Definition for Misrepresentation:

• which was commonly used to be given by the ordinary to such condemned malefactors as were allowed the benefit of clergy; whence it is also called the " psalm of mercy." Wharton.

Synonyms for Misrepresentation:

• n.

  •
  • untruth,
  • prevarication,
  • whopper.
  •counterfeit (noun)
  • mendacity,
  • misconstruction,
  • cloak,
  • misdirection,
  • disguise,
  • understatement,
  • bad likeness,
  • perversion.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • dissimulation,
  • tergiversation.
  •exaggeration (noun)
  • tall talk.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • fabrication,
  • stretch,
  • adulteration,
  • twist,
  • coloring,
  • false light,
  • not a true picture,
  • slant.
  •misinterpretation (noun)
  • misinterpretation,
  • misquotation,
  • confusion,
  • misreading,
  • deformation,
  • misunderstanding,
  • twisting,
  • mistake.
  •misrepresentation (noun)
  • deception,
  • takeoff,
  • satire,
  • burlesque,
  • spoof,
  • fake,
  • farce,
  • cartoon,
  • lampoon,
  • caricature,
  • travesty,
  • counterfeit.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • cock-and-bull story,
  • lie,
  • fish story,
  • canard.
  •
  • corruption,
  • tall tale.
  •charlatanism
  • quackery.
  •Other relevant words:
  • bias,
  • Garbling,
  • deceitfulness,
  • falsehood,
  • pretence,
  • dissembling,
  • duplicity,
  • aspersion,
  • appearance,
  • Misreport,
  • cheating,
  • smear,
  • stigma,
  • daub,
  • stain,
  • knavery,
  • innuendo,
  • magnification,
  • sham,
  • trick,
  • gloss,
  • illusion,
  • conjuration,
  • hoax,
  • subversion,
  • treachery,
  • slanting,
  • Miscitation,
  • false statement,
  • trickery,
  • confabulation,
  • con game,
  • manoeuvre,
  • false swearing,
  • inaccuracy,
  • scam,
  • dishonesty,
  • cunning,
  • hallucination,
  • alteration,
  • legerdemain,
  • flimflam,
  • miscoloring,
  • diversion,
  • Misteaching,
  • blot,
  • white lie,
  • falsifying,
  • colouring,
  • misuse,
  • torturing,
  • misrepresent,
  • ruse,
  • vilification,
  • underhandedness,
  • irregularity,
  • hyperbole,
  • invention,
  • magic trick,
  • lying,
  • confidence trick,
  • Gloze,
  • slyness,
  • guile,
  • suggestio falsi,
  • chicanery,
  • obloquy,
  • calumny,
  • Covin,
  • departure,
  • refutation,
  • contortion,
  • insinuation,
  • defamation,
  • change,
  • slur,
  • Subreption,
  • Sidetracking,
  • artifice,
  • deviation,
  • craft,
  • fish tale,
  • bend,
  • injustice,
  • craftiness,
  • wile,
  • libel,
  • straining,
  • misconstrual,
  • conjuring trick,
  • swindle,
  • funny business,
  • con,
  • double cross,
  • bluff,
  • forgery,
  • delusion,
  • stratagem,
  • daubing,
  • warping,
  • subterfuge,
  • expressionism,
  • smirch,
  • magic,
  • disproof,
  • contrivance,
  • mistranslation,
  • shift,
  • monkey business,
  • ploy.

Paraphrases for Misrepresentation:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    falsification.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    falsehood, untruth.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    distortion.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misunderstanding, denaturing, Distorting, misconception, false, deformity, strain, deflection, alteration, Counterfeiting.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    misinterpretation, misstatement, misinformation, perversion, deformation, forgery, falseness, fake, dishonesty.

Antonyms for Misrepresentation:

• n.

  • falsehood
    truth.

Homophones for Misrepresentation:

• misrepresentaation.