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| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | aberration, blooper*, blunder, bungle, confusion, delusion, erratum, false step, fault, faux pas, flub*, fluff*, gaffe, illusion, inaccuracy, inadvertence, lapse, misconception, misstatement, misstep, muddle, neglect, omission, oversight, slight, slip, slipup*, snafu*, solecism, trip*, typographical error, boo-boo, false move, misapplication, misapprehension, miscalculation, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misprint, overestimation, slip of tongue, underestimation |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, calculation, certainty, correction, correctness, proof, success, truth, understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | blunder, botch*, bungle, confound, confuse, err, fail, goof*, jumble, lapse, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, miss, omit, overlook, slip*, snarl, tangle, underestimate, addle, be off the mark, be wrong, deceive oneself, get wrong, have wrong impression, make a mess, misconceive, misdeem, misknow, misread, miss the boat, not know, overestimate, put foot in, slip up*, take for |
| Antonyms: | comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand, be certain, be sure |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | blooper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blunder |
| Synonyms: | boner*, bungle, error, faux pas, fluff*, gaffe, impropriety, lapse, mistake, slip, solecism, trip*, boo-boo, indecorum |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | defect |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | blemish, imperfection |
| Synonyms: | birthmark, blot, blotch, break, bug, catch, check, crack, deficiency, deformity, discoloration, drawback, error, failing, fault, flaw, foible, frailty, gap, glitch, gremlin, hole, infirmity, injury, irregularity, kink, knot, lack, mark, mistake, patch, rift, scar, scarcity, scratch, seam, second, shortage, shortcoming, sin, speck, spot, stain, taint, vice, want, weakness, marring, rough spot, unsoundness, weak point |
| Antonyms: | advantage, improvement, perfection, strength |
| Main Entry: | delusion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misconception, misbelief |
| Synonyms: | apparition, blunder, casuistry, chicanery, daydream, deception, deceptiveness, dream, eidolon, error, fallacy, false impression, fancy, fantasy, figment*, fool's paradise, ghost, hallucination, head trip, ignis fatuus, illusion, lapse, mirage, misapprehension, mistake, optical illusion, oversight, phantasm, phantom, pipe dream*, self-deception, shade, speciousness, spuriousness, trickery, trip, vision |
| Notes: | allusion is an 'indirect mention,' illusion is 'false impression,' and delusion is 'deception' which is much stronger than illusion hallucination is from disturbed sensory perceptions; delusion is from disturbed thinking an illusion is an image or conception of something actual or real that presents itself to the mind in an abnormal or distorted manner; a delusion is a false belief about oneself or other people that persists despite its being at variance with the facts |
| Antonyms: | actuality, certainty, fact, reality, surety, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | embarrassment |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | humiliation, shame |
| Synonyms: | awkwardness, bashfulness, bind, boo boo*, chagrin, clumsiness, complexity, confusion, destitution, difficulty, dilemma, discomfiture, distress, faux pas, fix, hitch, hot seat*, hot water, indebtedness, indiscretion, inhibition, mess, mistake, mortification, pickle*, pinch, plight, poverty, predicament, puzzle, quandary, scrape, shyness, snag, stew, strait, tangle, timidity, uneasiness, awkward situation, discomposure, disconcertion, egg on face, impecuniosity, self-consciousness, unease |
| Antonyms: | comfort, confidence |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fallacy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | illusion, misconception |
| Synonyms: | aberration, ambiguity, artifice, bias, casuistry, cavil, deceit, deception, delusion, deviation, equivocation, erratum, error, evasion, falsehood, flaw, heresy, inconsistency, mistake, notion, paradox, perversion, preconception, prejudice, quibbling, quirk, solecism, sophism, sophistry, subterfuge, untruth, deceptiveness, elusion, erroneousness, faultiness, illogicality, inexactness, invalidity, misapprehension, miscalculation, misconstrual, misinterpretation, non sequitur, speciousness |
| Antonyms: | certainty, evidence, fact, honesty, reality, right, surety, truth |
| Main Entry: | faux pas |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | social error |
