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Err

🔄 Synonyms of "Err"

4 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
driftnoun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
straynoun	(intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
mistakenoun	An error.

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
mistakenoun	An error.
straynoun	(intransitive) To wander, as from a direct course; to deviate, or go out of the way.
driftnoun	(physical) Movement; that which moves or is moved.
slipnoun	(intransitive) To lose one’s traction on a slippery surface; to slide due to a lack of friction.
flubnoun	(informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
blundernoun	A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
bungleverb	(transitive) To incompetently perform (a task); to ruin (something) through incompetent action; to botch up, to bumble.
mismanageverb	(transitive) To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
goofnoun	(US, informal) A mistake or error.
misdoverb	(transitive) To do (something) incorrectly or improperly.
misleadverb	To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
misspeakverb	(ambitransitive, chiefly US) To fail to pronounce, utter, or speak correctly.
sinnoun	(theology) A violation of divine will or religious law.
misdirectverb	To direct something wrongly
errornoun	(countable) A mistake; an accidental wrong action or a false statement not made deliberately.
misdealnoun	(ambitransitive) To deal or distribute wrongly.
miscalculateverb	(transitive, intransitive) To calculate incorrectly.
failed	unsuccessful
deviateverb	(intransitive) To go off course from; to change course; to change plans.
foolnoun	(derogatory) A person with poor judgment or little intelligence.