Synonyms of bobbles

bobbles 1 of 2

noun

plural of bobble

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

she's terrified that she'll make some silly bobble during the important presentation

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

bobbles

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of bobble

1

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

the first baseman bobbled the catch, so the runner was safe

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumbles
• blows
• boots
• fluffs
• murders
• flubs
• dubs
• muffs
• bungles
• ruins
• botches
• spoils
• bumbles
• mangles
• destroys
• fouls up
• screws up
• boggles
• butchers
• mars
• damages
• goofs (up)
• flaws
• injures
• wrecks
• blunders
• mucks up
• messes (up)
• foozles
• buggers (up)
• muddles
• hurts
• louses up
• blights
• blemishes
• bollixes (up)
• mutilates
• harms
• impairs
• gums (up)
• vitiates
• piffles
• mismanages
• mishandles

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reforms
• improves
• helps
• enhances
• remedies
• refines
• rectifies
• repairs
• ameliorates
• betters
• fixes
• patches
• doctors
• meliorates
• renovates
• reconditions
• revamps

2

as in bobs

to make short up-and-down movements

the little doll's head bobbled when you poked it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• bobs
• pumps
• shakes
• jerks
• nods
• jogs
• sways
• seesaws
• wags
• rocks
• wiggles
• ducks
• wobbles
• jounces
• jiggles
• swings
• undulates
• oscillates
• drops

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of bobbles

Noun

But the experience includes a few bobbles—call them growing pains. — Brent Rose, Outside, 28 Feb. 2026

Some noticeable opening night wobbles and bobbles only served to prove that point. — Lauren Warnecke, Chicago Tribune, 20 Feb. 2026

Verb

O’Neill inexplicably bobbles the snap, tries to pick the ball up instead of diving on it and loses it again when he gets walloped. — Stewart Mandel, New York Times, 1 Apr. 2026

Kowalewski bobbles the foul tip to help the righty get the strikeout. — Zoe Collins Rath, Austin American Statesman, 27 Mar. 2026

The following week, Travis Kelce bobbles what would have been a go ahead touchdown in the fourth, and the Eagles intercept it. — Mark Kern, MSNBC Newsweek, 6 Oct. 2025