Mistake synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
A mistake.
To make too low an estimate of the quantity, degree, or worth of:
A confused or disordered condition; mess, jumble, etc.
An instance of being confused:
To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
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bemuddling
A misunderstanding
The definition of erroneous is something that is incorrect or in error.
paralogism
A fallacious or illogical argument or conclusion.
The definition of fallible is capable of making mistakes or errors.
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Of, relating to, or characteristic of sophists.
A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding
(US) To make a mistake in.
interpret (antonym)
Interpret is defined as to translate or explain what something means.
To understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.
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Misinterpret is defined as to incorrectly describe or understand something.
success (antonym)
The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted:
misunderstanding (related)
The definition of a misunderstanding is a situation where something is not understood properly, or a quarrel or disagreement.
Fault means a mistake or a weakness.
An instance of being inadvertent; an oversight.
(Colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
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The definition of a blunder is a foolish mistake.
A misunderstanding
Suspicion; doubt
To overlook is defined as to look at from a high place, or to miss something by mistake or on purpose.
To esteem too greatly.
fail to recognize
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To fail to apprehend correctly; misunderstand
To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle
have the wrong impression
To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
To combine or join:
certainty (antonym)
The quality of being established as true:
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succeed (antonym)
(Obsolete) To pass to a person by way of inheritance.
explain (antonym)
To make something plain or comprehensible:
To count or estimate incorrectly.
(Intransitive) to step badly or incorrectly
understanding (antonym)
(Uncountable) Sympathy.
accuracy (antonym)
The state of being accurate; freedom from mistakes, this exemption arising from carefulness; exactness; nicety; correctness
proof (antonym)
A demonstration of the truth of a mathematical or logical statement, based on axioms and theorems derived from those axioms.
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correctness (antonym)
(Computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
comprehend (antonym)
The definition of comprehend means to understand the meaning or to include someone or something as a part.
be certain (antonym)
mix up, misunderstand
be sure (antonym)
mix up, misunderstand
An error in conduct or thinking; a mistake.
To err is defined as to make a mistake or to do something wrong.
To read wrongly
correct (related)
To make or put right:
A social blunder
An inaccurate explanation, interpretation, or report; a misunderstanding.
A false belief or opinion:
An excessive estimation
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The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
An instance of misinterpreting.
The illegal misuse of money or property in lawful keeping.
Something that perplexes:
A confusion; jumble
To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
make a mess of
A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
The definition of a misperception is a mistaken belief, idea or interpretation about something.
understand (antonym)
To become aware of the intended meaning of (a person or remark, for example):
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
To let go
fail to know
(Intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
To conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
be at cross purposes
Tangle is defined as to fight, trap, or make a knot.
slip a cog
put-one-s-foot-in-one-s-mouth
(Idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong.
interpretation. See syn. study at error.error (antonym)
A misunderstanding
be accurate (antonym)
exaggeration (related)
A misunderstanding
The definition of adrift is someone or something moving aimlessly without power, direction or restrictions.
Based on error; wrong:
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
A person who buys commodities or securities in anticipation of a rise in prices or who tries by speculative purchases to effect such a rise.
catachresis
(Rhetoric) A misapplication or overextension of figurative or analogical description; a wrongly-applied metaphor or trope.
An embarrassing or tactless blunder (especially used in social situations and contexts); a misstep.
faux pas. impropriety
A blunder
A mistake in speech or action in which a person supposedly shows his or her true subconscious desires.
The definition of a malapropism is using the wrong word for something, especially one that sounds similar.
A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:
slipup
correction (antonym)
An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct.
calculation (antonym)
Something deduced by calculating; estimate; plan
truth (antonym)
The quality of being in accordance with experience, facts, or reality; conformity with fact
perceive (antonym)
To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing:
(Uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
The characteristic of being incorrect.
(Idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
The definition of an illusion is an idea or something you can see that isn’t real.
To judge wrongly or unfairly
To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:
knowledge (antonym)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly:
To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
misjudgement (related)
miscalculation (related)
cock-up (related)
accusation (related)
excuse (related)
flaw (related)
Find another word for mistake. In this page you can discover 131 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mistake, like: error, underestimate, muddle, confusion, misconstrue, folly, misjudgment, bemuddling, erroneous, miss-the-boat and boner.