What are the opposite words for understand?
Antonyms for the word "understand" include terms such as misunderstand, misinterpret, misconceive, confuse, perplex, and mystify. When we misunderstand something, we fail to grasp its meaning or purpose. Misinterpreting a situation involves making incorrect assumptions or conclusions, while misconceiving involves holding onto an inaccurate view of a topic. Confusing and perplexing situations can leave us feeling uncertain or unsure of how to proceed. Finally, when something mystifies us, it holds a level of mystery or complexity that we struggle to comprehend fully. Understanding antonyms to "understand" can help to clarify the complexities in our lives and provide a foundation for clarity and growth.
- believe
-
chance
- hazard,
- light upon,
- put on the line,
- drawing lots,
- came to pass,
- come to pass,
- comes to pass,
- coming to pass,
- lucked,
- lucking,
- wildcatted,
- hit upon,
- lighting upon,
- stumbling on,
- am fate,
- am one fate,
- am one's fate,
- am ones fate,
- are fate,
- are one fate,
- are one's fate,
- are ones fate,
- art fate,
- art one's fate,
- art ones fate,
- be fall,
- be fallen,
- be falling,
- be falls,
- be fate,
- be fell,
- be one fate,
- be one's fate,
- be ones fate,
- be tide,
- be tided,
- be tides,
- be tiding,
- be-fall,
- be-fallen,
- be-falling,
- be-falls,
- be-fell,
- be-tide,
- be-tided,
- be-tides,
- be-tiding,
- being fate,
- being one fate,
- being one's fate,
- being ones fate,
- blunder on,
- blundered on,
- blundering on,
- blunders on,
- came pass,
- come pass,
- comes pass,
- coming pass,
- draw lots,
- draws lots,
- drew lots,
- fall one lot,
- fall one's lot,
- fall to one lot,
- fall to one's lot,
- fall to ones lot,
- falling one lot,
- falling one's lot,
- falling ones lot,
- falling to lot,
- falling to one lot,
- falling to one's lot,
- falling to ones lot,
- falls lot,
- falls one lot,
- falls one's lot,
- falls ones lot,
- falls to one lot,
- falls to one's lot,
- falls to ones lot,
- fell one lot,
- fell one's lot,
- fell ones lot,
- fell to lot,
- fell to one lot,
- fell to one's lot,
- fell to ones lot,
- go out a limb,
- go out limb,
- go out on a limb,
- goes out a limb,
- goes out limb,
- goes out on a limb,
- goes out on limb,
- going out a limb,
- going out limb,
- going out on a limb,
- going out on limb,
- had a fling at,
- had fling at,
- haddest a fling at,
- haddest fling at,
- hadst a fling at,
- hadst fling at,
- has a fling at,
- has fling at,
- hast a fling at,
- hast fling at,
- hath a fling at,
- hath fling at,
- have a fling at,
- have fling at,
- having a fling at,
- having fling at,
- hit up on,
- hits upon,
- hitting up on,
- hitting upon,
- is fate,
- is one fate,
- is one's fate,
- is ones fate,
- lighted up on,
- lighted upon,
- lighting up on,
- lights up on,
- lights upon,
- lit up on,
- play with fire,
- played with fire,
- playing with fire,
- plays with fire,
- put eggs basket,
- put eggs in basket,
- put eggs in one basket,
- put eggs one basket,
- put it line,
- put it on line,
- put it on the line,
- put it the line,
- put line,
- put on line,
- put the line,
- puts eggs basket,
- puts eggs in basket,
- puts eggs in one basket,
- puts eggs one basket,
- puts it line,
- puts it on line,
- puts it on the line,
- puts it the line,
- puts line,
- puts on line,
- puts on the line,
- puts the line,
- putting eggs basket,
