Mistake synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
A mistake.
An instance of being confused:
To make too low an estimate of the quantity, degree, or worth of:
A confused or disordered condition; mess, jumble, etc.
bemuddling
A misunderstanding
An instance of being inadvertent; an oversight.
To fail to see the difference; to mix up; to confuse right and wrong.
An act of misjudging, a mistake in judgment.
To understand incorrectly, while thinking one has understood correctly.
To construe wrongly; misinterpret or misunderstand
misunderstanding (related)
The definition of a misunderstanding is a situation where something is not understood properly, or a quarrel or disagreement.
The definition of erroneous is something that is incorrect or in error.
Fault means a mistake or a weakness.
A blatant mistake or misjudgment.
The definition of a blunder is a foolish mistake.
An inaccurate explanation, interpretation, or report; a misunderstanding.
A misunderstanding
An instance of misinterpreting.
Suspicion; doubt
A confusion; jumble
To pass gradually or smoothly; slip:
To overlook is defined as to look at from a high place, or to miss something by mistake or on purpose.
To let go
To esteem too greatly.
fail to know
fail to recognize
(Intransitive) To serve as a replacement (for someone or something)
To fail to apprehend correctly; misunderstand
To conceive wrongly; interpret incorrectly; misunderstand
Misinterpret is defined as to incorrectly describe or understand something.
To fail to differentiate (one person or thing) from another:
To spoil by poor work or poor performance; bungle
be at cross purposes
have the wrong impression
Tangle is defined as to fight, trap, or make a knot.
To speak crossly; to talk in rude, surly terms.
To combine or join:
make a mess of
slip a cog
put-one-s-foot-in-one-s-mouth
(Idiomatic) To misspeak; to say something embarrassing or wrong.
certainty (antonym)
The quality of being established as true:
interpretation. See syn. study at error.error (antonym)
A misunderstanding
succeed (antonym)
(Obsolete) To pass to a person by way of inheritance.
be accurate (antonym)
explain (antonym)
To make something plain or comprehensible:
The definition of adrift is someone or something moving aimlessly without power, direction or restrictions.
The definition of fallible is capable of making mistakes or errors.
Based on error; wrong:
Of, relating to, or characteristic of sophists.
Seemingly well-reasoned, plausible or true, but actually fallacious.
A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception or misunderstanding
A mistaken thought, idea, or notion; a misunderstanding:
paralogism
A fallacious or illogical argument or conclusion.
(Colloquial, dated) A compositor; a typographer.
(US) To make a mistake in.
To count or estimate incorrectly.
(Intransitive) to step badly or incorrectly
understanding (antonym)
(Uncountable) Sympathy.
correction (antonym)
An amount or quantity added or subtracted in order to correct.
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.
success (antonym)
The achievement of something desired, planned, or attempted:
correctness (antonym)
(Computing) The state of an algorithm that correctly mirrors its specification.
understand (antonym)
To become aware of the intended meaning of (a person or remark, for example):
perceive (antonym)
To become aware of (something) directly through any of the senses, especially sight or hearing:
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
interpret (antonym)
Interpret is defined as to translate or explain what something means.
(Uncountable) Incorrect calibration of a measuring device, or incorrect use; lack of precision.
The characteristic of being incorrect.
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
A false belief or opinion:
The definition of an illusion is an idea or something you can see that isn’t real.
An excessive estimation
The act by which things are confounded, or confused.
The illegal misuse of money or property in lawful keeping.
The action of perverting someone or something; humiliation; debasement.
Something that perplexes:
exaggeration (related)
A misunderstanding
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.
A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
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.
malapropism
The definition of a malapropism is using the wrong word for something, especially one that sounds similar.
misperception
The definition of a misperception is a mistaken belief, idea or interpretation about something.
slipup
calculation (antonym)
Something deduced by calculating; estimate; plan
truth (antonym)
The quality of being in accordance with experience, facts, or reality; conformity with fact
(Idiomatic) To prepare something from ingredients that are mixed.
To judge wrongly or unfairly
knowledge (antonym)
Familiarity, awareness, or understanding gained through experience or study:
To come upon accidentally or unexpectedly:
To work or act ineptly or inefficiently.
Find another word for mistake. In this page you can discover 125 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for mistake, like: error, confusion, underestimate, muddle, bemuddling, inadvertence, folly, miss-the-boat, boner, confound and misstatement.