BLOOPERS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

bloopers

noun

plural of blooper

as in pratfalls

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Noun

The league usually hides these blunders behind closed doors and quiet internal grading-system tweaks.

— Alejandro Avila OutKick, FOXNews.com, 5 Oct. 2026
But as the initial euphoria of the rescue has subsided, officials have begun to raise difficult questions and trade accusations about the security blunders that could have led to a major disaster.

— ABC News, ABC News, 4 Oct. 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

And not all of the proofs were certified as correct by the automatic logic verification platform Lean—in fact, some have already been retracted after outside scientists found mistakes.

— Joseph Howlett, Scientific American, 8 Oct. 2026
Programmers showed it sorting email, spotting writing mistakes and even playing games.

— Wen Shao, Fortune, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Noun

The 1997 Disney movie Hercules mixed Roman and Greek names, helping propagate this and other inaccuracies (not uncommon in Hollywood’s depictions of ancient Greece).

— Encyclopedia Britannica, Encyclopedia Britannica, 9 Oct. 2026
Greenspan protested the inaccuracies in subsequent filings, and Tinubu’s team later recanted the claims.

— Adrian Elimian, semafor.com, 8 Oct. 2026

Definition of inaccuracies

Noun

Special teams miscues and penalties once again hampered the Rams in a game that featured three touchdown passes by Matthew Stafford and a career-best 17 catches by Puka Nacua.

— Los Angeles Times, Los Angeles Times, 13 Oct. 2026
Several games came down to the wire, a few miscues led to losses and even ties and there were clutch moments that made Sunday exciting.

— Ryan Gaydos OutKick, FOXNews.com, 12 Oct. 2026

Definition of miscues

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Midland—which also includes guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson and bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy, along with a troupe of touring players—embrace the goofs.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026
Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026

Definition of goofs

Noun

Shroff also said the debate produced no major gaffes or race-changing moments in a contest that has already attracted substantial national attention and spending.

— Barnini Chakraborty, The Washington Examiner, 9 Oct. 2026
But the clips are inescapable on my Instagram feed, and the science gaffes seem … real bad.

— Brittany Trang, STAT, 7 Oct. 2026

Definition of gaffes

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