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UNDERSTANDING Antonyms

There are 11 antonyms of the word understanding. (opposite meanings)

Best Opposite Words For UNDERSTANDING

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bewilderment
nounn
noun

• confusion resulting from failure to understand

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

disorientation
nounn
noun

• a wild delusion (especially one induced by a hallucinogenic drug)

• confusion (usually transient) about where you are and how to proceed; uncertainty as to direction

ignorance
nounn
noun

• the lack of knowledge or education

incomprehension
nounn
noun

• an inability to understand

misunderstanding
nounn
noun

• putting the wrong interpretation on

• an understanding of something that is not correct

obliviousness
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• total forgetfulness

perplexity
nounn
noun

• trouble or confusion resulting from complexity

unawareness
nounn
noun

• unconsciousness resulting from lack of knowledge or attention

miscomprehension
nounn
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misunderstand
verbv
verb

• interpret in the wrong way

Alternatives for BEWILDERMENT

Alternatives for CONFUSION

Alternatives for DISORIENTATION

Alternatives for IGNORANCE

Alternatives for MISUNDERSTANDING

Alternatives for OBLIVIOUSNESS

Alternatives for PERPLEXITY

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