FLUBS Synonyms: 121 Similar and Opposite Words

flubs 1 of 2

noun

plural of flub

as in mistakes

an unintentional departure from truth or accuracy when she was told her information was wrong, she apologized for the flub and immediately corrected it

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flubs

2 of 2

verb

present tense third-person singular of flub

as in fumbles

to make or do (something) in a clumsy or unskillful way added too much flour and flubbed the gravy

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as in stumbles

to make a mistake at some point in your training you're going to flub, so don't let it rattle you

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Of all the flubs, though, one was all at once somehow the most surprising and … vital to the Chiefs’ victory. — Kansas City Star, 19 Oct. 2026 The Padres turned those flubs into three early runs and won, 3-2. — Tom Krasovic, San Diego Union-Tribune, 10 Sep. 2026 But those are only the flubs that Jeopardy judges catch and acknowledge during tapings. — Louis Peitzman, Entertainment Weekly, 29 June 2026 In a recent Instagram post, the 56-year-old former TV journalist uploaded a montage of her past on-air flubs alongside a message about perseverance and living with dyslexia. — Ashley Hume, FOXNews.com, 17 June 2026 Most of the night went on without a hitch, with several show-stopping moments bringing the audience to their feet, but like every live event, there were a few flubs and a couple eyebrow-raising choices. — Brendan Le, PEOPLE, 26 May 2026 There have been some embarrassing flubs. — Jordan Novet, CNBC, 22 May 2026 Both the taxpayer and nontaxpayer midlevel extensions generally lead to more flubs than wild success stories. — Eric Koreen, New York Times, 7 May 2026 Some observers pointed out flubs like Phillip’s are common during live television broadcasts or breaking news situations. — Dominick Mastrangelo, The Hill, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

Padilla flubs a line in this version, but the sketch is somehow the better for it. — Charu Sinha, Vulture, 19 Oct. 2025

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Noun

Containing the ground game could put Seattle in predictable passing situations, giving the Chiefs a chance to pressure Darnold and force mistakes.

— Neil Nakahodo, Kansas City Star, 22 Oct. 2026
But Orlando believes those types of mistakes are correctable.

— Jason Beede, The Orlando Sentinel, 22 Oct. 2026

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Even as Heath stumbles his way through the lyrics, the audience respectfully claps along to the beat.

— Hershal Pandya, Vulture, 21 Oct. 2026
Lizard Music follows a boy (Theo Clark Leber) left to his own devices who stumbles upon a secret late-night broadcast of lizards playing otherworldly music, and a hidden door to the extraordinary swings open.

— Anthony D'Alessandro, Deadline, 19 Oct. 2026

Definition of stumbles

Noun

Burks said that leadership blunders are at the problem’s crux.

— Fort Worth Star-Telegram, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 24 Oct. 2026
Soon-to-be Cy Young Award winner Jacob Misiorowski held the Rays to just one run in his five innings, but certainly not without the help of some Rays baserunning blunders.

— Ryan Morik OutKick, FOXNews.com, 24 Oct. 2026

Definition of blunders

Verb

Morgan blows a meeting with a publisher (Poorna Jagannathan, in her third of four high-profile TV role this year.

— Judy Berman, Time, 22 Oct. 2026
Miami fans had plenty to stress about as the UM offense misfired and Florida State responded to potential knockout blows with huge plays.

— Adam Lichtenstein, Sun Sentinel, 18 Oct. 2026

Definition of blows

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Verizon’s 2026 healthcare breach snapshot identifies vulnerability exploitation, phishing and credential abuse among initial access routes, alongside persistent staff errors and misconfigurations.

— Aliasgar Dohadwala, Forbes.com, 26 Oct. 2026
Potential industrial applications This was then used to tell the robot’s limbs what moves to make, all the while monitoring the cube’s state to check and correct for errors.

— Christopher McFadden, Interesting Engineering, 25 Oct. 2026

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