Synonyms of gaff

gaff 1 of 2

noun

1

as in mistake

a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark

you can expect to make some amusing gaffs until you get more familiar with the language

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistake
• blunder
• offence
• gaffe
• indiscretion
• error
• solecism
• faux pas
• impropriety
• familiarity
• flub
• miscue
• fumble
• misstep
• goof
• offense
• slipup
• discourtesy
• stumble
• slip
• incivility
• lapse
• howler
• misstatement
• miscalculation
• muff
• misjudgment
• oversight
• misconception
• boner
• misunderstanding
• misapprehension
• foul-up

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• attention
• gesture
• courtesy
• formality
• civility
• pleasantry
• form
• amenity
• manners
• mores
• proprieties

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• attention
• gesture
• courtesy
• formality
• civility
• pleasantry
• form
• amenity
• manners
• mores
• proprieties

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2

as in blunder

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

double-check the new writer's grammar, as it's typically riddled with gaffs

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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gaff

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verb

1

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

a sleazy schemer who gaffed gullible people into thinking they could get rich with a money-making opportunity

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• fool
• deceive
• bluff
• hoax
• sucker
• kid
• gull
• tease
• sting
• mislead
• dupe
• con
• catch
• spoof
• bamboozle
• humbug
• delude
• gammon
• cheat
• juggle
• misinform
• suck in
• snow
• buffalo
• snooker
• hoodwink
• cozen
• string along
• hornswoggle
• burn
• take in
• misguide
• fake out
• beguile
• do a number on
• have on
• have
• pull one's leg
• stick
• swindle
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• lead one down the garden path
• lead one up the garden path
• put on
• chisel
• rook
• hustle
• skin
• bleed
• defraud
• flimflam
• mulct
• euchre
• diddle
• fleece
• shortchange
• squeeze

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceive
• show up
• reveal
• expose
• debunk
• unmask
• uncover
• tell
• divulge
• disclose
• unveil
• disabuse
• disillusion
• uncloak
• disenchant

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• undeceive
• show up
• reveal
• expose
• debunk
• unmask
• uncover
• tell
• divulge
• disclose
• unveil
• disabuse
• disillusion
• uncloak
• disenchant

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2

as in to cheat

to rob by the use of trickery or threats

the operators of the traveling carnival had gaffed patrons with a variety of time-honored ruses

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cheat
• sting
• pluck
• hustle
• squeeze
• stick
• screw
• beat
• trick
• swindle
• sucker
• bleed
• deceive
• short
• fiddle
• flimflam
• shake down
• con
• chisel
• rook
• ream
• do
• skin
• nobble
• stiff
• defraud
• mulct
• diddle
• euchre
• fleece
• chouse
• hose
• rip off
• cozen
• fool
• skunk
• victimize
• shortchange
• clip
• bilk
• exploit
• take for a ride
• wrench
• nick
• thimblerig
• take to the cleaners
• sell a bill of goods to
• betray
• gouge
• do in
• gull
• extort
• bitch
• dupe
• overcharge
• wring
• double-cross
• wrest
• soak
• milk
• rope (in)
• bamboozle
• fast-talk