Words and phrases that have a meaning related to mistake: (229 results)
Often used in the same context:
blunder, misjudgment, miscalculation, gaffe, misstep, error, miscue, faux pas, flub, screwup, lapse, mixup, difference, bonehead, gamble, clanger, howler, misunderstanding, typo, transgression, amends, folly, problem, mess, fault, snafu, miscommunication, shortcoming, indiscretion, misstatement, flaw, bungle, oversights, misplay, slipup, infraction, fool, gaff, misdeed, regret, misreading, goof, thing, foible, travesty, miscall, decision, omission, trouble, sloppiness, botch, typographical error, hesitation, pitfall, fallacy, glitch, remark, misprint, excuses, mis, misspeaks, nightmare, idiot, fiasco, mishap, joke, blooper, strides, failings, stupidity, ineptness, misadventure, booboo, discrepancy, fluke, mismatch, sin, inaccuracy, inconsistency, stonewaller, liar, carelessness, hesitancy, naivety, blip, disappointment, scapegoat, aberration, misfortune, generalization, mockery, apologies, embarrassment, misconception, debacle, retrospect, hindsight, wrongs, trick, haste, letdown, molehill, mistakes, misapprehension, blunders, miscalculations, disservice, drawback, misapprehensions, temptation
More specific:
balls-up, ballup, betise, blot, boner, boo-boo, cockup, confounding, confusion, corrigendum, distortion, erratum, fall for, foolishness, footfault, foul-up, imbecility, literal, literal error, mess-up, misdoing, misestimation, misjudge, misreckoning, mix-up, oversight, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slip up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stumble, trip up
Appears in the definition of:
., abuse, admonisher, betise, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, boob, botch, bungle, camp, challenging, chastening, chastisement, clanger, cloud, confound, confuse, confusion, correction, cost, distortion, easily, err, erratum, flub, folly, foolishness, forfeit, forfeiture, forgiveness, foul-up, frightful, goof, imbecility, incursion, lapse, literal, literal error, loath, make, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misplaced, misprint, misreckoning, misstatement, mix-up, monitor, omission, oversight, parapraxis, pardon, premeditate, rectification, reminder, renege, revoke, ruefully, sacrifice, shame, sin, skip, slip, slip-up, slip of the tongue, stupidity, toast, turn around, typo, typographical error, unmistakably, unwitting
More general:
identify, investigating, investigation, nonaccomplishment, nonachievement
Synonyms:
Also try:misidentify
— Adjectives for mistake: great, same, big, serious, common, fatal, terrible, grave, biggest, greater, greatest, more...
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