- putting eggs in basket,
- putting eggs in one basket,
- putting eggs one basket,
- putting it line,
- putting it on line,
- putting it on the line,
- putting it the line,
- putting line,
- putting on line,
- putting on the line,
- putting the line,
- ran risk,
- ran the risk,
- roll dice,
- roll the dice,
- rolled dice,
- rolled the dice,
- rolling dice,
- rolling the dice,
- rolls dice,
- rolls the dice,
- run risk,
- run the risk,
- running risk,
- running the risk,
- runs risk,
- runs the risk,
- skate on thin ice,
- skate thin ice,
- skated on thin ice,
- skated thin ice,
- skates on thin ice,
- skates thin ice,
- skating on thin ice,
- skating thin ice,
- stick neck out,
- stick one neck out,
- stick one's neck out,
- stick ones neck out,
- sticked neck out,
- sticked one neck out,
- sticked one's neck out,
- sticked ones neck out,
- sticking neck out,
- sticking one neck out,
- sticking one's neck out,
- sticking ones neck out,
- sticks neck out,
- sticks one neck out,
- sticks one's neck out,
- sticks ones neck out,
- stuck neck out,
- stuck one neck out,
- stuck one's neck out,
- stuck ones neck out,
- stumbled on,
- stumbles on,
- take shot dark,
- take shot in dark,
- take shot in the dark,
- take shot the dark,
- takes shot dark,
- takes shot in dark,
- takes shot in the dark,
- takes shot the dark,
- taking shot dark,
- taking shot in dark,
- taking shot in the dark,
- taking shot the dark,
- tempt fortune,
- tempted fortune,
- tempting fortune,
- tempts fortune,
- took shot dark,
- took shot in dark,
- took shot in the dark,
- took shot the dark,
- toss up,
- tossed up,
- tosses up,
- tossing up,
- tost up,
- trans pire,
- trans-pire,
- was fate,
- was one fate,
- was ones fate,
- wast fate,
- wast one fate,
- wast one's fate,
- went out a limb,
- went out limb,
- went out on a limb,
- went out on limb,
- were one's fate,
- were ones fate,
- wert fate,
- wert one's fate,
- wert ones fate,
- wildcatting.
-
err
- bollix,
- boo-boo,
- go wrong,
- slip,
- snarl up,
- slip up,
- slipped up,
- slipping up,
- slips up,
- booboos,
- bollixing,
- booboo,
- bollixed,
- go astray,
- drop the ball,
- be mistaken,
- make a mess of,
- dropped ball,
- am error,
- am in error,
- are error,
- are in error,
- are inaccurate,
- are incorrect,
- art in error,
- art inaccurate,
- art incorrect,
- art mistaken,
- be error,
- be in error,
- be inaccurate,
- be incorrect,
- being error,
- being in error,
- being inaccurate,
- being incorrect,
- being mistaken,
- bollixes,
- boo booed,
- boo booing,
- boo-booed,
- boo-booing,
- boo-boos,
- boobooed,
- boobooing,
- drop ball,
- dropped the ball,
- dropping ball,
- dropping the ball,
- drops ball,
- drops the ball,
- dropt ball,
- dropt the ball,
- goes astray,
- going astray,
- going wrong,
- is error,
- is inaccurate,
- is incorrect,
- is mistaken,
- made a mess of,
- made mess of,
- make mess of,
- makes a mess of,
- makes mess of,
- making a mess of,
- making mess of,
- mis behave,
- mis behaved,
- mis behaves,
- mis behaving,
- mis-behaved,
- mis-behaves,
- mis-behaving,
- slipt up,
- snafued,
- snafuing,
- snarled up,
- snarling up,
- snarls up,
- was error,
- was in error,
- was inaccurate,
- was incorrect,
- was mistaken,
- wast error,
- wast in error,
- wast incorrect,
- wast mistaken,
- went astray,
- went wrong,
- were error,
- were inaccurate,
- were mistaken,
- wert in error,
- wert inaccurate,
- wert incorrect,
- wert mistaken.
