Synonyms of flub

flub 1 of 2

noun

as in mistake

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistake
• blunder
• error
• miscue
• fumble
• gaffe
• stumble
• misstep
• inaccuracy
• goof
• gaff
• slipup
• screwup
• trip
• bobble
• brick
• fault
• lapse
• slip
• boob
• clanger
• oversight
• boo-boo
• fluff
• blooper
• clinker
• pratfall
• snafu
• howler
• misstatement
• misunderstanding
• bloomer
• miscalculation
• misjudgment
• boner
• misinterpretation
• misreading
• misconstruction
• foul-up
• misconception
• misimpression
• miscomprehension
• misdescription
• misapprehension

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• accuracy
• precision
• correctness
• exactness
• exactitude
• strictness
• perfection
• preciseness
• infallibility
• inerrancy

flub

2 of 2

verb

ˈfləb 

1

as in to fumble

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way

added too much flour and flubbed the gravy

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumble
• blow
• botch
• bungle
• ruin
• dub
• murder
• boot
• spoil
• butcher
• mangle
• boggle
• muff
• screw up
• destroy
• goof (up)
• bumble
• fluff
• blunder
• foul up
• mar
• bobble
• damage
• muck up
• bugger (up)
• mess (up)
• flaw
• wreck
• foozle
• injure
• bollix (up)
• louse up
• hurt
• muddle
• gum (up)
• impair
• harm
• blemish
• mutilate
• blight
• vitiate
• mismanage
• piffle
• mishandle

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• better
• improve
• help
• rectify
• remedy
• enhance
• ameliorate
• reform
• refine
• repair
• fix
• patch
• meliorate
• revamp
• renovate
• doctor
• recondition

2

as in to stumble

to make a mistake

at some point in your training you're going to flub, so don't let it rattle you

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fumble
• stumble
• blunder
• trip
• mistake
• slip up
• err
• screw up
• nod
• goof (up)
• fluff
• boob
• foul up
• lay an egg
• drop the ball
• misunderstand
• botch
• louse up
• mess (up)
• bungle
• misjudge
• mangle
• butcher
• miscalculate
• murder
• muff
• miscue
• misconceive
• miscount
• mishandle
• misinterpret
• misconstrue
• bobble
• foozle
• misdeem
• misgauge

Examples of flub in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Noun

The president’s flubs when trying to explain his party’s proposals have helped fuel the push for a replacement nominee. —Jeff Stein, Washington Post, 20 July 2024

Biden's flubs and Trump's freestyles The potential 2024 presidential nominees gave two very different speeches this week. —Nicole Fallert, USA TODAY, 12 July 2024

Verb

After an impressive display on the vault, Biles struggled in her second apparatus, the uneven bars, flubbing her transition from the upper bar to the lower bar. —Rachel Desantis, Peoplemag, 1 Aug. 2024

Search for funky geometry Fine details are among the hardest things to seamlessly edit in an image, so they get flubbed frequently. —Monique Woo, Washington Post, 29 July 2024