screws up

The phrase “screws up” has 2 syllables: screws up

It's pronounced as /skruːz ʌp/


What is synonym and antonym for screws up?

In the thesaurus, “screws up” has 58 synonyms and 17 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for screws up along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for screws up

  • blemishes
  • blights
  • blows
  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • boggles
  • boobs
  • boots
  • botches
  • bumbles
  • bungles
  • butchers
  • damages
  • destroys
  • drops the ball
  • dubs
  • errs
  • flaws
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • foozles
  • fouls up
  • fumbles
  • harms
  • hurts
  • impairs
  • injures
  • lays an egg
  • louses up
  • mangles
  • mars
  • miscalculates
  • misconceives
  • misconstrues
  • miscounts
  • miscues
  • misdeems
  • misgauges
  • mishandles
  • misinterprets
  • misjudges
  • mismanages
  • mistakes
  • misunderstands
  • mucks up
  • muddles
  • muffs
  • murders
  • mutilates
  • nods
  • piffles
  • ruins
  • slips up
  • spoils
  • stumbles
  • trips
  • vitiates
  • wrecks

Antonyms for screws up

  • ameliorates
  • betters
  • doctors
  • enhances
  • fixes
  • helps
  • improves
  • meliorates
  • patches
  • reconditions
  • rectifies
  • refines
  • reforms
  • remedies
  • renovates
  • repairs
  • revamps

Example Sentences

  • He always screws up when he’s under pressure.
  • If she screws up this time, there won’t be another chance.
  • The manager screws up the schedule almost every week.
  • When he screws up, he always admits his mistakes.
  • She screws up the project by not following the instructions.

On this page you'll find 75 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to screws up, such as: ameliorates, betters, blemishes, blights, blows, blunders, bobbles.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

lays an egg

  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • bombs
  • boobs
  • botches
  • bungles
  • butchers
  • collapses
  • comes a cropper
  • comes to grief
  • comes up empty
  • crashes
  • craters
  • crumbles
  • declines
  • dies on the vine
  • drops the ball
  • errs
  • fails
  • falls flat
  • falls short
  • flames out
  • flops
  • flounders
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • flunks
  • folds
  • foozles
  • fouls up
  • founders
  • fumbles
  • goes under
  • implodes
  • louses up
  • mangles
  • miscalculates
  • miscarries
  • misconceives
  • misconstrues
  • miscounts
  • miscues
  • misdeems
  • misfires
  • misgauges
  • mishandles
  • misinterprets
  • misjudges
  • misses
  • mistakes
  • misunderstands
  • muffs
  • murders
  • nods
  • screws up
  • self-destructs
  • sinks
  • skids
  • slips
  • slips up
  • slumps
  • strikes out
  • struggles
  • stumbles
  • tanks
  • trips
  • wanes
  • washes out

mangles

  • blemishes
  • blights
  • blows
  • blunders
  • bobbles
  • boggles
  • boots
  • botches
  • bumbles
  • bungles
  • butchers
  • damages
  • destroys
  • dubs
  • flaws
  • flubs
  • fluffs
  • foozles
  • fouls up
  • fumbles
  • harms
  • hurts
  • impairs
  • injures
  • louses up
  • mars
  • mishandles
  • mismanages
  • mucks up
  • muddles
  • muffs
  • murders
  • mutilates
  • piffles
  • ruins
  • screws up
  • spoils
  • vitiates
  • wrecks

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