Synonyms for incorrect
- adjective
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All synonyms
Adjective
1. Inaccurate
inaccurate, wrong, erroneous, false, untrue, faulty, improper, fallacious, mistaken, inexact, unsound, amiss, mendacious
Other
ungrammatical, solecistic, peccant dated
Definitions
- adj. 1
Not correct; erroneous or wrong.
He gave an incorrect answer to a simple question.
Related words
- Word family
- incorrection incorrectly incorrectness
Example sentences
- inaccurate The budget appears to be inaccurate and unrealistic.
- faulty Your analysis is predicated on faulty assumptions.
- untrue The main thing is to not be untrue to yourself.
- erroneous He thought he could get away with his erroneous sentence.
- ungrammatical This sentence is ungrammatical.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| incorrect | rising | |
| inaccurate | steady | |
| faulty | steady | |
| untrue | steady | |
| erroneous | falling | |
| ungrammatical | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- wrong1, false1, amiss2
- 6 letters
- faulty2, untrue2
- 7 letters
- unsound2, inexact3, peccant
- 8 letters
- mistaken3, improper3
- 9 letters
- erroneous4
- 10 letters
- inaccurate4, fallacious3, mendacious3, solecistic
- 13 letters
- ungrammatical
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (amiss2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- incorrect
- Español
- incorrecto