MISUNDERSTANDING Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word misunderstanding. (close relations)
Best Alternative Words for MISUNDERSTANDING
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| confusion | nounn | |||||||
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, adjectiven, 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 | nounn | |||||||
noun • the lack of knowledge or education | ||||||||
| misapprehension | nounn | |||||||
noun • an understanding of something that is not correct | ||||||||
| miscalculation | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mistake in calculating | ||||||||
| misconception | nounn | |||||||
noun • an incorrect conception | ||||||||
| misinterpretation | nounn | |||||||
noun • putting the wrong interpretation on | ||||||||
| misreading | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||||
noun • misinterpretation caused by inaccurate reading | ||||||||
| misreckoning | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mistake in calculating | ||||||||
| mix-up | nounn | |||||||
noun • a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another | ||||||||
| muddle | verb, nounv, n | |||||||
noun • a confused multitude of things • informal terms for a difficult situation verb • make into a puddle • mix up or confuse | ||||||||
| misjudgment | nounn | |||||||
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| misperception | nounn | |||||||
noun • An incorrect perception. | ||||||||
| miscomprehension | nounn | |||||||
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| misapprehend | verbv | |||||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||||
| misconceive | verbv | |||||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||||
| misconstrue | verbv | |||||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||||
| misinterpret | verbv | |||||||
verb • interpret falsely • interpret wrongly • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||||
| be amiss | verbv | |||||||
verb • interpret in the wrong way | ||||||||
