Err

/ɜː/

Synonyms for "err" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Verb(10 words)

stray blunder blundered boobed bungled deviatedeviate from expectationsdraw conclusionsdrift erring

backslidebe in errorbe mistakenbe wrongblot blunder bunglecommit sindegenerate deviate divagatedo amissdo wrongdrift

Noun(6 words)

baseball throwingblundering blunders boneheads boobing error

Adjective(1 words)

errant throw

Strong matches (47)

Verb(12 words)

error glitching goofed hesitate misapplies misbehaved misbehaves miscalculate miscalculated miscalculates misconceiving miscued

Noun(15 words)

error countederrorserrors in countinggoofsguess based decisionmiscall miscalling miscalls miscasts misconducts miscountmiscount the votesmiscounting miscounts miscue

excurse fallfall into errorfoozlego adriftgo amissgo astraygo awrygo wronggoofjudge amisslapse meander misappreciate misbelieve miscalculate miscompute misconjecture misconstrue

Adjective(1 words)

mediocre design

Related words (77)

Noun(23 words)

miscues miscuing misdeals misdiagnoses misdoing misjudgingmisorder itemsmisplay misplaying misplays misprint misprints misreasoning misstep missteps mistaking mistype mistypes miswrite perceiving

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portuguese erroscrewing sins

misdeem misesteem misestimate misevaluate misinterpret misjudge misreckon missmiss the markmisthink misvalue offend pererrate ramble roveserve mammonsin slipslip upsnake

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straggle stray stumble swerve transgress trespass trip twisttwist and turnviolate wander wind

Verb(18 words)

misdiagnose misdid misdo misdoes misdone misinform misjudge misjudged misjudges misplayed misprinted misprocess misspells mistakeoperate deviceslip stall strayed

Adjective(4 words)

misguided misorderedunscientific thinking errorwrong quantity order

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6 relation types

More general

5 entries

act go locomote move travel

More specific

6 entries

digress hesitate misread slip stall veer

Collocations

6 entries

err badlyerr frequentlyerr in calculationerr in judgmenterr repeatedlyerr slightly

Inflections

3 entries

erred erring errs

Derivations

3 entries

errancy errant errantly

similar

12 entries

cast drift ramble range roam roll rove stray swan tramp vagabond wander

Sample sentences

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To err is human, to forgive divine.

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We are liable to err.

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After all, even the gods may err at times.

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To err is human.

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