Goof

//ɡuːf//

Synonyms for "goof" (199 found)

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Closest matches (40)

Strong matches (60)

Related words (99)

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Translations

85 translations across 14 languages.

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Bulgarian

4 entries
  • гаф noun (a mistake or error)
  • глупак noun (a foolish person)
  • обърквам verb (to make a mistake)
  • оплесквам verb (to make a mistake)

Czech

4 entries
  • blbec noun (a foolish person)
  • bota noun (a mistake or error)
  • hloupá chyba noun (a mistake or error)
  • pitomec noun (a foolish person)

Danish

1 entries
  • tumpe noun (a foolish person)

Estonian

1 entries
  • viga noun (a mistake or error)

Finnish

4 entries
  • hölmö noun (a foolish person)
  • moka noun (a mistake or error)
  • munaus noun (a mistake or error)
  • tollo noun (a foolish person)

French

3 entries
  • boulet noun (a foolish person)
  • coquille noun (an error made during production which finds its way into the final release)
  • gaffe noun (a mistake or error)

German

1 entries
  • fehlen verb (to make a mistake)

Italian

4 entries
  • errore noun (a mistake or error)
  • fuori di testa noun (a foolish person)
  • sbaglio noun (a mistake or error)
  • tonto noun (a foolish person)

Latin

1 entries
  • erro verb (to make a mistake)

Persian

1 entries
  • گاف noun (a mistake or error)

Polish

2 entries
  • babol noun (a mistake or error)
  • bęcwał noun (a foolish person)

Portuguese

4 entries
  • bobo noun (a foolish person)
  • falha noun (an error made during production which finds its way into the final release)
  • gafe noun (a mistake or error)
  • tonto noun (a foolish person)

Russian

4 entries
  • болва́н noun (a foolish person)
  • ду́рень noun (a foolish person)
  • дура́к noun (a foolish person)
  • крети́н noun (a foolish person)

Swedish

4 entries
  • blådåre noun (a foolish person)
  • dumbom noun (a foolish person)
  • dummer noun (a foolish person)
  • dummerjöns noun (a foolish person)

Sample sentences

11 total sentences available.

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If you goof it up twice, I suggest hightailing it to Moscow or someplace.

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Everybody likes to goof off.

Source: tatoeba (4736823)

What a goof!

Source: tatoeba (6583755)

The longer you goof around fixing issues no one is asking about, the longer it will be before we all get out of here.

Source: tatoeba (8978623)

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