Synonyms for blunder
ˈblʌn dərblun·der

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. blunderverb

   To move blindly or clumsily.

   Synonyms:
   goof, stumble, faux pas, boo-boo, blooper, fluff, lapse, error, thinko, slip, mistake, gaffe

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blunder

   Synonyms:
   error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip

   Antonyms:
   accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

1. blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-booverb

   an embarrassing mistake

   Synonyms:
   bloomer, blunderer, botcher, pratfall, butcher, bungler, blooper, stumbler, fumbler, foul-up, flub, boo-boo, bumbler, sad sack, bungle, botch, boner

2. drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goofverb

   commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

   "I blundered during the job interview"

   Synonyms:
   blurt, blurt out, goof, boob, blunder out, ejaculate, trespass, drop the ball, fumble, sin, transgress

3. fumble, blunderverb

   make one's way clumsily or blindly

   "He fumbled towards the door"

   Synonyms:
   blurt out, botch, bungle, grope, sin, muck up, blunder out, mishandle, bumble, botch up, goof, blow, fumble, flub, ball up, bollocks up, bollocks, mess up, louse up, screw up, spoil, muff, boob, blurt, foul up, drop the ball, fluff, ejaculate, bobble, bollix up, bollix, bodge

4. blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculateverb

   utter impulsively

   "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"

   Synonyms:
   ejaculate, goof, blurt out, blunder out, boob, drop the ball, fumble, sin, blurt

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Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. blunderverb

   Synonyms:
   mistake (grossly), err (from want of care), make a bull

2. blundernoun

   Synonyms:
   mistake (of the grossest kind), error (from thoughtlessness), gross mistake, bull

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1. blundernoun

   Synonyms:
   bull, error, mistake, impropriety, slip, solecism, faux pas

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1. List of paraphrases for "blunder":

   mistake, gaffe, error, stupidity

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How to use blunder in a sentence?

1. Antoine de Saint-Exupery:

   One man may hit the mark, another blunder; but heed not these distinctions. Only from the alliance of the one, working with and through the other, are great things born.

2. Benjamin Disraeli:

   Grief is the agony of an instant, the indulgence of grief the blunder of a life.

3. Pete Marocco:

   I don’t see him as having that sort of sensitivity or caring unless there might have been some sort of tactic or mutual agreement with China, if he did that, that would be a surprising strategic blunder on his part. I tend to think that there’s another explanation behind the scenes as to why there was this lull before the start. Perhaps to allow predictable sanctions targets enough time to move assets before U.S. sanctions would be put in place.

4. Sanjay Jha:

   Modi's latest foreign policy disaster on China can be termed a Himalayan blunder.

5. Bernie Sanders:

   Does Secretary Clinton have the intelligence, the experience to be president? Of course she does but I do question her judgment, i question her judgment which voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country.