-
misjudge
- dogmatize,
- Dogmatized,
- Dogmatizing,
- Miscomprehend,
- Misconjecture,
- Misdeem,
- Misthink,
- Misthought,
- be misled,
- am overcritical,
- am partial,
- am unfair,
- am wrong,
- are overcritical,
- are partial,
- are unfair,
- are wrong,
- art misled,
- art overcritical,
- art partial,
- art unfair,
- art wrong,
- bark up wrong tree,
- bark wrong tree,
- barked up wrong tree,
- barked wrong tree,
- barking up wrong tree,
- barking wrong tree,
- barks up wrong tree,
- barks wrong tree,
- be overcritical,
- be partial,
- be unfair,
- be wrong,
- being misled,
- being overcritical,
- being partial,
- being unfair,
- being wrong,
- came hasty conclusion,
- came to hasty conclusion,
- come hasty conclusion,
- come to hasty conclusion,
- comes hasty conclusion,
- comes to hasty conclusion,
- coming hasty conclusion,
- coming to hasty conclusion,
- dogmatizes,
- is misled,
- is overcritical,
- is partial,
- is unfair,
- is wrong,
- mis calculate,
- mis comprehend,
- mis comprehended,
- mis comprehending,
- mis comprehends,
- mis conjecture,
- mis conjectured,
- mis conjectures,
- mis conjecturing,
- mis deem,
- mis deemed,
- mis deeming,
- mis deems,
- mis judged,
- mis judges,
- mis judging,
- mis think,
- mis thinking,
- mis thinks,
- mis thought,
- mis-calculate,
- mis-calculated,
- mis-comprehend,
- mis-comprehended,
- mis-comprehending,
- mis-comprehends,
- mis-conjecture,
- mis-conjectured,
- mis-conjectures,
- mis-conjecturing,
- mis-deem,
- mis-deemed,
- mis-deeming,
- mis-deems,
- mis-judged,
- mis-judges,
- mis-judging,
- mis-think,
- mis-thinking,
- mis-thinks,
- mis-thought,
- miscomprehended,
- miscomprehending,
- miscomprehends,
- misconjectured,
- misconjectures,
- misconjecturing,
- misdeemed,
- misdeeming,
- misdeems,
- misses by mile,
- misthinking,
- misthinks,
- pre judged,
- pre judges,
- pre judging,
- pre suppose,
- pre supposed,
- pre supposes,
- pre supposing,
- pre-judged,
- pre-judges,
- pre-judging,
- pre-suppose,
- pre-supposed,
- pre-supposes,
- pre-supposing,
- put foot in,
- puts foot in,
- putting foot in,
- under estimating,
- was misled,
- was overcritical,
- was partial,
- was unfair,
- was wrong,
- wast misled,
- wast overcritical,
- wast partial,
- wast unfair,
- wast wrong,
- were misled,
- were overcritical,
- were partial,
- were unfair,
- were wrong,
- wert misled,
- wert overcritical,
- wert unfair,
- wert wrong.
- misapprehend
-
misconstrue
- mistranslate,
- Misconstrued,
- mistranslates,
- mistranslating,
- mistranslated,
- dis tort,
- dis torts,
- dis-tort,
- dis-torts,
- mis construe,
- mis construed,
- mis construes,
- mis construing,
- mis translate,
- mis translated,
- mis translates,
- mis translating,
- mis-construe,
- mis-construed,
- mis-construes,
- mis-construing,
- mis-translate,
- mis-translated,
- mis-translates,
- mis-translating,
- take the wrong way,
- take wrong way,
- takes the wrong way,
- takes wrong way,
- taking the wrong way,
- taking wrong way,
- took the wrong way,
- took wrong way.
