Another word for faux-pas

a-z

Noun

indiscretion
Lack of discretion; injudiciousness.
An indiscreet act or remark.

Go to "indiscretion" definitions
1. Lack of discretion; injudiciousness.
2. An indiscreet act or remark.
- Go to "indiscretion" definitions
gaffe
A clumsy social error; a faux pas:
A blatant mistake or misjudgment.

Go to "gaffe" definitions
1. A clumsy social error; a faux pas:
2. A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
- Go to "gaffe" definitions
blunder
A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
To make a mistake.
To move clumsily or haltingly.

Go to "blunder" definitions
1. A mistake typically caused by ignorance or carelessness.
2. To make a mistake.
3. To move clumsily or haltingly.
- Go to "blunder" definitions
error
An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.

Go to "error" definitions
1. An act, assertion, or belief that unintentionally deviates from what is correct, right, or true.
2. The condition of having incorrect or false knowledge.
3. The act or an instance of deviating from an accepted code of behavior.
- Go to "error" definitions

See also:

© WEBSTER’S NEW WORLD® ROGET’S A-Z THESAURUS by Charlton Laird and the editors of Webster’s New World dictionaries. Copyright © 1999 by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. Published by Houghton Mifflin Harcourt Publishing Company. All rights reserved.