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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss the point, miss*, mistake, not register, take amiss, take wrongly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misconstrue |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get a wrong or false impression |
| Synonyms: | distort, exaggerate, misapprehend, misconceive, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, mistake, mistranslate, misunderstand, pervert, take the wrong way |
| Antonyms: | discern, get, perceive, understand |
| Main Entry: | misjudge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | bark up wrong tree, be misled, be overcritical, be partial, be unfair, be wrong, come to hasty conclusion, dogmatize, drop the ball, err, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, misdeem, misreckon, miss by a mile, mistake, misthink, misunderstand, overestimate, overrate, prejudge, presume, presuppose, put foot in, stumble, suppose, underestimate, underrate |
| Antonyms: | figure, judge well, understand |
| Main Entry: | mistake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mix up, misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | addle, be off the mark, be wrong, blunder, botch, bungle, confound, confuse, deceive oneself, err, fail, get wrong, goof, have wrong impression, jumble, lapse, make a mess, misapprehend, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, miscount, misdeem, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, miss, miss the boat, not know, omit, overestimate, overlook, put foot in, slip up, slip*, snarl, take for, tangle, underestimate |
| Antonyms: | be certain, be sure, comprehend, interpret, perceive, understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misunderstand |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea |
| Synonyms: | be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misread, misreckon, miss the point, miss*, mistake, not register, take amiss, take wrongly |
| Antonyms: | comprehend, construe, get, grasp, interpret, perceive, understand |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misinterpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | distort, err, miscalculate, misconceive, misconstrue, misread, pervert |
| Main Entry: | misread |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misunderstand |
| Synonyms: | be at cross purposes, be bewildered, be confused, be perplexed, confound, confuse, fail, get signals crossed, get signals mixed, get wrong, get wrong impression, misapply, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscomprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misjudge, misknow, misreckon, miss the point, miss*, mistake, not register, take amiss, take wrongly |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | misinterpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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Adjectives: |
bathetic, besotted, bigoted, borne, conceited, confined, credulous, crotchety, dogmatic, euhemeristic, fanatical, fussy, ill-judging, illiberal, impracticable, inexplicable, infatuated, intolerant, jaundiced, malentendu, misinterpreted, misjudged, misjudging, narrow-minded, one-sided, opinionated, opinionative, opinioned, partial, positive, prejudiced, purblind, self-opinioned, short-sighted, stupid, superficial, tendentious, unreasonable, unreasoning, untranslatable, untranslated, wedded to an opinion, wrong-headed, yeasty
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