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

In July 2023, a wild boar prowling the streets of southwestern Berlin sparked panic after it was briefly mistaken for a lioness. —CBS News, 14 Mar. 2026

The Three Italian Tenors — not to be mistaken for The Italian Tenors or The Three Tenors or any of the other tenor trios out there — are Gianni Leccese, Ugo Tarquini, and Alessandro Fantoni from Rome. —Christopher Arnott, Hartford Courant, 14 Mar. 2026

Last week, three F-15E Strike Eagle fighter jets were shot down over Kuwait in a mistaken friendly fire incident; all six crew members ejected safely. —Brad Lendon, CNN Money, 13 Mar. 2026

Emphasizing the threat of being mistaken for an intruder should scare everyone into submission. —Judith Martin, Sun Sentinel, 13 Mar. 2026

The incident was not due to hostile or mistaken fire and rescue efforts were ongoing, CENTCOM said. —Nbc News, NBC news, 13 Mar. 2026

Bartolomeo’s role is small enough in the grand scheme of things that he could be mistaken for just another weird-looking side character. —Rafael Motamayor, Vulture, 12 Mar. 2026

These insects also often may be mistaken for bald-faced hornets or other similarly-appearing species, says Bartlett. —Arricca Elin Sansone, Southern Living, 12 Mar. 2026

The mistaken payments involved San Mateo, Santa Barbara, Santa Clara, Santa Cruz, Shasta, Sierra, Siskiyou, Solano, Sonoma, Stanislaus and Sutter counties, Bismarck Obando, a controller’s office spokesperson, said in a statement received after this story first published. —Jake Goodrick, Sacbee.com, 11 Mar. 2026

Verb

There are the classic compact versions, like those from Byredo, as well as clever reinterpretations—such as Dior’s balm-like take that could easily be mistaken for a lip product at first glance. —Conçetta Ciarlo, Vogue, 16 Mar. 2026

Leslie Hairston, a former City Council colleague of Preckwinkle’s whose South Side ward abutted hers, said Preckwinkle’s scholarly disposition shouldn’t be mistaken for indifference. —A.d. Quig, Chicago Tribune, 11 Mar. 2026

But my silence should not be mistaken for agreement with lies. —Greg Evans, Deadline, 6 Mar. 2026

Zaluzhnyi believes the agency could not plausibly have mistaken the location of the country’s main war command center. —Samya Kullab, Los Angeles Times, 18 Feb. 2026

This is the second time in the past few weeks that local police in our area have been mistaken for ICE. —Tara Lynch, CBS News, 18 Feb. 2026

Too many players have mistaken the AI boom for a chance to buy credibility rather than to build capability. —Judah Taub, semafor.com, 13 Feb. 2026

Rather than come off as a protest event, the 35-minute program offered a set of mild, largely non-political performances that could have been mistaken for a vintage CMT or Nashville Network special — even from Kid Rock, who was on his very best behavior during a quick two-song appearance. —Chris Willman, Variety, 9 Feb. 2026

Food noise can be described as frequent thoughts about food that can sometimes be mistaken as hunger, experts say. —Shiv Sudhakar, FOXNews.com, 2 Feb. 2026