Definition for Misinterpretation:

• The act of interpreting erroneously; a mistaken interpretation.

Synonyms for Misinterpretation:

• n.

  •
  • slip,
  • oversight,
  • blunder,
  • mix up,
  • flaw.
  •
  • understand.
  •communication (noun)
  • misinterpretation,
  • mistaking.
  •distortion (noun)
  • delusion,
  • error.
  •erroneousness (noun)
  • incorrectness.
  •fallacy (noun)
  • in-consistencies,
  • in-validities,
  • in exactness,
  • misconstruals,
  • in validity,
  • in-exactness,
  • faultinesses,
  • in validities,
  • in-consistency,
  • pre conceptions,
  • quibblings,
  • inexactnesses,
  • in consistencies,
  • un-truth,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • non sequiturs,
  • in consistency,
  • un-truths,
  • pre-conception,
  • in exactnesses,
  • un truth,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • in-exactnesses,
  • pre conception,
  • un truths,
  • in-validity.
  •false impression (noun)
  • false-impression.
  •falseness (noun)
  • un truthfulness,
  • un truthfulnesses,
  • un-truthfulnesses,
  • un-truthfulness.

• Other synonyms:

  •n.
  • boo-boo,
  • deceptiveness,
  • distortion,
  • elusion,
  • erroneousness,
  • fallacy,
  • falseness,
  • faultiness,
  • gaffe,
  • inexactness,
  • invalidity,
  • jazz,
  • jive,
  • misapprehension,
  • miscalculation,
  • misconception,
  • misconstrual,
  • misconstruction,
  • miscount,
  • misestimate,
  • misestimation,
  • misprint,
  • misreckoning,
  • misstatement,
  • mistake,
  • misunderstanding,
  • mutilation,
  • non sequitur,
  • overestimation,
  • overvaluation,
  • speciousness,
  • spuriousness,
  • underestimation,
  • undervaluation,
  • Intorsion,
  • Malconformation,
  • Misjudgment,
  • misconstructions,
  • misprints,
  • overvaluations,
  • underestimations,
  • BSS,
  • booboos,
  • booboo,
  • elusions,
  • false impression,
  • false move,
  • tall story,
  • boo-boos,
  • invalidities,
  • jives,
  • mis-statement,
  • mistaken belief,
  • mixup,
  • mutilations,
  • slip of tongue,
  • twistedness.

Paraphrases for Misinterpretation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misreading, misunderstanding, misapprehension.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    interpretation, explanation.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    reinterpretation.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distortion, miscommunication, contradiction, nonsense, interpreting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misrepresentation, misconception, Misperception, misstatement, confusion, mistake, fallacy, mix-up, error.

Antonyms for Misinterpretation:

• n.

  • misunderstanding
    truth, correction, accuracy, understanding, certainty.
  • Other antonyms:
    perception, appreciation, comprehension, consciousness, realization, grasp, knowledge, prehension, awareness, apprehension, conception.

Misinterpretation Sentence Examples:

• But what he did mind was the persistent misinterpretation of his intention in certain quarters where he thought he had the right to respectful criticism in stead of the succession of sneers that greeted the successive numbers of his story; and it was no secret that he felt the persecution keenly.

• She must either avoid it altogether, or expose herself to misinterpretation in pursuing it.

Hypernym for Misinterpretation:

• n.

  • communication
    imbroglio, misconstrual, misreading, misconstruction.

Hyponym for Misinterpretation:

• n.

  • communication
    interpretation.