Mistook Synonyms and Antonyms

mistyo͝ok
To take (one thing) mistakenly for another
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. confused
  2. confounded
To make a mistake or be incorrect
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. slipped
  2. bungled
  3. misinterpreted
  4. misconceived
  5. erred
  6. miscued
  7. stumbled
  8. underestimated
  9. mixed
  10. snarled
  11. tangled
  12. botched
  13. confused
  14. misconstrued
  15. confounded
  16. misunderstood
  17. miscalculated
  18. blundered
  19. misapprehended
  20. substituted
  21. overestimated
  22. omitted
  23. overlooked
  24. missed
  25. lapsed
  26. balked
Antonyms:
  1. explained
  2. interpreted
  3. comprehended
  4. perceived
  5. succeeded
  6. understood

Mistook Sentence Examples

  • Apparently he mistook her breathless state as an indication of passion.

  • He claimed he was drunk at the time and mistook the puppy for a coyote.

  • Being discovered he was torn to pieces by Agave and others, who mistook him for some wild beast.

  • Elias mistook german exceptionalism, which he took to be one of barbarity.

  • In the middle of the queen's throne was a low stone box she mistook at first glance to be the world's most uncomfortable lumbar support.

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