Synonyms of misinterpreted

misinterpreted

verb

past tense of misinterpret

1

as in misrepresented

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 & Similar Words

• misrepresented
• distorted
• misstated
• twisted
• obscured
• complicated
• perverted
• falsified
• confused
• garbled
• cooked
• slanted
• fudged
• warped
• colored
• censored
• mistranslated
• misrelated
• mistook
• bent
• misspoke
• disguised
• masked
• veiled
• camouflaged
• lied
• whitewashed
• misdescribed
• dissembled
• belied
• mystified
• glossed (over)
• confounded
• bowdlerized
• mixed (up)
• equivocated
• fibbed
• prevaricated
• paltered

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explained
• interpreted
• illustrated
• clarified
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• spelled out
• deciphered

• explained
• interpreted
• illustrated
• clarified
• cleared (up)
• illuminated
• spelled out
• deciphered

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2

as in misunderstood

to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of

we misinterpreted the directions and ended up on the wrong side of town

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstood
• missed
• misconstrued
• misread
• misperceived
• misapprehended
• mistook
• misjudged
• misconceived
• misknew
• misheard
• misdeemed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• understood
• knew
• saw
• perceived
• got
• caught
• appreciated
• conceived
• comprehended
• seized
• grasped
• penetrated
• apprehended
• made out
• took in
• fathomed
• grokked
• savvied

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• understood
• knew
• saw
• perceived
• got
• caught
• appreciated
• conceived
• comprehended
• seized
• grasped
• penetrated
• apprehended
• made out
• took in
• fathomed
• grokked
• savvied

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