screwup

screwup

noun

Definition of SCREWUP

1

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy <clearly, there's been some sort of screwup about what time we were supposed to meet>

Synonyms blunder, bobble, boob [British], boo-boo, brick, clanger [British], clinker, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, gaffe, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Related Words bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall; foul-up, snafu; misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness; inerrancy, infallibility, perfection

2

someone who bungles an effort <don't ask the office screwup to arrange the holiday party>

Synonyms blunderbuss, blunderer, botcher, bumbler, bungler, fumbler, screwup

Related Words incompetent, muddler

Near Antonyms ace, adept, crackerjack (also crackajack), expert, maestro, master, virtuoso, wizard