Words Like ERROR

We have put together a list of words that are similar to ERROR.

23 Alternative Words Similar to error

1 Mistake Noun      Synonym Words Like Mistake
2 Fault Noun      Synonym Words Like Fault
3 Evil Noun      Synonym Words Like Evil
4 Evilness Noun      Synonym Words Like Evilness
5 Failure Noun      Synonym Words Like Failure
6 Happening Noun      Synonym Words Like Happening
7 Misconception Noun      Synonym Words Like Misconception
8 Occurrence Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrence
9 Occurrent Noun      Synonym Words Like Occurrent
10 Deviation Noun      Hyponym Words Like Deviation
11 Blot Noun      Hyponym Words Like Blot
12 Cockup Noun      Hyponym
13 Skip Noun      Hyponym Words Like Skip
14 Spot Noun      Hyponym Words Like Spot
15 Smirch Noun      Hyponym Words Like Smirch
16 Smear Noun      Hyponym Words Like Smear
17 Lapse Noun      Hyponym Words Like Lapse
18 Ballup Noun      Hyponym
19 Offside Noun      Hyponym
20 Fuckup Noun      Hyponym
21 Slip Noun      Hyponym Words Like Slip
22 Stain Noun      Hyponym Words Like Stain
23 Corrigendum Noun      Hyponym

3 examples of error

1 an error in writing or in printing; a clerical error.
2 I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults
3 she was quick to point out my errors

10 definitions of error

1 A wandering; a roving or irregular course.
2 A wandering or deviation from the right course or standard; irregularity; mistake; inaccuracy; something made wrong or left wrong
3 A departing or deviation from the truth; falsity; false notion; wrong opinion; mistake; misapprehension.
4 A moral offense; violation of duty; a sin or transgression; iniquity; fault.
5 The difference between the approximate result and the true result; -- used particularly in the rule of double position.
6 The difference between an observed value and the true value of a quantity.
7 The difference between the observed value of a quantity and that which is taken or computed to be the true value; -- sometimes called residual error.
8 A mistake in the proceedings of a court of record in matters of law or of fact.
9 A fault of a player of the side in the field which results in failure to put out a player on the other side, or gives him an unearned base.
10 inadvertent incorrectness
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