All solecism synonyms
solΒ·eΒ·cism
S s noun solecism
- barbarism β If you refer to someone's behaviour as barbarism, you strongly disapprove of it because you think that it is extremely cruel or uncivilized.
- lapsus linguae β a slip of the tongue.
- overestimation β An excessive estimation.
- deceptiveness β apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
- indecorum β indecorous behavior or character.
- gaffe β a social blunder; faux pas.
- daintiness β of delicate beauty; exquisite: a dainty lace handkerchief.
- inappropriateness β not appropriate; not proper or suitable: an inappropriate dress for the occasion.
- faultiness β having faults or defects; imperfect.
- mess-up β a blunder; state of confusion; mix-up.
- false move β a movement that may be interpreted as threatening.
- misbelief β erroneous belief; false opinion.
- guilt β the fact or state of having committed an offense, crime, violation, or wrong, especially against moral or penal law; culpability: He admitted his guilt.
- anachronism β You say that something is an anachronism when you think that it is out of date or old-fashioned.
- localism β a word, phrase, pronunciation, or manner of speaking that is peculiar to one locality.
- misconstrual β A misinterpretation of the meaning of something.
- inexactness β The characteristic or quality of being inexact; a lack of precision, accuracy, or certainty.
- misuse β wrong or improper use; misapplication.
- howlers β Plural form of howler.
- metachronism β An error in chronological ordering in which a character or an event is placed at too late a time.
- boo-boo β A boo-boo is a silly mistake or blunder.
- frailty β the quality or state of being frail.
- fault β a defect or imperfection; flaw; failing: a fault in the brakes; a fault in one's character.
- answerability β liable to be asked to give account; responsible: He is answerable to a committee for all his decisions.
- criminality β the state or quality of being criminal
- imprecision β not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.
- misemployment β Wrong or mistaken employment.
- improperness β Quality of being improper.
- gaucherie β lack of social grace, sensitivity, or acuteness; awkwardness; crudeness; tactlessness.
- faux pas β a slip or blunder in etiquette, manners, or conduct; an embarrassing social blunder or indiscretion.
- indelicacy β the quality or condition of being indelicate.
- immodesty β not modest in conduct, utterance, etc.; indecent; shameless.
- fallacy β a deceptive, misleading, or false notion, belief, etc.: That the world is flat was at one time a popular fallacy.
- impropriety β the quality or condition of being improper; incorrectness.
- booboos β a stupid or silly mistake; blunder.
- falsification β to make false or incorrect, especially so as to deceive: to falsify income-tax reports.
- blooper β A blooper is a silly mistake.
- malapropism β an act or habit of misusing words ridiculously, especially by the confusion of words that are similar in sound.
- elusion β The act of eluding.
- foul-up β a condition of difficulty or disorder brought on by inefficiency, stupidity, etc.
- mismanagement β The process or practice of managing ineptly, incompetently, or dishonestly.
- error β A mistake.
- noxiousness β The state of being noxious.
- inaccuracy β something inaccurate; error.
- howler β a person, animal, or thing that howls.
adjective solecism
- inerudite β Not erudite; unlearned; ignorant.
- nonstandard β not standard.
- catachrestic β Constituting or related to catachresis.
adj solecism
- illiterate β unable to read and write: an illiterate group.
- imprecise β not precise; not exact; vague or ill-defined.