped with a slotted head, driven into wood or the like by rotating, especially by means of a screwdriver.