Synonyms for error

Other words for “error”, grouped by meaning.

We found 7 synonyms for “error”. The most common are mistake, fault, erroneousness, erroneous belief, misplay.

noun a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

noun inadvertent incorrectness

noun a misconception resulting from incorrect information

noun (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed

Synonymsmisplay

noun departure from what is ethically acceptable

noun (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer

noun part of a statement that is not correct

Synonymsmistake

Source: WordNet 3.1, Princeton University

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