Antonyms for blunder
ˈblʌn dərblun·der

WiktionaryRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. blunderverb

   To move blindly or clumsily.

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

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. blunder

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

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

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Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:1.3 / 3 votes

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. blundernoun

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

How to use blunder in a sentence?

1. Mohini Mohan Mishra:

   The field trials will destroy the entire agrarian economy of this country because they have no clue about the long term impact, they have been blinded by the western corporates and we will not let them commit this blunder.

2. Marianne Moore:

   When one cannot appraise out of one's own experience, the temptation to blunder is minimized, but even when one can, appraisal seems chiefly useful as appraisal of the appraiser.

3. Bernie Sanders:

   I will do everything that I can to make sure that the United States does not get involved in another quagmire like we did in Iraq, the worst foreign policy blunder in the history of this country, we should be putting together a coalition of Arab countries who should be leading the effort.

4. Jim Gilmore:

   He is terrible at explaining his foreign policy and shows itevery day he campaigns, today’s blunder about Putinis just another example.

5. Robert Anson Heinlein:

   To be matter of fact about the world is to blunder into fantasy -- and dull fantasy at that, as the real world is strange and wonderful.

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