- misread
- absorb
- assimilate
- assume
-
get
- be given,
- buffalo,
- buy into,
- buy out,
- cash in on,
- clean up,
- come over,
- come to,
- draw near,
- figure out,
- get in touch,
- lay hands on,
- lock up,
- look at,
- looking at,
- make it,
- snap up,
- stir up,
- stirred up,
- talk into,
- win over,
- Buffaloes,
- Sired,
- Siring,
- Copped,
- accessed,
- accessing,
- copping,
- locked up,
- locking up,
- buffaloed,
- argue into,
- blow in,
- get sick,
- lay hold of,
- laying hold of,
- being given,
- drawing near,
- make a killing,
- be afflicted with,
- develop into,
- am afflicted with,
- am smitten by,
- are afflicted with,
- are given,
- are smitten by,
- argue in to,
- argued in to,
- argued into,
- argues in to,
- argues into,
- art afflicted with,
- art given,
- art smitten by,
- be came,
- be come,
- be comes,
- be coming,
- be getting,
- be gotten,
- be smitten by,
- be wilder,
- be wildered,
- be wildering,
- be wilders,
- be-came,
- be-come,
- be-comes,
- be-coming,
- be-getting,
- be-gotten,
- be-wilder,
- be-wildered,
- be-wildering,
- be-wilders,
- became infected with,
- become infected with,
- becomes infected with,
- becoming infected with,
- being afflicted with,
- being smitten by,
- blew in,
- blowing in,
- blows in,
- bought in to,
- bought into,
- bought out,
- buffaloing,
- buy in to,
- buying in to,
- buying into,
- buying out,
- buys in to,
- buys into,
- buys out,
- came over,
- cash on,
- cashed in on,
- cashed on,
- cashes in on,
- cashes on,
- cashing in on,
- cashing on,
- catch on to,
- catch to,
- catches on to,
- catches to,
- catching on to,
- catching to,
- caught on to,
- caught to,
- cleaned up,
- cleaning up,
- cleans up,
- co axed,
- co axing,
- co-axed,
- co-axing,
- comes over,
- coming over,
- de feat,
- de feats,
- de-feat,
- de-feats,
- develop in to,
- developed in to,
- developed into,
- developing in to,
- developing into,
- develops in to,
- develops into,
- dis comfit,
- dis comfits,
- dis concert,
- dis concerted,
- dis concerting,
- dis concerts,
- dis pose,
- dis posed,
- dis posing,
- dis tress,
- dis tressed,
- dis tresses,
- dis-comfit,
- dis-comfits,
- dis-concert,
- dis-concerted,
- dis-concerting,
- dis-concerts,
- dis-pose,
- dis-posed,
- dis-posing,
- dis-tress,
- dis-tressed,
- dis-tresses,
- draws near,
- drew near,
- ex asperate,
- ex asperates,
- ex asperating,
- ex cite,
- ex cited,
- ex cites,
- ex citing,
- ex tort,
- ex torts,
- ex tract,
- ex-asperate,
- ex-asperated,
- ex-asperates,
- ex-asperating,
- ex-cite,
- ex-cited,
- ex-cites,
- ex-tort,
- ex-torts,
- ex-tract,
- ex-tracts,
- figured out,
- figures out,
- gat hands on,
- gat in to head,
- gat in to ones head,
- gat in touch,
- gat into head,
- gat into one head,
- gat into one's head,
- gat into ones head,
- gat sick,
- gat someone goat,
- gat someone's goat,
- gat someones goat,
- gat touch,
- get hands on,
- get in to head,
- get in to one head,
- get in to one's head,
- get into head,
- get into one head,
- get into one's head,
- get into ones head,
- get someone goat,
- get someone's goat,
- get someones goat,
- get touch,
- gets hands on,
- gets in to head,
- gets in touch,
- gets into head,
- gets into one head,
- gets into one's head,
- gets into ones head,
- gets sick,
- gets someone goat,
- gets someone's goat,
- gets someones goat,
- gets touch,
- getting hands on,
- getting in to one head,
- getting in to one's head,
- getting in to ones head,
- getting into head,
- getting into one head,
- getting into one's head,
- getting into ones head,
- getting someone goat,
- getting someones goat,
- getting touch,
- got in to head,
- got in to one head,
- got in to one's head,
- got in to ones head,
- got in touch,
- got into one head,
- got into one's head,
- got into ones head,
- got sick,
- got someone goat,
