Synonyms of misapprehensions

misapprehensions

noun

plural of misapprehension

1

as in misunderstandings

a failure to understand correctly

tried to eliminate all misapprehensions about the planned riverfront development

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstandings
• misinterpretations
• misconstructions
• misimpressions
• misreadings
• mistakes
• misconceptions
• misperceptions
• incomprehensions
• misprisions
• astigmatisms
• misknowledges

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• perceptions
• conceptions
• understandings
• apprehensions
• knowledges
• appreciations
• realizations
• prehensions
• comprehensions
• grasps

2

as in mistakes

a wrong judgment

a common misapprehension about how our language functions

Synonyms & Similar Words

• mistakes
• misjudgments
• miscalculations
• blunders
• errors
• missteps
• trips
• inaccuracies
• slipups
• misunderstandings
• miscues
• misconceptions
• misstatements
• slips
• misinterpretations
• misconstructions
• gaffes
• misimpressions
• goofs
• faults
• fumbles
• lapses
• flubs
• clinkers
• stumbles
• boners
• misprisions
• boobs
• errancies
• foul-ups
• muffs

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misapprehensions

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

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