HOWLER Synonyms: 59 Similar and Opposite Words

howler

noun

Definition of howler

as in scream

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as in blunder

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Recent Examples of howler Expect to see monkeys (both howler and white-faced), koatis, and perhaps even a leopard. — Condé Nast, Condé Nast Traveler, 13 June 2026 Camera footage showed one occasion when an adult howler came and tried to retrieve a baby, and capuchins scared it off. — Nell Greenfieldboyce, NPR, 19 May 2025 Instead, the capuchins toted around the baby howlers for days with few interactions — no play, minimal aggression and little interest. — Marlowe Starling, CNN Money, 19 May 2025 Since howlers and capuchins have different diets, the researchers ruled out competition for food. — Lillian Ali, Smithsonian Magazine, 19 May 2025 See All Example Sentences for howler

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Noun

Later that pitch-black night, Erez steps to the edge of her terrace, looks down at the sleepy city below, and lets out a blood-curdling scream.

— Marisa Fox, Rolling Stone, 16 July 2026
For Lind, the endeavor was less about being a scream queen and more about shepherding a production.

— Brian Davids, HollywoodReporter, 7 July 2026

Definition of scream

Noun

Nothing makes this part of the chase memorable or important enough to merit a flash-forward, which turns it into a deflating blunder in a series that can’t afford to slow down.

— Ben Travers, IndieWire, 15 July 2026
And while that may sound like little more than a comic blunder, these slips offer one of the clearest windows into how language is assembled in the mind.

— Karen Stollznow, The Conversation, 14 July 2026

Definition of blunder

Noun

The lefty, who needed 37 pitches to get through the fourth due to Cabrera’s flub and three free passes, logged five innings, two runs (0 earned), four walks and six strikeouts over 96 pitches.

— Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 29 June 2026
But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026

Definition of flub

Noun

Resplendent in a dark top and flowered scarves, Jackie has his hair ratted out, creating a kind of nimbus around his poignant, ready-to-laugh face, which is powdered white, with shiny, metallic-looking paillettes around the eyes.

— Hilton Als, New Yorker, 17 July 2026
The dialogue, meanwhile, is played hilariously straight — good luck finding a laugh among these uncharted stars — and often consists of someone shouting another character's name.

— Richard Edwards, Space.com, 17 July 2026

Definition of laugh

Noun

With suspiciously fortuitous timing, Andy is snapped up as Runway’s new features editor—a move that Irv Ravitz (Tibor Feldman), the Si Newhouse-esque head of Elias-Clarke, hopes will salvage what remains of the publication’s credibility in the wake of Miranda’s bungle.

— Justin Chang, New Yorker, 29 Apr. 2026
In addition to Robinhood’s Platinum card, there is Citi’s $695-per-year Strata Elite, whose debut last year was marred by an application-process bungle that saw the bank freeze thousands of accounts—but which has proved popular nonetheless.

— Jeff John Roberts, Fortune, 30 Mar. 2026

Definition of bungle

Noun

On dinner tables frequented by Brussels sprouts, meatloaf is the well-meaning uncle whose knee-slappers are beloved, but not particularly hip.

— Betsy Cribb Watson, Southern Living, 14 Feb. 2026
And, even more unfortunately, the conversations that Dreux and Alyssa have are not exactly knee-slappers.

— Alphonse Pierre, Pitchfork, 22 Jan. 2025

Definition of knee-slapper

Noun

All of which is to say that unless the whole thing is just an extended goof designed to boost engagement, the vibes are pretty fractious chez Fox.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 24 June 2026
Add an unexpected houseguest, a big, awkward goof, who, to everyone’s surprise and dismay, doesn’t speak English.

— Stuart Miller, Oc Register, 10 June 2026

Definition of goof

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