gaffe | Definition of gaffe

Synonyms and Antonyms of gaffe

1 a socially improper or unsuitable act or remark

committed a huge gaffe when she started drinking from the finger bowl

Synonyms of gaffe

familiarity, faux pas, gaff, impropriety, indiscretion, solecism

Words Related to gaffe

blunder, error, flub, fumble, goof, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, slip, slipup, stumble

discourtesy, incivility, offense (or offence)

misapprehension, miscalculation, misconception, misjudgment, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms of gaffe

form, manners, mores, proprieties

Antonyms of gaffe

amenity, attention, civility, courtesy, formality, gesture, pleasantry

2 an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy

so-called debates, which seemed to be mainly about seeing which candidate made the most gaffes

Synonyms of gaffe

blunder, bobble, boo-boo, boob [British], brick, clanger [British], clinker, error, fault, flub, fluff, fumble, gaff, goof, inaccuracy, lapse, miscue, misstep, mistake, oversight, screwup, slip, slipup, stumble, trip

Words Related to gaffe

bloomer, blooper, boner, howler, pratfall

misapprehension, miscalculation, miscomprehension, misconception, misconstruction, miscue, misdescription, misimpression, misinterpretation, misjudgment, misreading, misstatement, misunderstanding

Near Antonyms of gaffe

accuracy, correctness, exactitude, exactness, preciseness, precision, strictness

inerrancy, infallibility, perfection