Mistake Synonyms and Antonyms

mĭ-stāk
A blunder
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. error
  2. blunder
  3. false-step
  4. slip
  5. fault
A misunderstanding
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. misapprehension
  2. misunderstanding
  3. erratum
  4. error
  5. misconception
  6. confusion
  7. misconstruction
  8. delusion
  9. illusion
  10. overestimation
  11. underestimation
  12. inaccuracy
  13. impression
  14. blunder
  15. aberration
  16. boner
  17. incorrectness
  18. muddle
  19. bull
  20. bemuddling
  21. catachresis
  22. confounding
  23. lapse
  24. disregarding
  25. fallacy
  26. misinterpretation
  27. miscue
  28. fault
  29. misapplication
  30. faux-pas
  31. misdoubt
  32. faux pas. impropriety
  33. misstep
  34. misstatement
  35. freudian-slip
  36. perversion
  37. gaffe
  38. perplexity
  39. slip
  40. inadvertence
  41. bewilderment
  42. inadvertency
  43. misjudgment
  44. malapropism
  45. slip-up
  46. trip
  47. misperception
  48. oversight
  49. paralogism
  50. pratfall
  51. solecism
  52. typo
Antonyms:
  1. certainty
  2. knowledge
  3. understanding
  4. correction
  5. calculation
  6. interpretation. See syn. study at error.error
  7. truth
  8. accuracy
  9. interpretation
  10. proof
  11. success
  12. correctness
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To make an error or mistake
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. err
  2. slip
  3. miscue
  4. slip-up
  5. stumble
  6. trip up
To take (one thing) mistakenly for another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. confound
  2. confuse
  3. mix-up
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Mistake Sentence Examples

  • I won't make the mistake I made with you before.

  • Maybe it was a mistake to come here.

  • I made a really bad mistake and I don't know what to do.

  • Sometimes I make a mistake and do the wrong thing.

  • Only a mistake would give the Others away and might be all that stood between life and death.

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