Error

Synonyms for error
noun mistake; wrong

flaw
omission
miscue
glitch
fault
lapse
misunderstanding
miscalculation
blunder
failure
misdeed
wrongdoing
offense

inaccuracy
misstep
transgression
sin
falsehood
falsity
delusion
trespass
slip
boner
miss
stumble
absurdity

misapprehension
oversight
deviation
goof
slight
solecism
untruth
fall
misconception
erratum
delinquency
fallacy
faux pas

slipup
misjudgment
mismanagement
screamer
howler
boo-boo
X
bad job
misbelief
screw-up

Antonyms for error

perfection
achievement
success
accuracy
obedience
behavior

honesty
reality
validity
strength
correctness
right

truth
certainty
fact
surety
correction

Concept Thesaurus for word error
Synonyms – noun

error
misstanding
misconstruction (misinterpreptation)
misreport
fault
oversight
slip
trip, stumble (failure)
lapsus linguae
illusion
bubble
heresy (heterodoxy)
fable (untruth)

fallacy
misunderstanding
miscomputation (misjudgment)
mumpsimus.
blunder
misprint
blot
botchery (want of skill)
clerical error
delusion
self-deceit
hallucination (insanity)
bias (misjudgment)

misconception
inexactness
non sequitur
mistake
quiproquo
erratum
flaw
slip of the tongue
bull (absurdity)
false impression
self-deception
false light (fallacy of vision)
misleading

misapprehension
laxity
misstatement
miss
cross purposes
corrigendum
loose thread
slip of the pen
haplography.
false idea
mists of error.
dream (fancy)

Synonyms – verbs

be erroneous
lead astray
give a false impression
deceive
be mistaken
deceive oneself
be in the wrong
misapprehend
miscount
trip
fail
reckon without one’s host

cause error
lead into error
give a false idea
lie
be deceived (duped)
fall into error
blunder
misconceive
miscalculate (misjudge)[more]
stumble
be in the wrong box
take the shadow for the substance (credulity)

mislead
beguile, misinform (misteach)
falsify
err
mistake
lie under error
goof
misunderstand
play at cross purposes
lose oneself (uncertainty)
take the wrong sow by the ear (mismanage)
dream (imagine)

misguide
delude
misstate
be in error
receive a false impression
labor under an error
screw up
misreckon
be at cross purposes (misinterpret)[more]
go astray
put the saddle on the wrong horse

Synonyms – adjectives

erroneous
fallacious
groundless
illogical
incorrect
delusive
perverted.

untrue
apocryphal
unsubstantial
inexact
indefinite (uncertain)
mock, ideal (imaginary)

false
unreal
heretical (heterodox)
unexact
illusive
spurious

devoid of truth
ungrounded
unsound
inaccurate
illusory
deceitful

Synonyms – phrases
errare est humanum; mentis gratissimus error [Horace]; “on the dubious waves of error tost” [Cowper]; “to err is human, to forgive divine” [Pope]; “you lie
Antonyms

truth

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Other adjectives related to error

aberrant
at cross
devoid of truth
false
ideal
in error
indefinite
on a false scent
perverted
unauthenticated
unreal
untrue

all in the wrong
controvertible
erroneous
faulty
illogical
in the wrong box
inexact
on the wrong scent
refuted
under an error
unsound
untrustworthy

apocryphal
deceitful
exploded
groundless
illusive
inaccurate
mistaken
out
spurious
unexact
unsubstantial
wide of the mark

astray
delusive
fallacious
heretical
illusory
incorrect
mock
out in one’s reckoning
tripping
ungrounded
unsustainable

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