Synonyms of mistaken

mistaken 1 of 2

adjective

as in incorrect

having an opinion that does not agree with truth or the facts

meat loaf is on the cafeteria's menu today, if I'm not mistaken

Synonyms & Similar Words

• incorrect
• wrong
• all wet
• erroneous
• confused
• full of it
• misled
• inaccurate
• false
• misguided
• misinformed
• untrue
• deluded
• inexact
• deceived
• duped
• tricked

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• correct
• right
• true
• accurate
• exact
• informed
• precise

mistaken

2 of 2

verb

past participle of mistake

1

as in misunderstood

to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of

the auctioneer mistook my nod for a bid, and I ended up buying a painting I don't even like

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misunderstood
• missed
• misread
• misconstrued
• misapprehended
• misinterpreted
• misperceived
• misconceived
• misjudged
• misknown
• misheard
• misdeemed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• known
• seen
• understood
• caught
• perceived
• got
• apprehended
• conceived
• seized
• appreciated
• penetrated
• comprehended
• grasped
• taken in
• made out
• savvied
• fathomed
• grokked

2

as in underestimated

to make an incorrect judgment regarding

you seriously mistake me if you think I scare so easily

Synonyms & Similar Words

• underestimated
• misconceived
• misjudged
• miscalculated
• misunderstood
• mismeasured
• misconstrued
• misestimated
• misgauged
• misapprehended
• misdeemed
• misperceived
• overestimated
• misinterpreted
• overrated
• overvalued
• undervalued
• underrated
• misknown
• miscounted
• misesteemed
• misreckoned

3

as in confused

to fail to differentiate (a thing) from something similar or related

she mistook physical attraction for love

Synonyms & Similar Words

• confused
• conflated
• confounded
• mixed (up)
• lumped (together)
• misapplied
• misidentified
• misnamed
• miscalled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• separated
• distinguished
• differentiated
• discriminated
• differenced

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of mistaken

Adjective

The story takes place in the 1950s and is about Roger Thornhill, who works in the advertising industry, and is mistaken for a Cold War spy. —Carlos Rico, San Diego Union-Tribune, 8 June 2026

Leaf blower mistaken for bazooka The caller told Bridgewater Police there was a man wearing camo and possibly carrying what appeared to be a bazooka. —Colleen Cronin, Boston Herald, 3 June 2026

Health workers also have been battling mistaken beliefs among some residents that Ebola isn’t real, which has kept some from seeking care. —Ope Adetayo, Los Angeles Times, 3 June 2026

Health workers also have been battling mistaken beliefs among some residents that Ebola isn't real, which has kept some from seeking care. —ABC News, 3 June 2026

Much of the exhibit was inspired by community voices, including by children who’d told museum staff about rat bites and about vermin so large, they were mistaken for stray cats. —Camille Borders, The Atlantic, 3 June 2026

They fake page views, clicks, impressions, and user sessions, all of which inflate web analytics data, and when fake internet activity is mistaken for genuine engagement, companies lose billions. —Sam Birchall, Fortune, 1 June 2026

So the arguing fades, and the smoothness gets mistaken for strength. —Vibhas Ratanjee, Forbes.com, 1 June 2026

At the lower end of the scale, some very small galaxies could be mistaken for globular clusters—agglomerations of up to a few million stars that form alongside galaxies. —Phil Plait, Scientific American, 29 May 2026

Verb

Felix Rosenqvist makes history at the Indy 500 Cody Bulkley could have easily been mistaken for one of the 33 drivers competing in Sunday's Indy 500 race. —Morgan Korn, ABC News, 28 May 2026

The woman had mistaken her for singer Dionne Warwick, however. —Raechal Shewfelt, Entertainment Weekly, 28 May 2026

But with the Rockies looking a bit feisty (not to be mistaken with competent), what happens if the Giants can’t beat up on the division weaklings this year? —Dieter Kurtenbach, Mercury News, 27 May 2026

If Freiburg’s defenders were expecting Lucas Digne to swing the ball into the penalty area, they would have been mistaken. —Jacob Tanswell, New York Times, 20 May 2026

But Centcom’s leaders, citing different, more highly classified information, were convinced that those initial reports were mistaken. —Shane Harris, The Atlantic, 19 May 2026

In more and more domains, control has been replaced by probability, and probability has been mistaken for comprehension. —Aditya Vikram Kashyap, Forbes.com, 18 May 2026

One of the giants of French cinema sitting calmly beneath a bird that has mistaken him for part of the furniture. —Scott Roxborough, HollywoodReporter, 14 May 2026

Preliminary information indicated the stabbing victim may have been mistaken for another person, police said. —Harriet Ramos, Fort Worth Star-Telegram, 7 May 2026