Synonyms of lapse
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Another word for lapse is mistake. Other synonyms of lapse are slip-up, stumble, slip, gaffe and lapsus.
Synonyms and similar words for lapse
nounA temporary failure; a slip.
- blooperA blunder, an error.
- gaffeA foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
- thinkoA careless mistake made in thinking.
- aberration
- blunder
- boo-booA mistake or error.
- clanger
- cock-up vulgarA mistake.
- error
- 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
- lapsusA slip, lapse, or error.
- mess-up colloquialA mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong.
- misadventure
- misstep
- mistakeAn error.
- 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.
- slipA mistake or error.
- slip-upA (small) error or mistake; a (minor) misstep.
- slipup
- stumbleAn error or blunder.
- 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, slangA rest or pause, usually from work.
- disadventure obsoleteSynonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.
nounA pause in continuity.
- hiatusAn interruption, break, pause or absence.
- moratorium
- breather
- cessationA ceasing or discontinuance, for example of an action, whether temporary or final.
- demurral
- gap
- caesura
- halt
- haltingThe action of one who halts; a stopping or hesitancy.
- interregnumA break in continuity; a gap, an intermission.
- interruption
- pause
- recessA temporary stoppage of an activity; a break, a pause.
- respiteA brief interval of rest or relief.
- restingA pause; a break; an interlude.
- stoppageA pause or halt of some activity.
- stopping
- suspension
nounAn interval of time between events.
- between-timeThe period or time between two events; interim; meantime; meanwhile.
- interimA transitional or temporary period between other events.
- meantimeThe time spent waiting for another event; time in between.
- meanwhileThe time between two events.
- interlapse obsoleteThe time between two events.
Meaning of lapse
- noun A temporary failure; a slip.
- noun A decline or fall in standards.
- noun A pause in continuity.
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