- got someone's goat,
- got touch,
- gotten hands on,
- gotten in to head,
- gotten in to one head,
- gotten in to one's head,
- gotten in touch,
- gotten into head,
- gotten into one's head,
- gotten into ones head,
- gotten sick,
- gotten someone goat,
- gotten someone's goat,
- gotten someones goat,
- gotten touch,
- in spire,
- in spired,
- in spires,
- in spiring,
- in-spire,
- in-spired,
- in-spires,
- in-spiring,
- is afflicted with,
- is given,
- is smitten by,
- laid hands on,
- laid hold of,
- laid one's hands on,
- lay one hands on,
- lay one's hands on,
- lay ones hands on,
- laying hands on,
- laying one hands on,
- laying ones hands on,
- lays hands on,
- lays hold of,
- lays one hands on,
- lays ones hands on,
- looked at,
- looks at,
- made a buy,
- made a killing,
- made buy,
- made it,
- made killing,
- make a buy,
- make killing,
- makes a buy,
- makes a killing,
- makes buy,
- makes it,
- makes killing,
- making a buy,
- making a killing,
- making buy,
- making it,
- making killing,
- over come,
- over comes,
- over coming,
- over powered,
- over powering,
- over powers,
- over-comes,
- over-coming,
- over-power,
- over-powered,
- over-powering,
- pre dispose,
- pre disposes,
- pre disposing,
- pre pare,
- pre pared,
- pre pares,
- pre paring,
- pre-dispose,
- pre-disposed,
- pre-disposes,
- pre-pare,
- pre-pared,
- pre-paring,
- prevail up on,
- pro create,
- pro created,
- pro creates,
- pro creating,
- pro cure,
- pro cured,
- pro cures,
- pro curing,
- pro duce,
- pro duces,
- pro-create,
- pro-created,
- pro-creates,
- pro-creating,
- pro-cure,
- pro-cured,
- pro-cures,
- pro-curing,
- pro-duces,
- re ached,
- re aching,
- re adies,
- re aped,
- re-ached,
- re-aching,
- re-adies,
- re-aped,
- re-aping,
- rub wrong way,
- snapped up,
- snapping up,
- snaps up,
- stirring up,
- stirs up,
- succeeded to,
- succeeding to,
- succeeds to,
- talk in to,
- talked in to,
- talked into,
- talking in to,
- talks in to,
- talks into,
- up set,
- up sets,
- up setting,
- up-set,
- up-sets,
- up-setting,
- was afflicted with,
- was given,
- was smitten by,
- wast afflicted with,
- wast given,
- wast smitten by,
- were afflicted with,
- were given,
- wert afflicted with,
- wert smitten by.
- misconceive
-
mistake
- take for,
- Misknow,
- Not know,
- am mark,
- am off mark,
- am off the mark,
- am the mark,
- are off the mark,
- are the mark,
- art mark,
- art the mark,
- be mark,
- be off mark,
- be off the mark,
- be the mark,
- being mark,
- being off mark,
- being off the mark,
- being the mark,
- deceive oneself,
- deceived oneself,
- deceives oneself,
- deceiving oneself,
- had wrong impression,
- haddest wrong impression,
- hadst wrong impression,
- has wrong impression,
- hast wrong impression,
- hath wrong impression,
- have wrong impression,
- having wrong impression,
- is mark,
- is off mark,
- is off the mark,
- is the mark,
- made a mess,
- made mess,
- make a mess,
- make mess,
- makes a mess,
- makes mess,
- making a mess,
- making mess,
- mis counting,
- mis knew,
- mis know,
- mis knowing,
- mis known,
- mis knows,
- mis take,
- mis taken,
- mis takes,
- mis taking,
- mis took,
- mis-counting,
- mis-knew,
- mis-know,
- mis-knowing,
- mis-known,
- mis-knows,
- mis-take,
- mis-taken,
- mis-takes,
- mis-taking,
- mis-took,
- misknew,
- misknowing,
- misknown,
- misknows,
- miss boat,
- miss the boat,
- missed boat,
- missed the boat,
- misses boat,
- misses the boat,
- missing boat,
- missing the boat,
- not knew,
- not knowing,
- not knows,
- takes for,
- taking for,
- took for,
- was mark,
- was off mark,
- was off the mark,
- was the mark,
- wast mark,
- wast off mark,
- wast off the mark,
- wast the mark,
- were mark,
- were off mark,
- were off the mark,
- were the mark,
- wert mark,
- wert off mark,
- wert off the mark,
- wert the mark.
