HOWLERS Synonyms: 52 Similar and Opposite Words

howlers

noun

plural of howler

as in screams

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as in blunders

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Noun

The woman eventually managed to escape and ran to a neighbor for help, WPLG reported, adding that her piercing screams were captured on home surveillance video.

— Landon Mion, FOXNews.com, 6 Aug. 2026
Thinking there was a fender-bender in the parking lot, Frederick and Bassett walked outside, heard screams and looked across the parking lot where a man was stabbing a woman in the front seat of a car.

— Orlando Sentinel Staff, The Orlando Sentinel, 3 Aug. 2026

Definition of screams

Noun

Avoid these 8 common design blunders to make the most of even the smallest garden.

— Megan Hughes, Better Homes & Gardens, 2 Aug. 2026
In 2026, Mattel is doubling down and averting any PR blunders with a Holiday Barbie that, by all accounts, looks genuinely gorgeous.

— Stacia Datskovska, Footwear News, 29 July 2026

Definition of blunders

Noun

In the book, Mysaria also dies during the riots, killed by the City Watch after Rhaenyra flees.

— James Grebey, Vulture, 10 Aug. 2026
Fifty years ago, Massachusetts became a national test case for equity in schools, after riots erupted over policies meant to undo decades of harmful segregation.

— Cameron Pugh, Christian Science Monitor, 10 Aug. 2026

Definition of riots

Noun

But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings.

— Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026
In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia.

— Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026

Definition of flubs

Noun

Midland—which also includes guitarist/vocalist Jess Carson and bassist/vocalist Cameron Duddy, along with a troupe of touring players—embrace the goofs.

— Stephen Deusner, SPIN, 3 Aug. 2026
Johnny Carson made fun of politicians, but mostly their public goofs, not their policies.

— Brian Steinberg, Variety, 20 May 2026

Definition of goofs

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