BLOOPERS Synonyms: 50 Similar and Opposite Words

bloopers

noun

plural of blooper

as in pratfalls

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Noun

In 2026, Mattel is doubling down and averting any PR blunders with a Holiday Barbie that, by all accounts, looks genuinely gorgeous.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026
Among the blunders of the first round was to turn Iran from a pariah state into a sympathetic one.

— Graeme Wood, The Atlantic, 24 July 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of flubs

Noun

Efficiency expands access while increasing the number of settings in which consequential mistakes, surveillance and labor displacement can occur.

— Gerui Wang, Forbes.com, 1 Aug. 2026
Sellers can edit any mistakes before an auction begins, and those corrections are used to further improve future AI models.

— Joshua Hong, Fortune, 1 Aug. 2026

Definition of mistakes

Noun

Additionally, coffee intake was self-reported, meaning that inaccuracies could have crept in.

— Stephanie Anderson Witmer, Health, 21 July 2026
Gilbert went on to list some of those inaccuracies, including characters’ ages and the locations where events take place in both shows.

— Virginia Chamlee, PEOPLE, 21 July 2026

Definition of inaccuracies

Noun

There is the occasional drop or body catch, but there isn’t a receiver on this team — outside of maybe Jalen Coker — who can’t claim those same miscues.

— Mike Kaye August 5, Charlotte Observer, 5 Aug. 2026
But as the team looks to fortify its roster in the middle of an improbable contention surge, fans might be thinking about some of the transaction miscues the team has had in previous years.

— Peter Chawaga, Forbes.com, 2 Aug. 2026

Definition of miscues

Noun

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

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Hilton, 48, made a name in the early 2000s publicizing and sometimes belittling celebrities who made public gaffes or otherwise found themselves in trouble with the law.

— Matt Lavietes, NBC news, 5 Aug. 2026
After a positive first half, the Current was done in by a series of second-half gaffes — three critical moments without the ball.

— Daniel Sperry, Kansas City Star, 15 July 2026

Definition of gaffes

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