Synonyms for blunder
ˈblʌn dərblun·der

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1. blunderverb

   To move blindly or clumsily.

   Synonyms:
   goof, stumble, faux pas, boo-boo, blooper, fluff, lapse, error, thinko, slip, mistake, gaffe

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1. blunder

   Synonyms:
   error, mistake, misunderstanding, fault, oversight, inaccuracy, delusion, slip

   Antonyms:
   accuracy, truthfulness, exactness, correctness, faultlessness, ratification, atonement, foresight, prevention, hit, success, achievement, correction

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1. blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, pratfall, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-booverb

   an embarrassing mistake

   Synonyms:
   bloomer, blunderer, botcher, pratfall, butcher, bungler, blooper, stumbler, fumbler, foul-up, flub, boo-boo, bumbler, sad sack, bungle, botch, boner

2. drop the ball, sin, blunder, boob, goofverb

   commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake

   "I blundered during the job interview"

   Synonyms:
   blurt, blurt out, goof, boob, blunder out, ejaculate, trespass, drop the ball, fumble, sin, transgress

3. fumble, blunderverb

   make one's way clumsily or blindly

   "He fumbled towards the door"

   Synonyms:
   blurt out, botch, bungle, grope, sin, muck up, blunder out, mishandle, bumble, botch up, goof, blow, fumble, flub, ball up, bollocks up, bollocks, mess up, louse up, screw up, spoil, muff, boob, blurt, foul up, drop the ball, fluff, ejaculate, bobble, bollix up, bollix, bodge

4. blurt out, blurt, blunder out, blunder, ejaculateverb

   utter impulsively

   "He blurted out the secret"; "He blundered his stupid ideas"

   Synonyms:
   ejaculate, goof, blurt out, blunder out, boob, drop the ball, fumble, sin, blurt

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1. blunderverb

   Synonyms:
   mistake (grossly), err (from want of care), make a bull

2. blundernoun

   Synonyms:
   mistake (of the grossest kind), error (from thoughtlessness), gross mistake, bull

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1. blundernoun

   Synonyms:
   bull, error, mistake, impropriety, slip, solecism, faux pas

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1. List of paraphrases for "blunder":

   mistake, gaffe, error, stupidity

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1. Dick Cheney:

   She voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the modern history of the United States of America.

2. Tim Winter:

   TLC once stood for The Learning Channel…and now it stands for Totally Ludacris Content, it’s pathetic and it’s desperate. It’s a strategic blunder. You have to have a brand for your programing and a program like ‘Sex in Public’ is going to help nobody. It may be clever in terms of ‘oh they’re going to a food court to talk to about their sexual appetite’ but at the end of the day this is explicit content, it’s on a network that has built a brand on other types of content. I just don’t think it’s going to fit.

3. Ted Cruz:

   Senator Rubio emphatically supported Hillary Clinton in toppling (Muammar) Qaddafi in Libya. I think that made no sense, the terrorist attack that occurred in Benghazi was a direct result of that massive foreign policy blunder.

4. Bernie Sanders:

   Does Secretary Clinton have the intelligence, the experience to be president? Of course she does but I do question her judgment, i question her judgment which voted for the war in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country.

5. Sanjay Jha:

   Modi's latest foreign policy disaster on China can be termed a Himalayan blunder.