Definition for Misunderstand:

• To misconceive; to mistake.

Synonyms for Misunderstand:

• n.

  •
  • get someone wrong,
  • be unclear about/as to something,
  • miss the point,
  • have no conception of something,
  • lose your grip (on something),
  • not have a clue.
  •be amiss (noun)
  • be amiss.

• v.

  •err (verb)
  • misapply,
  • be misled,
  • be bewildered,
  • confound,
  • be perplexed,
  • have the wrong impression,
  • not understand all one knows,
  • fail to understand,
  • not register,
  • have the wrong slant on,
  • be unfamiliar with,
  • underestimate,
  • be unconversant with,
  • be at crosspurposes,
  • Miscomprehend.
  •get the wrong idea (verb)
  • misinterpret,
  • Misknow,
  • confuse,
  • misread,
  • be confused,
  • get wrong impression,
  • fail,
  • mistake,
  • be at cross purposes,
  • misconceive,
  • take wrongly,
  • get signals mixed.
  •make a mistake (verb)
  • mis stepping,
  • blowing it,
  • mis stepped,
  • mis steps,
  • mis-stepping,
  • misstepped,
  • mis-stepped,
  • misstepping.
  •misapprehend (verb)
  • mis apprehend,
  • mis-conceiving,
  • mis conceiving,
  • mis reading,
  • mis reads,
  • mis read,
  • mis-apprehending,
  • mis-reading,
  • mis-apprehends,
  • mis take,
  • mis-understands,
  • mis taken,
  • mis-took,
  • mis took,
  • mis-conceive,
  • mis-read,
  • mis apprehends,
  • mis-reads,
  • mis conceived,
  • mis taking,
  • mis apprehended,
  • mis-conceives,
  • mis takes,
  • mis-conceived,
  • mis conceives,
  • mis-takes,
  • mis-apprehend,
  • mis apprehending,
  • mis-understand,
  • mis-apprehended,
  • mis conceive,
  • mis understood,
  • mis-taking,
  • mis understanding,
  • mis-take,
  • mis-understood,
  • mis understand,
  • mis-understanding,
  • mis understands.
  •miscalculate (verb)
  • mis-counts,
  • dis regards,
  • over-estimating,
  • under values,
  • gets signals crossed,
  • under-value,
  • gotten wrong,
  • mis calculate,
  • under valued,
  • under estimating,
  • mis-counted,
  • over valuing,
  • over-valued,
  • under-estimated,
  • got wrong,
  • over-looking,
  • gets wrong,
  • mis counted,
  • under-estimate,
  • dis counting,
  • slipt up,
  • over estimated,
  • dis regarding,
  • under estimate,
  • under rates,
  • over estimating,
  • dis-regard,
  • over rates,
  • over looks,
  • dropping ball,
  • under estimates,
  • drops ball,
  • under rating,
  • mis-calculating,
  • missed by a mile,
  • over-rating,
  • over value,
  • over valued,
  • over rate,
  • got signals crossed,
  • under rate,
  • mis-calculated,
  • missed by mile,
  • over rated,
  • dis counts,
  • under rated,
  • under-valuing,
  • under-values,
  • getting signals crossed,
  • dis-regarded,
  • dis-counts,
  • dis-regards,
  • dropt the ball,
  • over values,
  • miss by mile,
  • under-estimating,
  • over-looks,
  • dis-regarding,
  • over-estimated,
  • missing by a mile,
  • under estimated,
  • over-values,
  • over-look,
  • under value,
  • over-valuing,
  • over-rated,
  • mis-calculate,
  • misses by mile,
  • went wrong,
  • mis calculated,
  • mis counting,
  • mis-calculates,
  • mis counts,
  • gat signals crossed,
  • dis-counting,
  • dis regarded,
  • under-rating,
  • dis counted,
  • misses by a mile,
  • dis regard,
  • over look,
  • over-rates,
  • getting wrong,
  • under-valued,
  • over looked,
  • over estimates,
  • dropt ball,
  • gat wrong,
  • under-rate,
  • under-rates,
  • gotten signals crossed,
  • drop ball,
  • missing by mile,
  • over rating,
  • over estimate,
  • dis-counted,
  • over-value,
  • mis calculates,
  • drops the ball,
  • under-rated,
  • mis calculating,
  • mis-counting,
  • over-estimates.
  •misconstrue (verb)
  • mis translating,
  • mis-construes,
  • take wrong way,
  • took the wrong way,
  • mis translated,
  • mis translate,
  • takes the wrong way,
  • dis tort,
  • mis construe,
  • takes wrong way,
  • mis construed,
  • mis-translate,
  • mis construing,
  • dis torts,
  • mis-construing,
