What is another word for faux pas?
431 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˌə͡ʊ pˈɑː], [ fˌəʊ pˈɑː], [ f_ˌəʊ p_ˈɑː]Table of Contents
Similar words for faux pas:
- act (noun)
- blooper (noun)
- blunder (noun)
- boner (noun)
- disappointment (noun)
- embarrassment (noun)
- error (noun)
- failure (noun)
- faux pas (noun)
- foul (noun)
- impropriety (noun)
- impudency (noun)
- inappropriateness (noun)
- indelicacy (noun)
- indiscretion (noun)
- infraction (noun)
- insolvency (noun)
- misadventure (noun)
- misstep (noun)
- mistake (noun)
- nonfeasance (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- peccadillo (noun)
- unbecomingness (noun)
- undoing (noun)
- unfitness (noun)
- unseemliness (noun)
- unsuccess (noun)
- unsuccessfulness (noun)
- unsuitability (noun)
- unsuitableness (noun)
- wrong (noun)
- other relevant words (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Faux pas:
n.
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- misapprehension,
- oversight,
- mix up,
- flaw.
- muddle,
- miscue,
- slipup,
- whoops,
- bonehead play,
- screw-up,
- goof up,
- foulup,
- goof-up,
- flummox,
- miscalculation.
- defeat,
- bummer,
- bust,
- obstacle,
- calamity,
- mischance,
- downfall,
- blow,
- dud,
- lemon,
- flash in the pan,
- fiasco,
- discouragement,
- drag,
- washout,
- false alarm,
- inefficacy,
- setback,
- bitter pill,
- fizzle,
- misfortune,
- disaster,
- impasse,
- bringdown,
- downer,
- mishap,
- blind alley,
- old one-two.
- dilemma,
- difficulty,
- hot seat,
- hot water,
- stew,
- scrape,
- discomposure,
- predicament,
- quandary,
- poverty,
- plight,
- mortification,
- destitution,
- indebtedness,
- bashfulness,
- pinch,
- tangle,
- awkwardness,
- fix,
- confusion,
- unease,
- boo boo,
- uneasiness,
- clumsiness,
- complexity,
- snag,
- strait,
- discomfiture,
- hitch,
- chagrin,
- pickle,
- bind,
- puzzle,
- distress.
- falsehood,
- deviation,
- delinquency,
- mismanagement,
- glitch,
- misdeed,
- bad job,
- untruth,
- falsity,
- Misbelief,
- fall,
- misunderstanding,
- delusion,
- slight,
- fallacy,
- sin,
- erratum,
- trespass,
- absurdity,
- omission,
- stumble,
- screamer,
- wrongdoing,
- miss,
- X,
- misconception.
- deterioration,
- nonfeasance,
- stalemate,
- sinking ship,
- checkmate,
- total loss,
- Non-performance,
- non-success,
- frustration,
- wreck,
- abortion,
- decay,
- false step,
- unsuccessfulness,
- rout,
- insolvency,
- failings,
- bomb,
- turkey,
- nonperformance,
- lead balloon,
- inadequacy,
- loser,
- stoppage,
- loss,
- implosion,
- nonsuccess,
- rupture,
- Unsuccess,
- decline,
- collapse,
- miscarriage,
- deficit,
- failing,
- breakdown,
- deficiency,
- bankruptcy,
- overthrow.
- indecorum,
- colossal blunder,
- offense,
- breach,
- Misjudgment,
- misconduct,
- flop,
- hash,
- mess,
- blunder in etiquette,
- transgression,
- break,
- social blunder,
- mess-up.
- incorrectness,
- inappropriateness,
- unsuitability,
- inelegance,
- vulgarism,
- gaucheries,
- unfitness,
- Inelegances,
- immodesties,
- immodesty,
- improperness.
- in civilities,
- over-confidences,
- pre sumptuousness,
- in civility,
- in-civilities,
- over confidences,
- over confidence,
- dis respect,
- dis-respects,
- dis respects,
- pre-sumptuousnesses,
- pre sumptuousnesses,
- dis-respect,
- in-civility,
- pre-sumptuousness.
- ingenuousness,
- fool mistake,
- tactlessness,
- crudeness,
- misspeaks,
- simple mindedness,
- hastiness,
- indiscreetness,
- recklessness,
- dropping the ball,
- Misspeak,
- excitability,
- simple-mindedness,
- simplemindedness.
- mis adventures,
- mis-adventures,
- mis-chance,
- bad breaks,
- mis-chances,
- re verse,
- re-verse,
- mis-adventure,
- ill fortunes,
- mis adventure.
- mis statements,
- mis interpretation,
- mis-takes,
- mis takes,
- in advertence,
- mis prints,
- mis-applications,
- under estimations,
- mis-print,
- mis-interpretations,
- in advertences,
- mis interpretations,
- overestimations,
- in-advertence,
- mis-interpretation,
- mis-statements,
- over estimation,
- mis applications,
- mis take,
- mis application,
- over-estimations,
- mis-prints,
- over-estimation,
- under estimation,
- mis statement,
- over estimations,
- under-estimation,
- mis-application,
- mis-take,
- mis print,
- under-estimations,
- in-advertences.
- indiscretion,
- snafu,
- foul,
- inhibition,
- howlers,
- pratfall,
- putting foot in mouth,
- slip-up,
- misprints,
- unbecomingness,
- slip of tongue,
- howler,
- ill fortune,
- indelicacy,
- timidity,
- wrong,
- muff,
- over-confidence,
- gaffe,
- goof,
- Impecuniosity,
- undoing,
- foul-up,
- blunder,
- Non-feasance,
- underestimations,
- dumb move,
- boo-boos,
- shyness,
- egg on face,
- misadventure,
- unseemliness,
- dumb thing to do,
- bad break,
- Impudency,
- blooper,
- misstep,
- embarrassment,
- bloomer,
- awkward situation,
- underestimation,
- botch,
- over turn,
- peccadillo,
- bungle,
- misprint,
- boo-boo,
- impropriety,
- infraction,
- booboo,
- error,
- slip up,
- false move,
- disappointment,
- disconcertion,
- trip,
- flub-up,
- faux pas,
- misstatement,
- self-consciousness,
- overestimation,
- failure,
- flub,
- slip-ups,
- boner,
- booboos,
- mis-statement.
- minor fault,
- bad habit,
- slight transgression,
- minor infraction,
- venial sin,
- small sin,
- petty offense,
- small infraction,
- minor sin.
v.
• Other relevant words: (verb)Other synonyms:
• Other relevant words (noun):- contretemps,
- botch up,
- offence,
- folly,
- lapsus linguae,
- butcher,
- fumble,
- murder,
- incongruity,
- inadvertence,
- anachronism,
- misjudgement,
- Misusage,
- balk,
- improper,
- lumber,
- screw up,
- boob,
- flounder,
- boggle,
- stupidity,
- inconsistency,
- spoil,
- tongue,
- clanger,
- shortcoming,
- blunder upon,
- Freudian Slip,
- mar,
- bumble,
- set back,
- barbarism.
Homophones for Faux pas:
Hyponym for Faux pas:
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- Synonyms:
- adder, totter.
Nearby words
- Fautor
- fauve
- fauvism
- fauvist
- faux
- Faux pas
- faux-pas
- fauxhawk
- fauxtograph
- fauxtography
- FAVA
