Synonyms of gaffe

nounA foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of...

• blooperA blunder, an error.
• blunder
• mistakeAn error.
• errorA mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
• slipA mistake or error.
• slip-upA (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.
• aberration
• boo-booA mistake or error.
• clangerA very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
• cock-up vulgarA mistake.
• fault
• faux pasAn embarrassing or tactless blunder.
• floater slangA mistake or misstep; a faux pas.
• flub
• fluffA lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
• fuckup vulgarA serious mistake.
• goofA mistake or error.
• howler
• inaccuracy
• lapseA temporary failure; a slip.
• lapsusA slip, lapse, or error.
• mess-up colloquialA mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong.
• misadventure
• misstep
• oopsyA mistake; often when babies and young children soil their pants.
• screwup colloquialA substantial mistake, usually causing problems for more people than just the person or group who made it.
• slipup
• stumbleAn error or blunder.
• thinkoA careless mistake made in thinking.
• wrengthThe state or condition of being wrong; wrongness; wrongfulness; error.
• solecismAn error or improper usage.
• erroneityThe state or quality of being erroneous; incorrectness.
• bloomer datedA large or embarrassing mistake; blunder.
• boner dated, slang
• break obsolete, slang
• disadventure obsoleteSynonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.