| Synonyms: | blooper*, blooper, blunder, botch, breach, break, bungle, error, flop, flub*, gaffe*, gaffe, goof*, hash, impropriety, indiscretion, mess, misconduct, misstep, mistake, offense, oversight, slip, solecism, transgression, blunder in etiquette, boo-boo, colossal blunder, foul-up, gaucherie, indecorum, mess-up, misjudgment, social blunder |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | foolishness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | idiocy, nonsense |
| Synonyms: | absurdity, bunk*, claptrap*, folly, impracticality, imprudence, inanity, indiscretion, insanity, insensibility, lunacy, mistake, poppycock*, preposterousness, rubbish*, silliness, stupidity, twaddle, weakness, absurdness, carrying-on, craziness, dumb trick, fool trick, foolery, horse feathers, irrationality, irresponsibility, ludicrousness, senselessness, tommyrot, unreasonableness, unwiseness, witlessness |
| Antonyms: | care, caution, prudence, sense, seriousness, thoughtfulness, carefulness, circumspection, wiseness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | inaccuracy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | error, erroneousness |
| Synonyms: | blunder, deception, defect, erratum, exaggeration, fault, incorrectness, mistake, slip*, solecism, unfaithfulness, wrong, corrigendum, howler, imprecision, inexactness, miscalculation, typo, unreliability |
| Antonyms: | accuracy, correctness, right |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | jumble |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, confuse |
| Synonyms: | clutter, confound, derange, disarrange, disarray, dishevel, disorder, disorganize, disturb, entangle, foul up, mess up, mistake, muddle, rummage, shuffle, snarl, tangle, tumble |
| Antonyms: | arrange, clear up, order, organize |
| Main Entry: | misapprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea, impression |
| Synonyms: | blunder, confuse, err, misconstrue, misinterpret, miss, mistake, misunderstand, misconceive, misread |
| Antonyms: | apprehend, comprehend, understand |
| Main Entry: | miscarriage |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | abortion, botch, breakdown, defeat, error, interruption, malfunction, misadventure, mischance, misfire, mishap, miss, mistake, perversion, undoing, nonsuccess |
| Antonyms: | carriage, success |
| Main Entry: | misconception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | wrong idea, impression |
| Synonyms: | delusion, error, fallacy, fault, mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehension, misconstruction, misinterpretation, mistaken belief |
| Antonyms: | comprehension, perception, understanding |
| Main Entry: | misconstrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get a wrong or false impression |
| Synonyms: | distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misinterpret, misjudge, mistake, misunderstand, pervert, misconceive, misread, mistranslate, take the wrong way |
| Antonyms: | discern, get, perceive, understand |
| Main Entry: | mishap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | accident |
| Synonyms: | blow, blunder, calamity, collision, disaster, fluke*, hazard, misadventure, misfortune, mistake, pileup*, setback, smash*, smashup*, total*, crack-up, fender-bender, ill-fortune, rear-ender, stack-up, wrack-up |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misjudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | err, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconstrue, mistake, misunderstand, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate, bark up wrong tree, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile, misthink, overestimate, put foot in |
| Antonyms: | figure, understand, judge well |
| Main Entry: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | failure |
| Synonyms: | absence, blunder, default, defect, error, fault, loss, mishap, mistake, omission, oversight, slip, want |
| Antonyms: | success, triumph, win |
| Main Entry: | misunderstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | confound, confuse, fail, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, miss*, mistake, be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, miscomprehend, misconceive, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss the point, not register, take amiss, take wrongly |
| Antonyms: | comprehend, construe, get, grasp, interpret, perceive, understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mix-up |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | confusion, misunderstanding |
| Synonyms: | botch*, chaos, commotion, disorder, jumble, mess, mistake, muddle, shambles*, tangle, turmoil |
| Antonyms: | understanding |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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