Synonyms of botches

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noun

plural of botch

as in jumbles

an unorganized collection or mixture of various things

this police procedural is basically a botch of plot elements stolen from other (and better) novels

Synonyms & Similar Words

• jumbles
• varieties
• assortments
• medleys
• collages
• shuffles
• scrambles
• blends
• clutters
• muddles
• litters
• grab bags
• mishmashes
• tumbles
• hodgepodges
• mélanges
• montages
• olios
• jungles
• mixed bags
• ragbags
• crazy quilts
• tangles
• hotchpotches
• rummages
• alphabet soups
• pastiches
• motleys
• patchwork quilts
• ragouts
• amalgams
• gallimaufries
• agglomerations
• patchworks
• hashes
• salads
• stews
• gumbos
• farragoes
• combinations
• jambalayas
• agglomerates
• smorgasbords
• miscellanea
• welters
• menageries
• macédoines
• olla podridas
• potpourris
• omnium-gatherums
• miscellanies
• salmagundis
• messes
• accumulations
• notions
• aggregates
• aggregations
• odds and ends
• fusions
• conglomerations
• sundries
• mix-ups
• detritus
• compounds
• snarls
• conglomerates
• imbroglios
• composites
• shambles
• admixtures
• chaoses
• disarrangements
• disarrays
• disorders
• commixtures
• catchalls
• bollixes
• oddments
• intermixtures
• alloys
• confusions
• morasses
• dog's breakfasts
• knots

botches

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verb

present tense third-person singular of botch

as in fumbles

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

the first time we tried to make a cake, we botched the job completely

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of botches

Noun

During last week's WWE SmackDown, a series of mistakes and botches drew harsh criticism from fans. — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 30 Sep. 2025

Verb

In clinical environments bound by federal regulations and ethics guidelines, an LLM that hallucinates an endpoint or botches eligibility criteria does not just cause a minor hiccup. — Anshima Raj, Forbes.com, 8 Sep. 2026

Then the candidate, unfamiliar with some far-away region of the world, botches it. — Zachary Schermele, USA Today, 20 Aug. 2026

But there’s nothing shocking or subversive about this movie, which plays like proficient, forgettable straight-to-streaming fare for the first ninety minutes and then botches its big, bloody finale. — Justin Chang, New Yorker, 27 May 2026

Continue reading … FACT CHECK – Washington Post botches Israel-Gaza history leading to major correction. — FOXNews.com, 3 Sep. 2025