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errors

noun , plural of error

Synonyms and Antonyms of errors

1 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy
  • a report on the earthquake contained several unfortunate errors
Synonyms of errors

blunders, bobbles, boobs [British], boo-boos, bricks, clangers [British], clinkers, faults, flubs, fluffs, fumbles, gaffs, gaffes, goofs, inaccuracies, lapses, miscues, missteps, mistakes, oversights, screwups, slips, slipups, stumbles, trips
Words Related to errors

bloomers, bloopers, boners, howlers, pratfalls

foul-ups, snafus

misapprehensions, miscalculations, miscomprehensions, misconceptions, misconstructions, miscues, misdescriptions, misimpressions, misinterpretations, misjudgments, misreadings, misstatements, misunderstandings
Near Antonyms of errors

accuracies, exactitudes, precisions

inerrancies, infallibilities, perfections
2 a breaking of a moral or legal code
  • we have all committed errors in our lives and strayed from the path of righteousness
Synonyms of errors

breaches, crimes, debts, lawbreakings, malefactions, misdeeds, misdoings, offenses (or offences), sins, transgressions, trespasses, violations, wrongdoings
Words Related to errors

bias crimes, hate crimes

felonies, misconducts, misdemeanors, misfeasances

faults, foibles, peccadilloes (or peccadillos)

breaks, infringements

immoralities, iniquities, vices

corruptions, debaucheries, depravities

abuses, criminalities, illegalities

descents, downfalls, falls
Near Antonyms of errors

impeccabilities, innocences, irreproachabilities

moralities, virtues
Antonyms of errors

noncrimes
3 a false idea or belief
  • the story only spread the error by repeating the misinterpreted statistics
Synonyms of errors

delusions, fallacies, falsehoods, falsities, hallucinations, illusions, misbeliefs, misconceptions, myths, old wives' tales, untruths
Words Related to errors

factoids

superstitions

fictions, pretenses (or pretences)

distortions, inaccuracies, misapprehensions, miscomprehensions, misinterpretations, misjudgments, misperceptions, misunderstandings

misinformations, misknowledges, misreports, misrepresentations, misstatements

sophisms, sophistries

fibs, half-truths, lies, stories, tales
Antonyms of errors

truths, verities

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