Synonyms of goofs (up)

goofs (up)

verb

present tense third-person singular of goof (up)

1

as in stumbles

to make a mistake

we must have goofed up somewhere, because this cake clearly didn't turn out right

Synonyms & Similar Words

• stumbles
• trips
• fumbles
• slips up
• messes (up)
• lays an egg
• drops the ball
• blunders
• fouls up
• screws up
• errs
• mistakes
• flubs
• nods
• fluffs
• louses up
• boobs
• misunderstands
• misconceives
• murders
• botches
• misdeems
• misconstrues
• misjudges
• bungles
• muffs
• miscalculates
• foozles
• mangles
• butchers
• miscounts
• misinterprets
• bobbles
• misgauges
• mishandles
• miscues

2

as in fumbles

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

he goofed up his first sale at the dealership

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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