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misinterpret

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of misinterpret

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of
  • His note on this passage in the novel seriously misinterprets the author's meaning.
Synonyms of misinterpret

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
Words Related to misinterpret

misdescribe, misspeak, mistranslate

belie, camouflage, disguise, dissemble, gloss (over), mask, veil, whitewash

bowdlerize, censor

complicate, confound, confuse, mistake, mix (up)

mystify, obscure

equivocate, fib, lie, palter, prevaricate
Near Antonyms of misinterpret

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

decipher
2 to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of
  • We misinterpreted the directions and ended up on the wrong side of town.
Synonyms of misinterpret

misapprehend, misconstrue, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand
Words Related to misinterpret

misconceive, misjudge

mishear
Antonyms of misinterpret

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

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