| Main Entry: | misconceive |
| 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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: | 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 |
| 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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