mistake
English Thesaurus
1. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act)
| hyponym | : | confusion, mix-up, |
| definition | : | a mistake that results from taking one thing to be another (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | incursion, |
| definition | : | the mistake of incurring liability or blame (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | distortion, |
| definition | : | the mistake of misrepresenting the facts (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-up, |
| definition | : | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | offside, |
| definition | : | (sport) the mistake of occupying an illegal position on the playing field (in football, soccer, ice hockey, field hockey, etc.) (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | lapse, oversight, |
| definition | : | a mistake resulting from inattention (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | omission, skip, |
| definition | : | a mistake resulting from neglect (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | bloomer, blooper, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, flub, foul-up, fuckup, pratfall, |
| definition | : | an embarrassing mistake (noun.act) |
| hyponym | : | renege, revoke, |
| definition | : | the mistake of not following suit when able to do so (noun.act) |
2. an understanding of something that is not correct (noun.cognition)
| hypernym | : | misconception, |
| definition | : | an incorrect conception (noun.cognition) |
3. part of a statement that is not correct (noun.communication)
| hypernym | : | misstatement, |
| definition | : | a statement that contains a mistake (noun.communication) |
| hyponym | : | corrigendum, |
| definition | : | a printer's error; to be corrected (noun.communication) |
4. to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition)
| hyponym | : | misremember, |
| definition | : | remember incorrectly (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | misjudge, |
| definition | : | judge incorrectly (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | fall for, |
| definition | : | be deceived, duped, or entrapped by (verb.social) |
5. identify incorrectly (verb.cognition)
| hypernym | : | identify, |
| definition | : | consider to be equal or the same (verb.cognition) |
| hyponym | : | confound, confuse, |
| definition | : | mistake one thing for another (verb.cognition) |
6. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | blame, fault, |
| definition | : | put or pin the blame on (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | faulty, incorrect, wrong, |
| definition | : | characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules (adj.all) |
7. an understanding of something that is not correct (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
8. part of a statement that is not correct (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
9. to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | error, fault, mistake, |
| definition | : | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-up, |
| definition | : | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | errancy, |
| definition | : | fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | error, mistake, |
| definition | : | part of a statement that is not correct (noun.communication) |
10. identify incorrectly (verb.cognition)
11. a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
| derivation | : | blame, fault, |
| definition | : | put or pin the blame on (verb.communication) |
| derivation | : | faulty, incorrect, wrong, |
| definition | : | characterized by errors; not agreeing with a model or not following established rules (adj.all) |
12. an understanding of something that is not correct (noun.cognition)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
13. part of a statement that is not correct (noun.communication)
| derivation | : | err, mistake, slip, |
| definition | : | to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition) |
14. to make a mistake or be incorrect (verb.cognition)
| derivation | : | error, fault, mistake, |
| definition | : | a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | miscue, parapraxis, slip, slip-up, |
| definition | : | a minor inadvertent mistake usually observed in speech or writing or in small accidents or memory lapses etc. (noun.act) |
| derivation | : | errancy, |
| definition | : | fallibility as indicated by erring or a tendency to err (noun.attribute) |
| derivation | : | error, mistake, |
| definition | : | part of a statement that is not correct (noun.communication) |
15. identify incorrectly (verb.cognition)
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