Synonyms for mistake
mɪˈsteɪkmis·take

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1. mistake, error, faultnoun

   a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention

   "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"

   Synonyms:
   erroneousness, fault, fracture, flaw, misapprehension, geological fault, computer error, faulting, erroneous belief, wrongdoing, defect, shift, error, demerit, misunderstanding, misplay, break

2. mistake, misunderstanding, misapprehensionnoun

   an understanding of something that is not correct

   "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister"

   Synonyms:
   mistaking, misapprehension, misinterpretation, fault, misunderstanding, error

3. error, mistakeverb

   part of a statement that is not correct

   "the book was full of errors"

   Synonyms:
   misapprehension, wrongdoing, erroneous belief, fault, erroneousness, misunderstanding, misplay, computer error, error

4. mistake, misidentifyverb

   identify incorrectly

   "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"

   Synonyms:
   misidentify, err, slip

5. err, mistake, slipverb

   to make a mistake or be incorrect

   Synonyms:
   slide, steal, misidentify, sneak, slew, stray, slue, skid, slip one's mind, drop away, drift, slip, dislocate, splay, luxate, drop off, fall away, err

Matched Categories

1. • Misconception
   • Nonaccomplishment

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1. mistakeverb

   Synonyms:
   misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive

2. mistakeverb

   Synonyms:
   take (one for another)

3. mistakeverb

   Synonyms:
   err, make a mistake, be at fault, be wide of the mark, be on the wrong scent, BE IN THE WRONG BOX, BARK UP THE WRONG TREE

4. mistakenoun

   Synonyms:
   misapprehension, misunderstanding, misconception

5. mistakenoun

   Synonyms:
   blunder, error, slip, fault, lapse, trip, oversight

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1. mistakenoun

   Synonyms:
   impropriety, bull

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1. List of paraphrases for "mistake":

   error, fault, blunder, errors, flaw, erroneous, beam, misunderstanding, wrong, mix-up, failed, screw-up, miscarriage, miscalculation, fallacy

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How to use mistake in a sentence?

1. Vice President Mike Pence:

   There's no barrier... make no mistake about it, we're making steady progress.

2. Theodore Roosevelt:

   The only man who never makes a mistake is the man who never does anything.

3. Commissioner Harrison:

   We're still changing the culture in the police department to a professional culture where officers respond appropriately, and they can get past their fears or perceptions about what they think will happen to them if they make a mistake.

4. White House spokesman Josh Earnest:

   Based on what has been described thus far, it clearly is a mistake because it runs counter to our policy, the consequences of that mistake at this point, however, do not seem significant.

5. Parker Conrad:

   I think [ADP has] always had a bit of cognitive dissonance about Zenefits. On the one hand, we don’t do payroll—we’re a sales channel for them for payroll. On the other hand, although people think of ADP as a payroll company, they make a lot of money by taking that core payroll business and upselling clients on all of this other stuff, i think what happened for ADP is that at a certain point, their view of us flipped from uncertainty to a decision that they absolutely didn’t like us. Who knows? They might decide in six months to a year, ‘Oh my gosh, this is a mistake, we’d much rather partner with Zenefits—they have a lot of customers in the market, and we don’t want to block ourselves out of all of those customers.’.