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| Main Entry: | |
| 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
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| Main Entry: | miscalculate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, discount, disregard, drop the ball, err, get signals crossed, get wrong, go wrong, mess up*, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misreckon, miss by a mile, misunderstand, mix up, overestimate, overlook, overrate, overvalue, slip up, stumble, underestimate, underrate, undervalue |
| Antonyms: | do correctly, figure correctly, succeed |
* = 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: | make a mistake |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | slip up |
| Synonyms: | blow it, blunder, err, goof, miscalculate, misconstrue, misestimate, misjudge, misread, misstep, misunderstand, muff |
| Main Entry: | misinterpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | misconstrue |
| Synonyms: | distort, err, falsify, garble, miscalculate, misread, misrepresent, mistake, misunderstand |
| Main Entry: | misestimate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | miscalculate |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, discount, disregard, drop the ball, err, get signals crossed, get wrong, go wrong, mess up*, misconstrue, miscount, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, misreckon, miss by a mile, misunderstand, mix up, overestimate, overlook, overrate, overvalue, slip up, stumble, underestimate, underrate, undervalue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misreckon |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | miscalculate |
| Synonyms: | blow*, blunder, discount, disregard, drop the ball, err, get signals crossed, get wrong, go wrong, mess up*, misconstrue, miscount, misestimate, misinterpret, misjudge, misread, miss by a mile, misunderstand, mix up, overestimate, overlook, overrate, overvalue, slip up, stumble, underestimate, underrate, undervalue |
* = informal/non-formal usage
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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| Main Entry: | misinterpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
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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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