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?
They put me in handcuffs and put me in the police vehicle, then three-to-five minutes later they pulled me out the vehicle and told me they had mistaken my vehicle for another vehicle. And they apologized and said, ‘I’m sorry.’ But I was scared for my life.
Grand Duchess Tatiana Nikolaevna of Russia:
Love is Light and it has no end. Love is great suffering. It cannot eat, it cannot sleep. It is mixed with sin in equal parts. And yet it is better to love. In love one can be mistaken, and through suffering he expiates for his mistakes.
Foreign Minister Frank-Walter Steinmeier:
Whoever believes that symbolic tank parades on the alliance's eastern border will bring more security is mistaken.
As a Black woman in America, racism is absolutely inescapable. It shows up in all the little places and all the big places and all the places you don't expect. Sometimes it's in a textbook. Sometimes it's in a purse grabbed as I walk by, sometimes it's in a question about my hair, my skin, if anyone believes we have even come close to solving issues of racism and discrimination, they're mistaken. If I'm afraid to go for a run, go buy a snack, go to sleep in my own bed behind my own locked door, we aren't finished working yet.
Our restraint to this point should not be mistaken by Iran for a lack of resolve.
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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