Botch Synonyms and Antonyms

bŏch
To harm irreparably through inept handling; make a mess
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. bungle
  2. fumble
  3. blow
  4. spoil
  5. blunder
  6. muff
  7. mishandle
  8. foul-up
  9. screw up
  10. mess up
  11. boggle
  12. muddle
  13. err
  14. mismanage
  15. ball up
  16. mar
  17. bumble
  18. fail
  19. flub
  20. goof up
  21. make-a-hash-of
  22. butcher
  23. muck up
  24. bollix up
  25. louse up
  26. ruin
  27. wreck
  28. mutilate
  29. distort
  30. do clumsily
  31. make a mess of
  32. trip up
  33. flounder
  34. fall down
  35. be mistaken
  36. gum up
  37. misapply
  38. misjudge
  39. misconjecture
  40. miscalculate
  41. misconstrue
  42. misreckon
  43. miscompute
  44. misestimate
  45. bodge
  46. execute clumsily
  47. do unskillfully
  48. stumble
  49. fiasco
  50. put-one-s-foot-in-it
  51. pull a boner
  52. botch-up
  53. goof
  54. flub one's lines
  55. hash
  56. put out of whack
  57. jumble
  58. snafu
  59. mend
  60. fluff
  61. mess
  62. bollix
  63. misdo
  64. sore
  65. bollocks
  66. bollocks up
  67. bobble
Antonyms:
  1. succeed
  2. do well
  3. fix
  4. accomplish
  5. achieve

Words Related to Botch

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Botch Sentence Examples

  • Especially early in the competition, the teams frequently fall behind in dinner service and botch recipes and orders.

  • If you do choose a cake that features some form of marine life, make sure to pick a decorator who is up to snuff, because the detail work involved can be significant and is easy to botch.

  • I have given the Norton two stars because it isn't completely horrible (it's hard to completely botch Shakespeare ).