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Defenition of the word mistake

    • Defenition of the word mistake

      • A mistake, an oversight, a slight; usually apologetic, referring to one's own failures.
      • To fail to understand or interpret the meaning of words or behaviour correctly.
      • To make a mistake or be incorrect.
      • To identify incorrectly.
      • An incorrect action not made deliberately.
      • to make a mistake or be incorrect
      • part of a statement that is not correct; "the book was full of errors"
      • mistake one thing for another; "you are confusing me with the other candidate"; "I mistook her for the secretary"
      • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention; "the fault was all mine"
      • identify incorrectly; "Don't mistake her for her twin sister"
      • 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--I don't have a sister"
      • 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"
      • 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--I don''t have a sister"
      • identify incorrectly; "Don''t mistake her for her twin sister"
      • a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
      • an understanding of something that is not correct
      • part of a statement that is not correct
      • identify incorrectly

    Synonyms for the word mistake

      • blooper
      • blunder
      • confound
      • confuse
      • confuse with
      • err
      • error
      • fail to appreciate
      • fault
      • faux pas
      • gaffe
      • inaccuracy
      • lapse
      • misapprehend
      • misapprehension
      • misconstrue
      • misidentify
      • misinterpret
      • misjudge
      • misstep
      • misunderstand
      • misunderstanding
      • mix
      • mix up with
      • muddle
      • muddle up
      • oversight
      • slip
      • slip-up
      • take for
      • underestimate

    Similar words in the mistake

      • blunder
      • mistake
      • mistake's
      • mistaken
      • mistakes
      • slip up
      • stumble
      • trip up

    Hyponyms for the word mistake

      • balls-up
      • ballup
      • betise
      • bloomer
      • blooper
      • blot
      • blunder
      • boner
      • boo-boo
      • botch
      • bungle
      • cockup
      • confound
      • confuse
      • confusion
      • corrigendum
      • distortion
      • erratum
      • fall for
      • flub
      • folly
      • foolishness
      • foul-up
      • fuckup
      • imbecility
      • incursion
      • lapse
      • literal
      • literal error
      • mess-up
      • miscalculation
      • miscue
      • misestimation
      • misjudge
      • misprint
      • misreckoning
      • misremember
      • mix-up
      • offside
      • omission
      • oversight
      • parapraxis
      • pratfall
      • renege
      • revoke
      • skip
      • slip
      • slip up
      • slip-up
      • smear
      • smirch
      • spot
      • stain
      • stumble
      • stupidity
      • trip up
      • typo
      • typographical error

    Hypernyms for the word mistake

      • construe
      • identify
      • interpret
      • misconception
      • misstatement
      • nonaccomplishment
      • nonachievement

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