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Synonyms for pratfall

  • noun

Most common

boner bloomer blooper bungle

Synonyms by meaning

Noun

1. Boo-boo

boo-boo informal, boner, bloomer, blooper, bungle, botch, flub US AU NZ, clanger, faux pas, goof, fuckup vulgar

2. Blunder — A humiliating mistake

blunder, howler

Definitions

  1. n. 1

    A humiliating mistake.

  2. n. 2

    A fall onto the buttocks.

Related words

Other spellings
prattfall

Forms

Plural
pratfalls → boo-boos, boners, bloomers, bloopers…

Example sentences

  • boner My eyes fell immediately upon his boner.
  • bloomer Heather is an early-spring bloomer.
  • bungle The company will never recover after that last bungle.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
pratfallsteady
bonerrising
bloomerrising
blooperrising
bunglesteady

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

By length

4 letters
goof1, flub
5 letters
boner2, botch1
6 letters
howler2, bungle2, fuckup
7 letters
blunder2, bloomer2, blooper2, clanger

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (boner2 = 2 syllables).