- mishap
- n1. accident, misfortune, misadventure, mischance, miscarriage, casualty, glitch, Scot, and North Eng. mishanter or mischanter; blow, nasty or staggering blow, buffet, stroke, stroke of bad luck or fortune; calamity, catastrophe, cataclysm, disaster, tragedy.2. wreck, crash, car crash, collision, smash-up, crack-up, pile-up; flat, puncture, blowout; breakdown.3. mistake, blunder, contretemps, Inf. slip-up, Sl. boo-boo, Sl. boner; slip, leak; oversight.4. fluke, freak accident, one in a million, twist of fate; shock; fortuity, happening, hap, hazard.5. adversity, infelicity, ill or bad luck, ill or bad fortune, affliction, hurt; ruin, collapse, downfall; reverse, reversal, reverse of fortune, setback, comedown, bitter pill; cross, check, checkmate; failure, fiasco, Inf. flop, Inf. fizzle, Inf. washout, Sl. bomb, Sl. turkey; muddle, mess, scrape.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.