What is another word for flub?
695 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ flˈʌb], [ flˈʌb], [ f_l_ˈʌ_b]
Flub is a colloquial term that commonly refers to a mistake or miscue. There are several synonyms for flub that convey a similar meaning, such as blunder, fumble or botch. Other synonyms include falter, stumble, slip-up, goof or snafu. All of these words suggest a slip or an error in performance or judgment caused by inattention or lack of skill. Whether you flub a line in a play, make a blunder at work or fumble with a task, these words can be used interchangeably to describe the same kind of mistake. Whatever the context may be, it's important to learn from one's mistakes and strive for improvement.
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Similar words for flub:
- bloomer (noun)
- blooper (noun)
- blow (noun)
- blunder (noun)
- bollocks (noun)
- boner (noun)
- bumble (noun)
- faux pas (noun)
- flub (noun)
- fluff (noun)
- other relevant words (noun)
- slip (noun)
- ball up (verb)
- blunder (verb)
- bollix up (verb)
- botch (verb)
- bungle (verb)
- fumble (verb)
- goof (verb)
- gum up (verb)
- mishandle (verb)
- mishandle/mismanage (verb)
- miss (verb)
- other relevant words (verb)
- slip (verb)
- other synonyms
- ball up
- bollix up
- err
- mess-up
- mishandle
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Flub:
n.
• bloomer (noun) • blooper (noun) • blow (noun)- blow.
- in-accuracies,
- dumb thing do,
- in-discretions,
- flubup,
- in accuracies,
- in accuracy,
- flub-ups,
- in-discretion,
- flub up,
- over sight,
- in discretion,
- flubups,
- in discretions,
- in-accuracy,
- dumb moves,
- slip ups,
- flub ups,
- over-sight,
- over-sights,
- over sights.
- foul-up,
- mess-up,
- mess-ups,
- gaucheries,
- colossal blunder,
- social blunder,
- blunder in etiquette,
- faux pas,
- gaucherie.
- error,
- misstatement,
- overestimation,
- booboo,
- mistake,
- misconception,
- snafu,
- booboos,
- dumb thing to do,
- howlers,
- slip,
- boo-boo,
- fluff,
- misprint,
- gaffe,
- slip-ups,
- boner,
- errors,
- underestimation,
- screwup,
- underestimations,
- dumb move,
- flub-up,
- lapse,
- mis-statement,
- slip-up,
- fault,
- slip of tongue,
- boo-boos,
- howler,
- blunder,
- gaffs,
- gaff,
- misprints.
v.
• ball up (verb)- made a muck of,
- makes a muck of,
- make muck of,
- making a muck of,
- botching up,
- making muck of,
- makes muck of,
- botches up,
- made muck of,
- botched up.
- drops the ball,
- drop ball,
- dropt ball,
- drops ball,
- slipt up,
- mis judges,
- mis judging,
- dropt the ball,
- mis-judged,
- mis-judging,
- dropped ball,
- mis-judges,
- flubbing,
- mis judged,
- dropping ball.
- bolixing,
- bolixed up,
- bolixing up,
- bolixes up,
- bolloxing up,
- bolloxed,
- bolloxed up,
- bollocksed up,
- bolloxes,
- bolloxing,
- bolixed,
- bolloxes up,
- bollockses up,
- bollocksing up,
- bolixes.
- mis-conjectures,
- miscomputes,
- mis-applied,
- mis applies,
- goofing up,
- mis-calculated,
- mis-calculates,
- mis-computed,
- goofs up,
- mis construes,
- mis computes,
- pulled a boner,
- mis calculated,
- dis torts,
- miscomputing,
- mis-computing,
- mis-applies,
- mis-construing,
- mis-compute,
- mucking up,
- pulling a boner,
- mis-calculating,
- bollixes,
- mis conjecturing,
- mis-apply,
- dis-tort,
- mis calculate,
- misconjectured,
- mis calculating,
- mucks up,
- pulling boner,
- mis-computes,
- mis-conjecturing,
- pulls boner,
- mis-conjecture,
- mis computed,
- mis construe,
- mis compute,
- mis construing,
- mis-construe,
- mis calculates,
- misconjecturing,
- mis-construed,
- mis conjectures,
- mis conjecture,
- miscomputed,
- mis conjectured,
- dis-torts,
- pull boner,
- pulled boner,
- mis-conjectured,
- mis applying,
- mis apply,
- dis tort,
- pulls a boner,
- mis-calculate,
- misconjectures,
- mis applied,
- goofed up,
- mis-applying,
- mis-construes,
- mis construed,
- mis computing.
