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misrepresent

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of 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, garble, misinterpret, misrelate, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp
Words 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, prevaricate
Near 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

belie
Words Related to misrepresent

contradict

camouflage, cloak, conceal, counterfeit, disguise, hide, mask, obscure

color, deceive, distort, falsify, garble, mislead, misrender, misreport, twist

dissemble, feign, pretend
Near Antonyms of misrepresent

bare, demonstrate, disclose, discover, evince, exhibit, expose, reveal

flaunt, parade, show off
Antonyms of misrepresent

betray, represent

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