-
misunderstand
- misconceive,
- misread,
- take amiss,
- be bewildered,
- be perplexed,
- not register,
- miss the point,
- am at cross purposes,
- am bewildered,
- am confused,
- am cross purposes,
- am perplexed,
- are at cross purposes,
- are bewildered,
- are confused,
- are cross purposes,
- are perplexed,
- art at cross purposes,
- art bewildered,
- art confused,
- art cross purposes,
- art perplexed,
- be at cross purposes,
- be confused,
- be cross purposes,
- being at cross purposes,
- being bewildered,
- being confused,
- being cross purposes,
- being perplexed,
- gat signals mixed,
- gat wrong impression,
- get signals crossed,
- get signals mixed,
- get wrong impression,
- gets signals mixed,
- gets wrong impression,
- getting signals mixed,
- getting wrong impression,
- got signals mixed,
- got wrong impression,
- gotten signals mixed,
- gotten wrong impression,
- is at cross purposes,
- is bewildered,
- is confused,
- is cross purposes,
- is perplexed,
- mis applied,
- mis applies,
- mis apply,
- mis applying,
- mis understand,
- mis understanding,
- mis understands,
- mis understood,
- mis-applied,
- mis-applies,
- mis-apply,
- mis-applying,
- mis-understand,
- mis-understanding,
- mis-understands,
- miss point,
- missed point,
- missed the point,
- misses point,
- misses the point,
- missing point,
- missing the point,
- not registered,
- not registering,
- not registers,
- take wrongly,
- takes amiss,
- takes wrongly,
- taking amiss,
- taking wrongly,
- took amiss,
- took wrongly,
- was at cross purposes,
- was bewildered,
- was confused,
- was cross purposes,
- was perplexed,
- wast at cross purposes,
- wast bewildered,
- wast confused,
- wast cross purposes,
- wast perplexed,
- were at cross purposes,
- were bewildered,
- were confused,
- were cross purposes,
- were perplexed,
- wert at cross purposes,
- wert bewildered,
- wert confused,
- wert cross purposes,
- wert perplexed.
- slip
- understand
- risk, endanger
- misestimate
-
miscalculate
- misestimate,
- overestimate,
- overvalue,
- Overvalued,
- Overvaluing,
- overestimated,
- overestimates,
- overvalues,
- overestimating,
- miscounting,
- miscounted,
- over-estimate,
- dis counted,
- dis counting,
- dis counts,
- dis regard,
- dis regarded,
- dis regarding,
- dis regards,
- dis-counted,
- dis-counting,
- dis-counts,
- dis-regard,
- dis-regarded,
- dis-regarding,
- dis-regards,
- gat signals crossed,
- get wrong,
- gets signals crossed,
- gets wrong,
- getting signals crossed,
- getting wrong,
- got signals crossed,
- got wrong,
- gotten signals crossed,
- mis calculated,
- mis calculates,
- mis calculating,
- mis counted,
- mis counts,
- mis reckon,
- mis reckoned,
- mis reckoning,
- mis-calculates,
- mis-calculating,
- mis-counted,
- mis-counts,
- mis-reckon,
- mis-reckoned,
- mis-reckoning,
- mis-reckons,
- miss by a mile,
- miss by mile,
- missed by a mile,
- missed by mile,
- misses by a mile,
- missing by a mile,
- missing by mile,
- over estimate,
- over estimated,
- over estimates,
- over estimating,
- over look,
- over looked,
- over looks,
- over rate,
- over rated,
- over rates,
- over rating,
- over value,
- over valued,
- over values,
- over valuing,
- over-estimated,
- over-estimates,
- over-estimating,
- over-look,
- over-looking,
- over-looks,
- over-rate,
- over-rated,
- over-rates,
- over-rating,
- over-value,
- over-valued,
- over-valuing,
- under estimate,
- under estimated,
- under estimates,
- under rate,
- under rated,
- under rates,
- under rating,
- under value,
- under valued,
- under values,
- under-estimate,
- under-estimated,
- under-estimates,
- under-estimating,
- under-rate,
- under-rated,
- under-rates,
- under-rating,
- under-value,
- under-valued,
- under-values,
- under-valuing.
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make a mistake; do wrong
- err.
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come into possession of; achieve
- get.
- get the wrong idea, impression
- make a mistake
- get a wrong or false impression
- get the wrong idea
- mix up, misunderstand
- Other relevant words
- Other antonyms
Antonym of the day
wert conscious of
- Antonyms:
- criticize, decrease, depreciate.
