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Synonyms of mistake

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Another word for mistake is slip-up. Other synonyms of mistake are error, lapse, blunder, stumble and slip.

Synonyms and similar words for mistake

nounAn error.

  • aberration
  • blooperA blunder, an error.
  • blunderA clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
  • boo-booA mistake or error.
  • clangerA very noticeable mistake; an attention-getting faux pas.
  • cock-up vulgarA mistake.
  • errorA mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
  • fault
  • faux pasAn embarrassing or tactless blunder.
  • floater slangA mistake or misstep; a faux pas.
  • flubAn error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
  • fluffA lapse or mistake, especially a mistake in an actor's lines.
  • fuckup vulgarA serious mistake.
  • gaffeA foolish and embarrassing error, especially one made in public; a social blunder; a breach of etiquette.
  • goofA mistake or error.
  • howlerA painfully obvious mistake.
  • inaccuracyA statement, passage etc. that is inaccurate or false.
  • lapseA temporary failure; a slip.
  • lapsusA slip, lapse, or error.
  • mess-up colloquialA mistake or fiasco; something that has gone wrong.
  • misadventureSynonym of mistake, a misguided and/or failed enterprise, a risky action that turns out badly.
  • misstepAn error or mistake.
  • 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.
  • 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, slangA blunder; a silly mistake.
  • break obsolete, slang
  • disadventure obsoleteSynonym of misadventure, bad luck, an instance of bad luck, a mistake.

Meaning of mistake

  1. verb To understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.
  2. verb To misunderstand (someone).
  3. verb To commit an unintentional error; to do or think something wrong.

Full definition of mistake

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Questions about synonyms of mistake

What is another word for mistake?
Mistake has 36 synonyms on Word.ws, such as slip-up, error, lapse, blunder, stumble, slip, gaffe and inaccuracy.
What does mistake mean?
Mistake means to understand wrongly, taking one thing or person for another.

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Adapted from Wiktionary: mistake (page history and authors) and the entries of the words listed. Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws grouped the synonyms and antonyms by meaning and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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