Thesaurus:make a mistake

Thesaurus

make a mistake

English

Verb

Sense: to make a mistake

Synonyms

• blow it
• bobble
• boob
• crap up
• drop a bollock
• drop the ball
• err
• foul up
• fuck up
• goof
• goof up
• make a mistake
• mess up
• misdo
• misstep
• put a foot wrong
• screw up
• slip up
• stuff up
• stumble
• trip over the wire
• trip up

Hyponyms

• miscorrect
• misbrand
• misstate
• fluff
• put one's foot in it
• fuck the dog
• crash and burn
• stuff up
• blunder
• screw the pooch

See also

• Thesaurus:error

Further reading

• “495. error” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “mistake” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.