misinterpret | Definition of misinterpret

Synonyms and Antonyms of misinterpret

1 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 of misinterpret

bend, color, cook, distort, falsify, fudge, garble, misrelate, misrepresent, misstate, pervert, slant, twist, warp

Words Related to misinterpret

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 misinterpret

clarify, clear (up), explain, illuminate, illustrate, interpret, spell out

2 to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of

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

Synonyms of misinterpret

misapprehend, misconstrue, misknow, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake, misunderstand

Words Related to misinterpret

misconceive, misdeem, misjudge

Antonyms of misinterpret

appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, fathom, get, grasp, grok, know, make out, penetrate, perceive, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand