| Main Entry: | misapprehend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the wrong idea, impression |
Synonyms: |
blunder, confuse, err, misconceive, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand |
Antonyms: |
apprehend, comprehend, understand |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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 |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | misinterpret |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
Related
Adjectives: |
credulous, bathetic, besotted, bigoted, borne, conceited, confined, 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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