Synonyms for blunder
ˈblʌn dərblun·der

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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

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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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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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1. Sanjay Jha:

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

2. Bernie Sanders:

   I question her judgment which voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country.

3. Sean King Park Strategies:

   Considering Taiwan would only use these planes for defensive purposes, it was a short-sighted blunder on the administration’s part not to sell Taiwan the new planes,” Sean King, vice president of Park Strategies, told The Hill. “We can’t let ourselves be bullied by Beijing. After all, the United States is mainland China’s No. 1 nation-state export market. Beijing needs us more than we sometimes realize.”

4. Richard Blumenthal:

   The long and short is the Saudis need to come to their senses, they have committed a humongous blunder very much against their own economic and security interests as well as ours. The only apparent purpose of this cut in oil supplies is to help the Russians and harm Americans. It was unprovoked and unforced as an error.

5. President Obama:

   The historic blunder of this administration is not leaving a stabilizing force behind in Iraq, i do not believe Syria would have spun out of control, certainly.ISIS rose from the defeated ashes of what was Al Qaeda in Iraq.