misrepresent

1 to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of this summary seriously misrepresents the general tone and substance of the speech Synonyms of misrepresent bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, misinterpret, misrelate, garble, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warpWords Related to misrepresent 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, prevaricateNear Antonyms of misrepresent clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out; decipher

2 to give a misleading impression of deliberately misrepresented the facts of the case Synonyms of misrepresent belieWords Related to misrepresent contradict; camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, disguise, hide, mask, obscure; color, deceive, distort, falsify, garble, mislead, misrender, misreport, twist; dissemble, feign, pretendNear Antonyms of misrepresent bare, demonstrate, disclose, discover, evince, exhibit, expose, reveal; flaunt, parade, show offAntonyms of misrepresent betray, represent