  • took wrong way,
  • mis-translating,
  • mis-construed,
  • mis-translated,
  • taking the wrong way,
  • mis-translates,
  • dis-torts,
  • mis translates,
  • taking wrong way,
  • mis construes,
  • mis-construe,
  • dis-tort,
  • mistranslating.
  •misestimate (verb)
  • mis estimates,
  • mis estimate,
  • mis estimated,
  • mis estimating,
  • mis-estimated,
  • mis-estimates,
  • mis-estimate,
  • mis-estimating.
  •misinterpret (verb)
  • distort,
  • deform,
  • misrepresent,
  • garble,
  • misquote,
  • twist.
  •misjudge (verb)
  • is partial,
  • is wrong,
  • pre supposes,
  • mis thinking,
  • mis-conjectures,
  • is unfair,
  • misdeemed,
  • pre-judging,
  • wert unfair,
  • mis thought,
  • misdeems,
  • mis-conjectured,
  • mis-thought,
  • is overcritical,
  • mis conjecturing,
  • art overcritical,
  • being wrong,
  • dogmatizes,
  • wast misled,
  • were overcritical,
  • mis-thinking,
  • mis-conjecture,
  • come hasty conclusion,
  • misthinking,
  • putting foot in,
  • pre-supposed,
  • mis comprehend,
  • mis-comprehending,
  • mis-deems,
  • barking wrong tree,
  • was unfair,
  • mis-conjecturing,
  • being misled,
  • am wrong,
  • pre-suppose,
  • pre-judged,
  • mis-comprehended,
  • art unfair,
  • bark wrong tree,
  • wert wrong,
  • is misled,
  • mis-deemed,
  • mis conjectures,
  • wast unfair,
  • mis-judges,
  • came hasty conclusion,
  • wast wrong,
  • mis-judging,
  • were partial,
  • pre judges,
  • mis comprehended,
  • mis-comprehend,
  • am unfair,
  • mis-thinks,
  • was partial,
  • was misled,
  • comes to hasty conclusion,
  • mis deems,
  • were misled,
  • mis judged,
  • being unfair,
  • mis deem,
  • am partial,
  • mis thinks,
  • Misthought,
  • being partial,
  • mis conjectured,
  • barks wrong tree,
  • mis-deem,
  • miscomprehending,
  • art partial,
  • pre supposed,
  • wert misled,
  • pre judging,
  • mis judging,
  • are unfair,
  • came to hasty conclusion,
  • being overcritical,
  • pre-supposes,
  • mis comprehends,
  • pre-judges,
  • wast partial,
  • mis comprehending,
  • was wrong,
  • pre suppose,
  • Dogmatized,
  • wert overcritical,
  • are wrong,
  • puts foot in,
  • barks up wrong tree,
  • misconjectures,
  • mis deemed,
  • coming to hasty conclusion,
  • coming hasty conclusion,
  • were wrong,
  • wert partial,
  • barked up wrong tree,
  • comes hasty conclusion,
  • barked wrong tree,
  • miscomprehended,
  • misconjectured,
  • wast overcritical,
  • mis think,
  • were unfair,
  • mis judges,
  • miscomprehends,
  • mis-comprehends,
  • are partial,
  • misthinks,
  • mis deeming,
  • misdeeming,
  • art wrong,
  • pre-supposing,
  • mis conjecture,
  • art misled,
  • pre supposing,
  • mis-judged,
  • are overcritical,
  • misconjecturing,
  • mis-deeming,
  • mis-think,
  • was overcritical,
  • am overcritical,
  • pre judged.
  •misreckon (verb)
  • mis reckoning,
  • mis reckon,
  • mis reckoned,
  • mis-reckon,
  • mis-reckoning,
  • mis-reckons,
  • mis-reckoned,
  • mis reckons.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • take for.
  •
  • define.
  •
  • flounder.
  •
  • come over,
  • SEE-IN.
  •
  • miss.
  •bristle
  • take amiss.
  •misjudge
  • Misthink,
  • dogmatize,
  • be unfair,
  • put foot in,
  • barking up wrong tree,
  • be overcritical,
  • Misdeem,
  • be partial,
  • come to hasty conclusion,
  • be wrong,
  • bark up wrong tree,
  • Misconjecture,
  • Dogmatizing.

Paraphrases for Misunderstand:

• Forward Entailment

  • Verb, base form
    understood.

• Other Related

  • Verb, base form
    misinterpret, misconstrue.

Antonyms for Misunderstand:

• v.

  • get the wrong idea
    get, comprehend, construe, grasp, perceive, succeed, interpret, understand.
  • Other antonyms:
    fathom, catch, penetrate, know, make out, savvy.

Misunderstand Sentence Examples:

• Perhaps I misunderstand the confession which you made to me not an hour ago?

• If you do, maybe Luke will notice and misunderstand.