MISUNDERSTANDING Synonyms
3 hypernyms for misunderstanding. (close relations)
Best Synonyms for MISUNDERSTANDING
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| confusion | noun n | |||||
noun • disorder resulting from a failure to behave predictably • a mental state characterized by a lack of clear and orderly thought and behavior • a feeling of embarrassment that leaves you confused • an act causing a disorderly combination of elements with identities lost and distinctions blended • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||
| error | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention • inadvertent incorrectness • a misconception resulting from incorrect information • (baseball) a failure of a defensive player to make an out when normal play would have sufficed • departure from what is ethically acceptable • (computer science) the occurrence of an incorrect result produced by a computer • part of a statement that is not correct | ||||||
| ignorance | noun n | |||||
noun • the lack of knowledge or education | ||||||
| misapprehension | noun n | |||||
noun • an understanding of something that is not correct | ||||||
| miscalculation | noun n | |||||
noun • a mistake in calculating | ||||||
| misconception | noun n | |||||
noun • an incorrect conception | ||||||
| misinterpretation | noun n | |||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on | ||||||
| misreading | noun, adjective n, adj | |||||
noun • misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | ||||||
| misreckoning | noun n | |||||
noun • a mistake in calculating | ||||||
| mix-up | noun n | |||||
noun • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||
| muddle | verb, noun v, n | |||||
noun • a confused multitude of things • informal terms for a difficult situation verb • make into a puddle • mix up or confuse | ||||||
| misjudgment | noun n | |||||
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| misperception | noun n | |||||
noun • An incorrect perception. | ||||||
| miscomprehension | noun n | |||||
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| misapprehend | verb v | |||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||
| misconceive | verb v | |||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||
| misconstrue | verb v | |||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||
| misinterpret | verb v | |||||
verb • interpret falsely • interpret wrongly • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||
| be amiss | verb v | |||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||