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Synonyms for boner

27 synonyms
2 meanings

noun

Most common

horn goof pratfall deboner

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Erect penis

horn, hard-on vulgar slang, stiffy slang, erection slang

2. Blooper — A blunder; a silly mistake

blooper, boo-boo informal, blunder, bloomer, goof, mistake, gaffe, flub US AU NZ, lapse, trip, error, botch, faux pas, bungle, pratfall, solecism, slip-up, fluff, stumble, howler, fuckup vulgar

Other

deboner, bone-on vulgar slang

Definitions

n. 1
A blunder; a silly mistake.
He really pulled a boner that time!
n. 2
An erect penis.
Why do guys get boners when they wake up in the morning?

Related words

Word family: boner-killer boned

Forms

Plural: boners → horns, hard-ons, stiffies, erections…

Example sentences

horn Gabor used a sharpened horn of a deer as a weapon.
goof It's too easy for me to goof off when I'm at my computer.

Popularity over time

Word	1850 → 2019	Trend
boner		rising
horn		steady
goof		rising
pratfall		steady
deboner		steady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

4 letters: trip¹, horn¹, goof¹, flub
5 letters: error², lapse¹, fluff¹, gaffe¹, botch¹
6 letters: howler², bungle², fuckup, stiffy
7 letters: mistake², stumble², blunder², bloomer², blooper², deboner
8 letters: erection³, pratfall², solecism

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error² = 2 syllables).