Entry Word: misunderstand

Function: verb

Meaning: to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of <you misunderstood that poem because you didn't look up the words you didn't know>

Synonyms misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misread, miss, mistake

Related Words misconceive

Antonyms apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, fathom, grasp, know, make out, penetrate, perceive, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand