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wrong
adjective as in incorrect
Strongest matches
amiss, awry, bad, erroneous, false, inaccurate, misguided, mistaken, unsound, untrue
Strong matches
erring, fluffed, goofed, miscalculated, misconstrued, mishandled, out
Weak matches
askew, astray, at fault, counterfactual, defective, erratic, fallacious, faulty, in error, inexact, misfigured, not precise, not right, not working, off-target, on the wrong track, out of commission, out of line, out of order, perverse, rotten, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, wide
adjective as in immoral, dishonest
Strong matches
base, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dissipated, evil, profane, profligate, reprobate, wanton
Weak matches
amoral, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, dishonorable, dissolute, felonious, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, smutty, ungodly, unholy, unrighteous, vicious, wicked, wrongful
adjective as in inappropriate, not suitable
Strongest matches
amiss, bad, funny, ill-advised, improper, incorrect, unacceptable, unhappy
Strong matches
Weak matches
awkward, disproportionate, gauche, inapt, incongruous, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, not done, rotten, unbecoming, unconventional, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable
adverb as in astray
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
afield, askew, badly, erroneously, inaccurately, mistakenly, unfavorably
noun as in offense, sin
Strongest matches
abuse, bias, blunder, crime, error, evil, grievance, harm, inequity, injustice, insult, misdeed, mistake, prejudice, slight, transgression, violation, wrongdoing
Strong matches
cruelty, damage, delinquency, discourtesy, favor, hurt, immorality, imposition, indecency, inhumanity, iniquity, injury, libel, malevolence, miscarriage, misdemeanor, misdoing, oppression, persecution, sinfulness, slander, spite, tort, trespass, turpitude, unfairness, vice, villainy, wickedness
Example Sentences
“You should not stop doing the right thing for the right reasons because somebody else is doing the right thing for the wrong reasons,” he told me.
“They couldn’t be more wrong. This is just the beginning.”
Most importantly, they don’t have priority themes or frames and are commonly in the wrong frame.
The news media was not just wrong about the election but is largely to blame for Trump winning.
The media got it wrong in many ways.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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