What is another word for mistaken?
Synonyms for mistaken
mɪˈsteɪ kənmis·tak·en
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
mistaken
That is absurd which is contrary to the first principles of reasoning; as, that a part should be greater than the whole is absurd. A paradoxical statement appears at first thought contradictory or absurd, while it may be really true. Anything is irrational when clearly contrary to sound reason, foolish when contrary to practical good sense, silly when petty and contemptible in its folly, erroneous when containing error that vitiates the result, unreasonable when there seems a perverse bias or an intent to go wrong. Monstrous and preposterous refer to what is overwhelmingly absurd; as, "O monstrous! eleven buckram men grown out of two,"
Shakespeare 1 King Henry IV, act ii, sc. 4. The ridiculous or the nonsensical is worthy only to be laughed at. The lunatic's claim to be a king is ridiculous; the Mother Goose rimes are nonsensical. Compare INCONGRUOUS.Synonyms:
absurd, anomalous, chimerical, erroneous, false, foolish, ill-advised, ill-considered, ill-judged, inconclusive, incorrect, infatuated, irrational, ludicrous, monstrous, nonsensical, paradoxical, preposterous, ridiculous, senseless, stupid, unreasonable, wildAntonyms:
certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise
Princeton's WordNet
misguided, mistakenadjective
wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment
"well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"
Synonyms:
ill-conceived, false, misguidedfalse, mistakenadjective
arising from error
"a false assumption"; "a mistaken view of the situation"
Synonyms:
off-key, fake, imitation, sour, delusive, fictive, simulated, put on, false, assumed, faux, misguided, fictitious, sham, pretended, untrue
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#899 | error | |
#1673 | wrong | |
#2028 | wild | |
#2392 | false | |
#4775 | stupid | |
#5373 | assumed | |
#6134 | fake | |
#6878 | confused | |
#7081 | incorrect | |
#11083 | simulated | |
#12027 | sour | |
#12604 | ridiculous | |
#13465 | faux | |
#14685 | inaccurate | |
#15666 | mistaken | |
#16024 | unreasonable | |
#16072 | foolish | |
#16818 | absurd | |
#17335 | flawed | |
#17637 | imitation | |
#18910 | erroneous | |
#20014 | sham | |
#22275 | irrational | |
#27219 | fictitious | |
#27327 | anomalous | |
#27380 | misguided | |
#29022 | deceived | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#30875 | monstrous | |
#33694 | pretended | |
#35057 | senseless | |
#35236 | ludicrous | |
#43014 | inconclusive | |
#43073 | paradoxical | |
#48752 | nonsensical | |
#51009 | preposterous | |
#83110 | infatuated | |
#121604 | fictive | |
#203636 | delusive | |
#210635 | chimerical |
How to use mistaken in a sentence?
In this instance the president, the press and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened.
Some people have mistaken the police's tolerance for weakness, i call for students who are planning to return to the occupation sites tonight not to do so.
The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.
I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.
The small irritations or indignities that we experience are nothing compared to what a previous generation experienced, it's one thing for me to be mistaken for a waiter at a gala. It's another for my son to be mistaken for a robber and to be handcuffed, or worse, if he happens to be walking down the street and is dressed the way teenagers dress.
Translations for mistaken
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- مخطئArabic
- splést seCzech
- fejlagtigtDanish
- falschGerman
- εσφαλμένοςGreek
- erareEsperanto
- equivocadoSpanish
- اشتباه کردPersian
- virheellinenFinnish
- trompéFrench
- cearrIrish
- tévesHungarian
- սխալվել էArmenian
- salahIndonesian
- sbagliatoItalian
- 間違ったJapanese
- 잘못된Korean
- erratumLatin
- vergistDutch
- feilNorwegian
- błędnyPolish
- enganadoPortuguese
- gresitRomanian
- ошибсяRussian
- felaktigSwedish
- தவறாகTamil
- เข้าใจผิดThai
- yanılmışTurkish
- غلطUrdu
- nhầm lẫnVietnamese
- טעותYiddish
- 错误Chinese
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