- makes a mess of,
- makes mess of,
- made a mess of,
- making mess of,
- made mess of,
- making a mess of,
- make mess of.
- losing handle,
- loses handle,
- misfielding,
- lose handle,
- mis-fielding,
- lost handle,
- mis-fielded,
- mis field,
- mis-field,
- mis fielded,
- misfielded,
- misfields,
- mis fields,
- loses the handle,
- mis fielding,
- mis-fields,
- lost the handle,
- losing the handle.
- made a boner,
- makes a boner,
- blowing it,
- making boner,
- made boner,
- makes boner,
- got wrong,
- gotten wrong,
- making a boner,
- getting wrong,
- gets wrong,
- gat wrong,
- make boner.
- mis managers,
- mis manager,
- mis-handle,
- mis-managers,
- mis handle,
- mismanagered,
- mismanagering,
- mis-manager.
- mis governed,
- shooting oneself foot,
- were incompetent,
- made a hash of,
- art incompetent,
- mis conducted,
- over looks,
- mis employs,
- mis-employed,
- mis governing,
- mis direct,
- are inefficient,
- mis directed,
- mis-directing,
- putting foot in,
- art inefficient,
- shoot oneself foot,
- mis managed,
- mis-treat,
- mis-governed,
- mis used,
- mis employing,
- over look,
- mis-employing,
- makes hash of,
- mis treated,
- mis directs,
- mis using,
- mis directing,
- mis-conducting,
- mis-governing,
- mis employ,
- being incompetent,
- mis-direct,
- shoot in foot,
- mis-conducted,
- mis manages,
- mis handling,
- mis-directs,
- mis conducting,
- mis-govern,
- mis-directed,
- shoots foot,
- shot oneself foot,
- were inefficient,
- mis govern,
- over-looks,
- mis governs,
- misgoverns,
- mis handled,
- mis treating,
- is incompetent,
- mis-treating,
- shooting foot,
- mis-used,
- mis-manages,
- mis manage,
- shooting oneself in foot,
- mis treats,
- wast inefficient,
- mis-handles,
- over-look,
- mis-treats,
- makes a hash of,
- mis-manage,
- wert inefficient,
- mis managing,
- maladministers,
- maladministering,
- over looked,
- misemploys,
- shoots oneself foot,
- mis-managing,
- shoots in foot,
- being inefficient,
- shot in foot,
- mis-governs,
- shot foot,
- was inefficient,
- is inefficient,
- wast incompetent,
- mis treat,
- are incompetent,
- mis-employ,
- mis-handling,
- misemployed,
- mis-employs,
- made hash of,
- puts foot in,
- maladministered,
- mis-using,
- shooting in foot,
- shot oneself in foot,
- misemploying,
- was incompetent,
- mis-managed,
- wert incompetent,
- shoot foot,
- mis employed,
- mis handles,
- shoots oneself in foot,
- over-looking,
- mis-handled,
- making hash of,
- making a hash of,
- mis-treated.
- fell short,
- mis carrying,
- under shooting,
- wert late for,
- mis-places,
- mis-lay,
- mis-placing,
- fell flat face,
- letted slip,
- mis laying,
- letted go,
- falling flat on face,
- under shot,
- are late for,
- passing up,
- mis carries,
- were late for,
- mis lays,
- mis-carrying,
- mis fires,
- mis-firing,
- over-shot,
- mis fired,
- falls flat on face,
- art late for,
- fall flat face,
- mis-fire,
- mis lay,
- lets slip,
- dis-regard,
- fell flat on face,
- mis-lays,
- wast late for,
- tripping up,
- am late for,
- falls short,
- mis-place,
- mis places,
- mis-fired,
- undershooting,
- dis regard,
- falls flat face,
- trips up,
- mis fire,
- letting slip,
- dis-regarded,
- over shot,
- is late for,
- under-shooting,
- mis-fires,
- being late for,
- was late for,
- passes up,
- mis placing,
- dis regards,
- mis-laying,
- mis carry,
- mis placed,
- over-shooting,
- mis-carry,
- dis regarding,
- dis regarded,
- over shooting,
- mis firing,
- falling flat face,
- under-shot,
- dis-regards,
- dis-regarding,
- mis carried,
- mis-laid,
- mis place.
