mistake
noun
[ mɪˈsteɪk ]
• an act or judgement that is misguided or wrong.
• "coming here was a mistake"
Similar:
error,
fault,
inaccuracy,
omission,
slip,
blunder,
miscalculation,
misunderstanding,
flaw,
oversight,
misinterpretation,
fallacy,
gaffe,
faux pas,
solecism,
misapprehension,
misconception,
misreading,
slip-up,
boo-boo,
howler,
boner,
fail,
boob,
clanger,
goof,
bloomer,
misreckoning,
mistake
verb
• be wrong about.
• "because I was inexperienced I mistook the nature of our relationship"
Similar:
misunderstand,
misinterpret,
get wrong,
put a wrong interpretation on,
misconstrue,
misapprehend,
misread,
miss,
take amiss,
be wrong,
be in error,
be at fault,
be under a misapprehension,
be misinformed,
be misguided,
be wide of the mark,
be barking up the wrong tree,
get the wrong end of the stick,
Opposite:
be right,
Origin:
late Middle English (as a verb): from Old Norse mistaka ‘take in error’, probably influenced in sense by Old French mesprendre .
