MISCHARGED Synonyms: 12 Similar and Opposite Words

mischarged

verb

past tense of mischarge

as in gouged

Related Words

Relevance

Dissimilar Words

undercharged

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of Synonyms for mischarged

Verb

The Colts were gouged on the ground by the Lamar Jackson/Derrick Henry tandem and the Chiefs can exploit that with Patrick Mahomes/Kenneth Walker III.

— Hank Gola, New York Daily News, 18 Sep. 2026
One man who worked at the Kenscoff police station had his eyes gouged and arms torn off, the report found.

— ABC News, ABC News, 17 Sep. 2026

Definition of gouged

Verb

Fraud victims file civil lawsuit Eleven of the victims that were defrauded in the Ponzi scheme filed a civil lawsuit in August against an affiliate brokerage firm of MassMutual, a financial services company.

— Kendrick Calfee, Kansas City Star, 16 Oct. 2026
Jeffrey Royer was an FBI agent from 1996 to 2001 and defrauded investors by falsely representing how their funds would be used and fabricating documents about their investments' performance, according to the district attorney's office.

— Karma Sabbah, CBS News, 15 Oct. 2026

Definition of defrauded

Verb

Previous research from the same site suggests that Neanderthals may have soaked and cooked meals of plants and legumes together.

— Katie Hunt, CNN Money, 15 Oct. 2026
Strong overnight storms brought heavy rain and damaging winds to the Kansas City area, leaving parts of the metro soaked with 1 to 2 inches of rain.

— Kansas City Star, Kansas City Star, 14 Oct. 2026

Definition of soaked

Verb

The investigation centered on $10 million connected to a $67 million settlement with Centene Corporation over allegations the company overcharged Florida's Medicaid program.

— CBS News, CBS News, 8 Oct. 2026
The White House has started sending $500 Obamacare refund checks to nearly 1 million Americans who the administration says were overcharged for their insurance.

— Natalia Mittelstadt, Chicago Tribune, 1 Oct. 2026

Definition of overcharged

Examples are automatically compiled from online sources to show current usage. Read More Opinions expressed in the examples do not represent those of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.

Browse Nearby Words

mischarge

mischarged

mischarges

See all Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

Style

“Mischarged.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/mischarged. Accessed 19 Oct. 2026.

Copy Citation

Synonyms of mischarged

verb

Example Sentences

Browse Nearby Words

Cite this Entry

More from Merriam-Webster

Word of the Day

fervid

Popular in Grammar & Usage

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

Merriam-Webster’s Great Big List of Words You Love to Hate

The Exceptions of '-s' and '-es' Plurals

Is it 'nerve-racking' or 'nerve-wracking'?

What's the difference between 'fascism' and 'socialism'?

Popular in Wordplay

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

9 Words That Sound Like Insults But Aren't

7 Words for Bad Endings and Rough Situations

Did 'orange' the fruit or the color come first?

Popular

'Affect' vs. 'Effect'

16 Food Words Recently Added to the Dictionary

The Real Origin of 'Supercalifragilistic'

Games & Quizzes