Other synonyms:
• ball up • bollix up • err- be in error,
- snarl up,
- be inaccurate,
- be mistaken,
- went astray,
- going astray,
- going wrong,
- be incorrect,
- snafued,
- was mistaken,
- Transgressed,
- snarled up,
- goes astray,
- goes wrong,
- go astray.
- Messing,
- dropped the ball,
- scrabbles,
- goof,
- bungle,
- overshoot,
- make a mess of,
- Floundered,
- overshoots,
- Misapplied,
- pass up,
- botch,
- scrabble,
- fell down,
- be inefficient,
- err,
- blow it,
- Overshooting,
- lousing,
- queers,
- messes,
- undershot,
- drop the ball,
- misdirected,
- mar,
- slip up,
- slipping,
- fluffed,
- screw up,
- fluffing,
- bollixing,
- stumble,
- fall down,
- slipping up,
- blew it,
- slipped up,
- Scrabbled,
- Misemploy,
- falls down,
- overshot,
- queering,
- slips up,
- make mistake,
- misfield,
- shoot oneself in foot,
- Messed,
- falling short,
- Miscompute,
- misgoverning,
- Misconjecture,
- letting go,
- fumble,
- goof up,
- blows it,
- misconducting,
- bollixed,
- Misgoverned,
- dropping the ball,
- lets go,
- putting foot in mouth,
- flubbed,
- pull a boner,
- maladminister,
- louse up,
- misconjectu,
- tripped up,
- Scrabbling,
- muck up,
- miss,
- make a hash of,
- bobble,
- get wrong,
- loused,
- fall flat on face,
- fall short,
- make hash of,
- misdirects,
- make a boner,
- put foot in,
- fumbling,
- put foot in mouth,
- Slipped,
- bollix up,
- falling down,
- bobbling,
- bollix,
- queered,
- gum up,
- be incompetent,
- mislay,
- misconducted,
- bobbled,
- mucked up,
- ball up,
- passed up,
- misdirecting,
- trip up,
- be late for,
- undershoot,
- Misconstrued,
- lose the handle,
- let slip,
- undershoots,
- misgovern,
- misdirect,
- bobbles.
- forsake,
- boggle,
- falter,
- itch,
- speak haltingly,
- impair,
- dissipate,
- impropriety,
- coddle,
- stutter,
- be adrift,
- squander,
- stumbler,
- solecism,
- bitch,
- muck,
- inaccuracy,
- hot up,
- harass,
- spectacle,
- fumbler,
- muddle,
- rumple,
- tout,
- baby,
- abandon,
- mire,
- botcher,
- drift,
- massacre,
- shove off,
- blunderer,
- erratum,
- corrupt,
- deface,
- provoke,
- throw away,
- boob,
- fall through,
- indulge,
- grope,
- hash,
- bugger up,
- ruffle up,
- miscue,
- bungler,
- shoot a line,
- thwart,
- Misusage,
- misstep,
- dub,
- trip,
- miscalculation,
- baffle,
- bad move,
- go down on,
- pratfall,
- suck,
- go bad,
- abort,
- drop,
- plunder,
- boast,
- injure,
- rape,
- mollycoddle,
- walk unsteadily,
- go,
- violate,
- brag,
- breach,
- bumbler,
- clanger,
- violation,
- brick,
- butcher,
- feel,
- misjudgement,
- cocker,
- hash up,
- molest,
- vaunt,
- leave,
- misapprehension,
- clinker,
- bilk,
- ruffle,
- despoil,
- shirk,
- bad job,
- damage,
- flounder,
- vitiate,
- bugger,
- incongruity,
- featherbed,
- tease,
- foil,
- fritter,
- mess,
- shove along,
- consume,
- mud,
- scotch,
- lay eggs,
- obstruct,
- bluster,
- barbarism,
- inconsistency,
- oversight,
- quit,
- gasconade,
- stammer,
- Assassin,
- heat up,
- pamper,
- float,
- Bodge,
- depart,
- deflower,
- cross,
- frustrate,
- fellate,
- cosset,
- taunt,
- gas,
- burn out,
- sad sack,
- waste,
- mismanage,
- slipup,
- Foozle,
- misconduct,
- swash,
- cropper.
How to use "Flub" in context?
What is a "flub"?
A flub is a mistake that a player makes while performing in a sport. When a player makes a flub, it can result in a loss of points, a change in the play of the game, or a change in the outcome of the game. A player can also make a flub accidentally, when they are trying to do something that is not usual for them and their skills as a player.
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