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Synonyms for mistaken
mɪˈsteɪ kənmis·tak·en

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English Synonyms and Antonyms4.0 / 1 vote

  1. 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, wild

    Antonyms:
    certain, consistent, demonstrable, demonstrated, established, incontestable, incontrovertible, indisputable, indubitable, infallible, logical, rational, reasonable, sagacious, sensible, sound, substantial, true, undeniable, unquestionable, wise

Princeton's WordNet0.0 / 0 votes

  1. misguided, mistakenadjective

    wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment

    "well-meaning but misguided teachers"; "a mistaken belief"; "mistaken identity"

    Synonyms:
    ill-conceived, false, misguided

    Antonyms:
    correct, right

  2. false, 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

    Antonyms:
    correct, right

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Words popularity by usage frequency

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#899error
#1673wrong
#2028wild
#2392false
#4775stupid
#5373assumed
#6134fake
#6878confused
#7081incorrect
#11083simulated
#12027sour
#12604ridiculous
#13465faux
#14685inaccurate
#15666mistaken
#16024unreasonable
#16072foolish
#16818absurd
#17335flawed
#17637imitation
#18910erroneous
#20014sham
#22275irrational
#27219fictitious
#27327anomalous
#27380misguided
#29022deceived
#30218untrue
#30875monstrous
#33694pretended
#35057senseless
#35236ludicrous
#43014inconclusive
#43073paradoxical
#48752nonsensical
#51009preposterous
#83110infatuated
#121604fictive
#203636delusive
#210635chimerical

How to use mistaken in a sentence?

  1. Michael Lynton:

    In this instance the president, the press and the public are mistaken as to what actually happened.

  2. Hong Kong:

    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.

  3. George Stanley McGovern:

    The whole campaign was a tragic case of mistaken identity.

  4. Oliver Cromwell:

    I beseech you, in the bowels of Christ, think it possible you may be mistaken.

  5. Michelle Obama:

    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.


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