Thesaurus / slip of tongue
other words for slip of tongue
MOST RELEVANT
- error
- gaffe
- lapse
- miscue
- misjudgment
- recklessness
- crudeness
- excitability
- folly
- foolishness
- foul-up
- gaucherie
- goof
- hastiness
- imprudence
- indiscreetness
- ingenuousness
- rashness
- slip
- slip-up
- stumble
- stupidity
- tactlessness
- thoughtlessness
- unseemliness
- bumble
- dropping the ball
- dumb move
- faux pas
- fool mistake
- misspeak
- naiveté
- screw-up
- simple-mindedness
- slip of the tongue
opposites of slip of tongue
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
EXAMPLE SENTENCES FROM THE WEB
“Perhaps you do not speak my language,” she said in Urdu, the tongue most frequently heard in Upper India.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
Now first we shall want our pupil to understand, speak, read and write the mother tongue well.
THE SALVAGING OF CIVILISATIONH. G. (HERBERT GEORGE) WELLS
Q was a Queen, who wore a silk slip; R was a Robber, and wanted a whip.
The flute and the psaltery make a sweet melody, but a pleasant tongue is above them both.
Each sentence came as if torn piecemeal from his unwilling tongue; short, jerky phrases, conceived in pain and delivered in agony.
RAW GOLDBERTRAND W. SINCLAIR
If she have a tongue that can cure, and likewise mitigate and shew mercy: her husband is not like other men.
So my mother begged me to slip into the Rooms, with what was left, and try to get something back.
ROSEMARY IN SEARCH OF A FATHERC. N. WILLIAMSON
You never know when you are going to stumble upon a jewel in the most out-of-the-way corner.
MUSIC-STUDY IN GERMANYAMY FAY
One of Yung Pak's favourite toys was a wooden jumping-jack with a pasteboard tongue.
OUR LITTLE KOREAN COUSINH. LEE M. PIKE
He was given no reply save a muttered curse, a command to hold his tongue, and an angry tug at his tied arms.
THE RED YEARLOUIS TRACY
WORDS RELATED TO SLIP OF TONGUE
- aberration
- blooper
- blunder
- boo-boo
- bungle
- confusion
- delusion
- erratum
- false move
- false step
- fault
- faux pas
- flub
- fluff
- gaffe
- illusion
- inaccuracy
- inadvertence
- lapse
- misapplication
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconception
- misinterpretation
- misjudgment
- misprint
- misstatement
- misstep
- muddle
- neglect
- omission
- overestimation
- oversight
- slight
- slip
- slip of tongue
- slipup
- snafu
- solecism
- trip
- typographical error
- underestimation
- aberration
- blooper
- blunder
- boo-boo
- bungle
- confusion
- delusion
- erratum
- false move
- false step
- fault
- faux pas
- flub
- fluff
- gaffe
- illusion
- inaccuracy
- inadvertence
- lapse
- misapplication
- misapprehension
- miscalculation
- misconception
- misinterpretation
- misjudgment
- misprint
- misstatement
- misstep
- muddle
- neglect
- omission
- overestimation
- oversight
- slight
- slip
- slip of tongue
- slipup
- snafu
- solecism
- trip
- typographical error
- underestimation
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.