error - Similar and Opposite Words

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Here are the synonyms for error , a list of similar words for error from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

Synonyms

• error
• fault
• mistake

More generic

• nonaccomplishment
• nonachievement

More specific

• balls-up
• ballup
• betise
• bloomer
• blooper
• blot
• blunder
• boner
• boo-boo
• botch
• bungle
• cockup
• confusion
• distortion
• flub
• folly
• foolishness
• foul-up
• fuckup
• imbecility
• incursion
• lapse
• mess-up
• miscalculation
• miscue
• misestimation
• misreckoning
• mix-up
• offside
• omission
• oversight
• parapraxis
• pratfall
• renege
• revoke
• skip
• slip
• slip-up
• smear
• smirch
• spot
• stain
• stupidity

Noun

(baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

Synonyms

• error
• misplay

More generic

• failure

Noun

inadvertent incorrectness

Synonyms

• erroneousness
• error

More generic

• incorrectness
• wrongness

More specific

• deviation

Noun

departure from what is ethically acceptable

Synonyms

• error
• wrongdoing

More generic

• evil
• evilness

Noun

a misconception resulting from incorrect information

Synonyms

• erroneous belief
• error

More generic

• misconception

Noun

part of a statement that is not correct

Synonyms

• error
• mistake

More generic

• misstatement

More specific

• corrigendum
• erratum
• literal
• literal error
• misprint
• typo
• typographical error

Noun

(computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

Synonyms

• computer error
• error

More generic

• happening
• natural event
• occurrence
• occurrent

More specific

• algorithm error
• hardware error
• programming error
• software error

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