MISTAKE
Definition:
- [noun] a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "he made a bad mistake"; "she was quick to point out my errors"; "I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults"
Synonyms: error, fault
- [noun] an understanding of something that is not correct; "he wasn't going to admit his mistake"; "make no mistake about his intentions"; "there must be some misunderstanding
Synonyms: misunderstanding, misapprehension
- [noun] part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
Synonyms: error
- [verb] identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
Synonyms: misidentify
- [verb] to make a mistake or be incorrect
Synonyms: err, slip
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Related Words:
- confuse, confound
- misremember
- stumble, slip up, trip up
- misjudge
- fall for
- blot, smear, smirch, spot, stain
- confusion, mix-up
- incursion
- miscalculation, misreckoning, misestimation
- distortion
- slip, slip-up, miscue, parapraxis
- oversight, lapse
- omission, skip
- blunder, blooper, bloomer, bungle, foul-up, fuckup, flub, botch, boner, boo-boo
- ballup, balls-up, cockup, mess-up
- stupidity, betise, folly, foolishness, imbecility
- revoke, renege
- corrigendum
- misprint, erratum, typographical error, typo, literal error, literal
