Synonyms of boo-boo

boo-boo

noun

ˈbü-(ˌ)bü 

as in mistake

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

the president should not be making boo-boos in something as important as the State of the Union Address

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistake
• blunder
• error
• flub
• goof
• gaffe
• fumble
• misstep
• trip
• boob
• screwup
• stumble
• miscue
• inaccuracy
• brick
• slipup
• gaff
• bobble
• fault
• clanger
• fluff
• slip
• lapse
• oversight
• clinker
• blooper
• pratfall
• snafu
• misunderstanding
• howler
• bloomer
• miscalculation
• boner
• misstatement
• misjudgment
• misreading
• misinterpretation
• misconstruction
• misconception
• foul-up
• misimpression
• miscomprehension
• misapprehension
• misdescription

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• precision
• accuracy
• correctness
• exactness
• exactitude
• strictness
• perfection
• preciseness
• infallibility
• inerrancy

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of boo-boo

Mike Trout presumably has witnessed every possible blooper, blunder and boo-boo in 16 seasons with the woeful Angels. — Steve Henson, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Be magnanimous and forgiving if others make a boo-boo. — Georgia Nicols, Denver Post, 27 Nov. 2025

When Cody trips and falls in the grass, his friends band together to comfort him and get him a bandage for his boo-boo. — Elisabeth Sherman, Parents, 9 May 2025

Junior Colson made a large rookie boo-boo, hitting a sliding Maye late. — Nick Canepa, San Diego Union-Tribune, 28 Dec. 2024

In his first start in two weeks, Marc-Andre Fleury survived a first-shift boo-boo and made 28 saves to improve to 4-0-1. — Michael Russo, The Athletic, 21 Nov. 2024

The Sun newspaper reports that Robinson made the boo-boo Friday morning during the BBC’s flagship current affairs radio show The Today Programme. — Caroline Frost, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2024