blunder

1. 1.

   an embarrassing mistake

   Synonymsblooperbloomerbunglepratfallfoul-upfuckupflubbotchbonerboo-boo

   Broadermistake

   Narrowerbobblesnafuspectaclebullfumbleflufffaux pashowlerclangertrip

Other forms of blunder

plural

blunders·

past tense

blunderred·

present participle

blunderring·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about blunder

What does blunder mean?

blunder means "commit a faux pas or a fault or make a serious mistake". That is the primary sense; the word has 4 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in blunder?

blunder has 2 syllables: blun-der. The stress falls on "blun". In IPA it is /ˈblʌndɚ/.

What is another word for blunder?

Close synonyms include drop the ball, sin, boob, goof, fumble. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is blunder a common word?

blunder is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.