Error synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
A clumsy or inept performance; a botch:
The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
An error or oversight
(Sports) A ball etc. that has been dropped
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(Countable) An instance of this; malaprop.
(Uncountable) The quality of being absurd or inconsistent with obvious truth, reason, or sound judgment. [First attested in the early 16th century.]
One that fails:
(Colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
The definition of a trip is the act of going someplace and returning, especially on a vacation.
An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.
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The definition of a flaw is a mark or error that makes something faulty.
Containing or based on error; mistaken; wrong
The definition of a blunder is a foolish mistake.
An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
An incorrect or mistaken calculation
(Statistics) The difference, especially the absolute difference, between one number in a set of data and the mean of that set of data.
An omitting or being omitted; specif., failure to do as one should
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A slighting or being slighted by pointedly indifferent, disrespectful, or supercilious treatment
An error in printing.
Incorrect usage; misapplication, as of words
(Grammar) Error in the use of language.
A disagreement; difference of opinion; dissension; quarrel.
A heretical or unorthodox religious belief.
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An error discovered in a work already printed
(Chiefly Brit., Informal) A ludicrous blunder
A minor injury or bruise
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(TV, Film) An outtake containing a mistake or mishap, esp., one of a humorous series of such outtakes compiled for viewing
An inaccurate or wrong report.
(--- Sports) A failure to hold the ball when attempting to catch it
The definition of snafu is a mix up or a confused situation.
A falling away from one's belief or faith
A mistake in conduct; faux pas
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A specific miscalculation
The act or an instance of botching or bungling:
(Slang) A mistake or error; often, specif., a misplayed musical note
A miss of the object one intended to hit.
Something having a very light, soft, or frothy consistency or appearance:
(Colloquial) A person who often makes substantial mistakes.
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A mechanical failure.
A false belief that is resistant to confrontation with actual facts.
The act or an instance of transgressing; breach of a law, duty, etc.
(Uncountable) Violation of standards of behavior.
(Theology) Deliberate disobedience to the known will of God.
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Of questionable authorship or authenticity.
The definition of blatant is to be very forward, loud or conspicuous.
Tending to mislead; deceptive:
Capable of making a mistake or being deceived
The definition of inaccurate is something incorrect or wrong.
Any choice or option that someone naturally or routinely falls back on or resorts to
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An inconsistency between facts or sentiments.
A minor error or faux pas.
An error that is to be corrected in a printed work after publication.
(Uncountable) The act of mispronouncing.
An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.
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Something that mars the appearance, character, structure, etc.; defect or failing
(Countable) A statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
The definition of a goof is a silly person, or an accidental mistake.
An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
The condition of being in error or at fault:
(Uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.
A mythical creature reputed to be mechanically inclined and mischievously inclined to damage or dismantle machinery.
The definition of an impropriety is an improper behavior.
The quality or state of being indiscreet; want of discretion; imprudence; rashness.
A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding
A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:
Information that is incorrect.
A wrong or bad play or maneuver
Offense is a breaking of a rule or something that angers or displeases.
slipup
A specific miscalculation
An intrusion or infringement on another.
The act of breaching the law; contravening a duty or right.
accuracy (antonym)
The quality or state of being accurate or exact; precision; exactness
correctness (antonym)
(Computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
certainty (antonym)
Confidence; assurance:
correction (antonym)
Punishment or scolding to correct faults
truth (antonym)
(Countable) Something acknowledged to be true; a true statement or axiom.
The characteristic of being incorrect.
Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.
correct (related)
An act or thought that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true
erroneous belief
a misconception resulting from incorrect information
jovinianism
manichaeanism
Alternative spelling of Manichaeism.
manichaeism
A dualistic philosophy dividing the world between good and evil principles or regarding matter as intrinsically evil and mind as intrinsically good.
monophysism
monophysitism
(Christianity) A Christian belief which holds that the human nature of Jesus Christ was essentially absorbed by the divine, and thus that he essentially had but one nature, contrary to the orthodox view that Christ has two natures, both fully human and fully divine. A variant is apollonarianism, which has gnostic overtones and used hellenistic ideas alien to orthodox Christianity.
wyclifism
misappreciation
(Dated) An observed failure to appreciate the proper worth of a person, an act or a thing.
miscomputation
The incorrect performance of a computation.
parameter (related)
right (antonym)
All or part of the right side
misevaluation
misvaluation
computer error
(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer
ebionitism
The system or doctrine of the Ebionites.
pelagianism
(Christianity) A Christian belief that denies the view of original sin and the necessity of grace, asserting that man is capable of achieving salvation by his own efforts.
inconsistency (related)
human-error (related)
deletion (related)
anomaly (related)
Synonym Study
- Boner and booboo , slang terms, are applied to a silly or ridiculous blunder
- A faux pas is a social blunder or error in etiquette that causes embarrassment
- A slip is a mistake, usually slight, made inadvertently in speaking or writing
- Blunder carries a suggestion of more severe criticism and implies such causes as stupidity, clumsiness, or inefficiency a tactical blunder cost them the war
- Mistake suggests an error resulting from carelessness, inattention, misunderstanding, etc. and does not in itself carry a strong implication of criticism a mistake in reading a blueprint
- Error implies deviation from truth, accuracy, correctness or right and is the broadest term in this comparison an error in judgment, in computation, etc.
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