Synonyms of the word

howler

• n. That which howls, especially an animal which howls, such as a wolf or a howler monkey.
• n. A person hired to howl at a funeral.
• n. A painfully obvious mistake.
• n. A hilarious joke.
• n. A bitterly cold day.
• n. A heavy fall, literally or figuratively.
• n. A serious accident (especially to come a howler or go a howler, e.g. "Our hansom came a howler"; compare:…
• n. A tremendous lie.
• n. A fashionably but extravagantly overdressed man, a "howling swell".
• n. A calamity howler is "one that makes dismal predictions of impending disaster".

bloomer

• n. An ironworker.
• n. A circular loaf of white bread.
• n. A blooming flower.
• n. One who blooms, matures, or develops.
• n. (historical) A costume for women, consisting of a short dress with loose trousers gathered around the…
• n. (historical) A woman who wears a Bloomer costume.

blooper

• n. (informal) An error.
• n. (baseball, slang, 1800s) A fly ball that is weakly hit just over the infielders.
• n. (informal) A film or videotaped outtake that has recorded an amusing mistake and/or accident during the…
• n. (nautical) A kind of sail, a spanker.

blunder

• n. A clumsy or embarrassing mistake.
• v. (intransitive) To make a clumsy or stupid mistake.
• v. (intransitive) To move blindly or clumsily.
• v. (transitive) To cause to make a mistake.
• v. (transitive) To do or treat in a blundering manner; to confuse.

boner

• n. (literally) One who or that which bones (removes bones).
• n. (dated, baseball, slang) A blunder; a silly mistake.
• n. (vulgar, slang) An erect penis.

boo-boo

• n. (countable, colloquial, often childish) A mistake or error.
• n. (countable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) A minor injury, such as a cut or a bruise.
• n. (uncountable, colloquial, childish, by or to young children) Feces.
• v. (colloquial, childish, by or to young children) To defecate.

botch

• v. (transitive) To perform (a task) in an unacceptable or incompetent manner; to make a mess of something;…
• v. To do something without skill, without care, or clumsily.
• v. To repair or mend clumsily.
• n. An action, job, or task that has been performed very badly.
• n. A patch put on, or a part of a garment patched or mended in a clumsy manner.
• n. A ruined, defective, or clumsy piece of work; mess; bungle.
• n. A mistake that is very stupid or embarrassing.
• n. A messy, disorderly or confusing combination; conglomeration; hodgepodge.
• n. (obsolete) A tumour or other malignant swelling.
• n. A case or outbreak of boils or sores.

bungle

• n. A botched or incompetently handled situation.
• v. To botch up, bumble or incompetently perform a task; to make or mend clumsily; to manage awkwardly.

flub

• n. (informal) An error; a mistake in the performance of an action.
• v. (transitive) To goof, fumble, or err in the performance of an action.

foul-up

• n. A disastrous mistake.

fuckup

• n. (vulgar) A serious mistake.
• n. (vulgar, pejorative) One who continually makes mistakes.
• n. (vulgar, pejorative) An ineffective person.

gag

• n. A device to restrain speech, such as a rag in the mouth secured with tape or a rubber ball threaded onto…
• n. (law) An order or rule forbidding discussion of a case or subject.
• n. A joke or other mischievous prank.
• n. A convulsion of the upper digestive tract.
• n. (archaic) A mouthful that makes one retch or choke.
• v. (intransitive) To experience the vomiting reflex.
• v. (transitive) To cause to heave with nausea.
• v. (transitive) To restrain someone's speech by blocking his or her mouth.
• v. (transitive) To pry or hold open by means of a gag.
• v. (transitive, figuratively) To restrain someone's speech without using physical means.

jape

• n. A joke or quip.
• v. (intransitive) To jest; play tricks; joke.
• v. (transitive) To mock; deride; gibe; trick; befool.

jest

• n. (archaic) An act performed for amusement; a joke.
• n. (archaic) Someone or something that is ridiculed; the target of a joke.
• n. (obsolete) A deed; an action; a gest.
• n. (obsolete) A mask; a pageant; an interlude.
• v. To tell a joke; to talk in a playful manner; to make fun of something or someone.
• adv. (African American Vernacular, Southern US) Alternative spelling of just.

joke

• n. An amusing story.
• n. Something said or done for amusement, not in seriousness.
• n. (figuratively) The root cause or main issue, especially an unexpected one.
• n. (figuratively) A laughably worthless thing or person; a sham.
• v. (intransitive) To do or say something for amusement rather than seriously.
• v. (transitive, dated) To make merry with; to make jokes upon; to rally.

laugh

• n. An expression of mirth particular to the human species; the sound heard in laughing; laughter.
• n. Something that provokes mirth or scorn.
• n. (Britain) A fun person.
• v. (intransitive) To show mirth, satisfaction, or derision, by peculiar movement of the muscles of the face,…
• v. (intransitive, obsolete, figuratively) To be or appear cheerful, pleasant, mirthful, lively, or brilliant;…
• v. (intransitive, followed by "at") To make an object of laughter or ridicule; to make fun of; to deride;…
• v. (transitive) To affect or influence by means of laughter or ridicule.
• v. (transitive) To express by, or utter with, laughter.

platyrrhine

• adj. (zoology) Having a broad, flat nose.
• n. (zoology) Any New World monkey of the Platyrrhini.

pratfall

• n. A fall onto the buttocks.
• n. A humiliating mistake.
• n. A staged trip or fall, often for comedic purposes.
• v. To fall on to the buttocks.

riot

• n. Wanton or unrestrained behavior; uproar; tumult.
• n. The tumultuous disturbance of the public peace by an unlawful assembly of three or more persons in the…
• n. Excessive and expensive feasting; wild and loose festivity; revelry.
• n. A large variety of something.
• v. To create or take part in a riot; to raise an uproar or sedition.
• v. (obsolete) To act in an unrestrained or wanton manner; to indulge in excess of luxury, feasting, etc.

scream

• n. A loud, emphatic, exclamation of extreme emotion, usually horror, fear, excitement et cetera. Can be the…
• n. (music) A form of singing associated with the metal and screamo styles of music. It is a loud, rough,…
• n. (informal) Used as an intensifier.
• n. (printers' slang) exclamation mark.
• v. To cry out with a shrill voice; to utter a sudden, sharp outcry, or shrill, loud cry, as in fright or…
• v. To move quickly; to race.

thigh-slapper

• n. (idiomatic) A joke, especially one which strikes the listener or reader as particularly humorous.

wow

• interj. An indication of excitement, surprise, astonishment, or pleasure.
• interj. An expression of amazement, awe, or admiration.
• interj. Used sarcastically to express disapproval of something.
• v. (informal) To amaze or awe.
• n. (informal) An exceptionally surprising or unbelievable fact.
• n. (audio) A relatively slow form of flutter (pitch variation) which can affect both gramophone records and…