MISGUIDING Synonyms
There are 8 hypernyms of the word misguiding. (close relations)
misguide
Best Alternative Words for MISGUIDING
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beguiling | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire • misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods | ||||||||
deceitful | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • involving deception • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||||
deceptive | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true • designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | ||||||||
dishonest | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive adjective satellite • capable of being corrupted | ||||||||
fallacious | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • containing or based on a fallacy • involving deception • based on an incorrect or misleading notion or information | ||||||||
false | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality adverb • in a disloyal and faithless manner adjective satellite • arising from error • erroneous and usually accidental • deliberately deceptive • inappropriate to reality or facts • not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article • designed to deceive • inaccurate in pitch • adopted in order to deceive • (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful | ||||||||
misleading | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective satellite • designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently | ||||||||
untrustworthy | adjectiveadj | |||||||
adjective • not worthy of trust or belief | ||||||||
deluding | verbv | |||||||
verb • be false to; be dishonest with | ||||||||
misinforming | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||||
verb • give false or misleading information to | ||||||||
mislead | verbv | |||||||
verb • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • give false or misleading information to | ||||||||
misadvise | ||||||||
verb • give bad advice to | ||||||||
misdirect | verbv | |||||||
verb • corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • put a wrong address on | ||||||||
misinform | verbv | |||||||
verb • give false or misleading information to | ||||||||
lead astray | verbv | |||||||
verb • teach immoral behavior to • lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions • cause someone to believe an untruth |