All mistake synonyms
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M m verb mistake
- misread β Read (a piece of text) wrongly.
- misinterpret β Interpret (something or someone) wrongly.
- miscalculate β Calculate (an amount, distance, or measurement) wrongly.
- overlook β to fail to notice, perceive, or consider: to overlook a misspelled word.
- confuse β If you confuse two things, you get them mixed up, so that you think one of them is the other one.
- misjudge β Form a wrong opinion or conclusion about.
- underestimate β to estimate at too low a value, rate, or the like.
- misconstrue β to misunderstand the meaning of; take in a wrong sense; misinterpret.
- overestimate β to estimate at too high a value, amount, rate, or the like: Don't overestimate the car's trade-in value.
- goof β to blunder; make an error, misjudgment, etc.
- miscount β an erroneous counting; miscalculation.
- botch β If you botch something that you are doing, you do it badly or clumsily.
- addle β If something addles someone's mind or brain, they become confused and unable to think properly.
- lapse β 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.
- omit β to leave out; fail to include or mention: to omit a name from a list.
- misconceive β Fail to understand correctly.
- blunder β A blunder is a stupid or careless mistake.
- confound β If someone or something confounds you, they make you feel surprised or confused, often by showing you that your opinions or expectations of them were wrong.
- snarl β to become tangled; get into a tangle.
- slip β to move, flow, pass, or go smoothly or easily; glide; slide: Water slips off a smooth surface.
- fail β to fall short of success or achievement in something expected, attempted, desired, or approved: The experiment failed because of poor planning.
- jumble β to mix in a confused mass; put or throw together without order: You've jumbled up all the cards.
- tangle β to bring together into a mass of confusedly interlaced or intertwisted threads, strands, or other like parts; snarl.
- miss β to fail to hit or strike: to miss a target.
- bungle β If you bungle something, you fail to do it properly, because you make mistakes or are clumsy.
- misapprehend β to misunderstand.
noun mistake
- gaffe β a social blunder; faux pas.
- faux pas β a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
- misstep β a wrong step.
- blooper β A blooper is a silly mistake.
- miscalculation β An act of miscalculating; an error or misjudgment.
- clanger β You can refer to something stupid or embarrassing that someone does or says as a clanger.
- bloomer β a plant that flowers, esp in a specified way
- error β A mistake.
- misunderstanding β failure to understand correctly; mistake as to meaning or intent.
- aberration β An aberration is an incident or way of behaving that is not typical.
- confusion β If there is confusion about something, it is not clear what the true situation is, especially because people believe different things.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- inaccuracy β something inaccurate; error.
- misconception β an erroneous conception; mistaken notion.
- omission β the act of omitting.
- oversight β an omission or error due to carelessness: My bank statement is full of oversights.
- snafu β 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 β A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- delusion β A delusion is a false idea.
- erratum β An error in printing or writing.
- flub β a blunder.
- fluff β light, downy particles, as of cotton.
- illusion β something that deceives by producing a false or misleading impression of reality.
- inadvertence β the quality or condition of being inadvertent; heedlessness.