error

UK /ˈɛɹə/ · US /ˈɛɹəɹ/

Etymology From Middle English errour, from Anglo-Norman errour, borrowed from Old French error, from Latin error (“wandering about”, noun), derived from the verb errō (“to wander, to err”). Cognate with Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌴𐌹 (airzei, “error”), Gothic 𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 (airzjan, “to lead astray”). More at err. By surface analysis, err + -or (suffix forming nouns of quality, state, or condition). Displaced native Old English dwild (“error”).

Synonyms

37 terms

aberration, bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, break, clanger, cock-up, disadventure, error, fault, faux pas, floater, flub, fluff, fuckup, gaffe, goof, howler, inaccuracy, lapse, lapsus, mess-up, misadventure, misstep, mistake, oopsy, screwup, slip, slip-up, slipup, stumble, thinko, wrength, solecism, erroneity

Derived terms

62 terms

alpha error, beta error, bioerror, category error, comedy of errors, en, error bar, error box, error carried forward, error catastrophe, error code, error correct, error correction, error diffusion, error fare, errorfree, error-free, errorful, error function, error handler, error handling, error in judgement, error in judgment, errorist, errorless, error message, error of judgement, error of judgment, error of the first kind, error of the second kind, errorous, error-prone, error-proneness, errorproof, error-ridden, errorsome, error treatment, fatal system error, fencepost error, forced error, human error, in error, ironic error, logic error, margin of error, non-error, off-by-one error, Othello error, plaintiff in error, probable error, refractive error, relative error, rounding error, the error of one's ways, standard error, stop error, suberror, trial and error, type I error, type II error, α error, β error

Related terms

err, errant, erroneous, erroneously, does not compute, mis-, false, defect, :Category:English terms prefixed with mis-, Appendix:Roget MICRA thesaurus/Class IV § 495. Error, Appendix:Moby Thesaurus II/27 § error

Hyponyms

31 terms

absolute error, approximation error, clerical error, compass error, conjunctive error, cumulative error, firm error, hard error, measurement error, observational error, round-off error, sampling error, schoolboy error, separative error, soft error, syntax error, transmission error, typographical error, unforced error, incorrect argument, barbarism, fumble, misargument, miscalculation, misconception, misspelling, mispronunciation, misstatement, scanno, spello, typo