Synonyms of blunders

blunders 1 of 2

noun

plural of blunder

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

fixed a minor blunder in the advertising flyer

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistakes
• errors
• miscues
• inaccuracies
• missteps
• fumbles
• gaffes
• flubs
• stumbles
• trips
• faults
• goofs
• screwups
• slipups
• gaffs
• oversights
• lapses
• bricks
• clangers
• bobbles
• boobs
• clinkers
• fluffs
• boo-boos
• slips
• pratfalls
• bloopers
• snafus
• misunderstandings
• howlers
• misjudgments
• miscalculations
• misstatements
• misinterpretations
• misconceptions
• misreadings
• misconstructions
• foul-ups
• boners
• bloomers
• misapprehensions
• misimpressions
• misdescriptions
• miscomprehensions

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accuracies
• precisions
• exactitudes
• perfections
• infallibilities
• inerrancies

blunders

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of blunder

1

as in fumbles

to make a mistake

even though the prosecution had blundered several times in presenting its case, it ultimately prevailed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• stumbles
• trips
• mistakes
• flubs
• errs
• slips up
• fluffs
• lays an egg
• drops the ball
• fouls up
• goofs (up)
• screws up
• nods
• boobs
• misunderstands
• louses up
• messes (up)
• bungles
• murders
• botches
• misjudges
• miscalculates
• mangles
• misconceives
• miscues
• bobbles
• muffs
• butchers
• miscounts
• misconstrues
• mishandles
• misinterprets
• foozles
• misdeems
• misgauges

2

as in stumbles

to proceed or act clumsily or ineffectually

blundered his way through an acceptance speech

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• struggles
• fumbles
• shuffles
• flounders
• trudges
• bumbles
• limps
• lurches
• jogs
• plods
• shambles
• falters
• lumbers
• reels
• flogs
• sways
• staggers
• wallows
• muddles
• welters
• totters
• teeters

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• flies
• sails
• glides
• coasts
• zooms
• zips
• kilts

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of blunders

Noun

The French centre-back previously had form for unfortunate blunders in high-profile matches but looks to have cut that out of his game. — Stuart James, New York Times, 7 July 2026

There have also been several high-profile officiating blunders this season. — Amber Harding Outkick, FOXNews.com, 6 July 2026

Sometimes this was committed to good, such as the Marshall Plan and the Peace Corps, and sometimes to ill, as in a series of military blunders meant to quash godless Communism. — Jim Rasenberger, The Atlantic, 4 July 2026

Colorado's rally offset a pair of baserunning blunders that ended the eighth. — ABC News, 22 June 2026

Once again, Towns, who hadn’t gotten into foul trouble in what felt like a basketball eternity, pulled off a series of blunders, picking up two fouls in the game’s opening 62 seconds. — Kristian Winfield, New York Daily News, 11 June 2026

Read on to see the beauty blunders, silly styling and overall head-to-toe outfits that these stars regret. — Tanisha Bhat, PEOPLE, 9 June 2026

Nearly all of them are blunders, offenses or revelations about the people Collins has put in top positions in his House office, his campaign office or both. — AJC.com, 29 May 2026

But blunders and poor rotations and missed rebounds piled up as the Sky allowed their highest point total of the season. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 28 May 2026

Verb

And then Ron somehow blunders his way into getting the number jacked up to $100,000 in return for their silence. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 14 Mar. 2026