Synonyms of misapprehension

misapprehension

noun

1

as in misunderstanding

a failure to understand correctly

tried to eliminate all misapprehensions about the planned riverfront development

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstanding
• misconstruction
• misinterpretation
• mistake
• misimpression
• misreading
• incomprehension
• misconception
• misconstruing
• misperception
• misknowledge
• astigmatism
• misprision

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• knowledge
• understanding
• perception
• conception
• comprehension
• apprehension
• appreciation
• grasp
• awareness
• consciousness
• realization
• prehension
• grokking

2

as in mistake

a wrong judgment

a common misapprehension about how our language functions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistake
• misjudgment
• miscalculation
• blunder
• error
• misstep
• trip
• misjudging
• slipup
• misunderstanding
• inaccuracy
• slip
• misconception
• misstatement
• errancy
• misconstruction
• miscue
• lapse
• misinterpretation
• misimpression
• goof
• gaffe
• flub
• fumble
• clinker
• stumble
• boob
• fault
• boner
• misprision
• muff
• foul-up
• misconstruing

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misapprehension

This, too, was a kind of misapprehension, in that his boss admired him for being so upbeat despite living in such a family when in fact Shigejiro had no individuality at all. — Cynthia Zarin, Harpers Magazine, 4 Aug. 2026

The risk with any attempt to explain religion to a secular audience is playing into the misapprehension that American Christianity is monolithic. — Meghan O’Gieblyn, The New York Review of Books, 11 July 2026

Meanwhile, the New Atheists were making hay of the fact that such faithful misapprehensions about nature were easily disproved by scientific discovery. — Elizabeth Bruenig, The Atlantic, 26 Mar. 2026

After a decade or so of making various iterations of her table and shelf works, Bove began to tire of the recurring misapprehension that viewers need to read every book and explore in depth every reference on display in order to understand the work. — Gordon Hughes, Artforum, 1 Mar. 2026

Ronald Reagan did not suffer from such misapprehensions. — Gordon G. Chang, MSNBC Newsweek, 11 Dec. 2025

But Elon Musk’s chatbot Grok, meanwhile, was under a similar misapprehension. — Emma Woollacott, Forbes.com, 15 Sep. 2025