Synonyms for misapprehension
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Noun
1. Misunderstanding — A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception, or misunderstanding
misunderstanding, mistake, misconception, error, illusion, wrong number, counterfactual, miscomprehension, misappreciation
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Definitions
- n. 1
A failure to understand something; an illusion, misconception, or misunderstanding.
Near-synonyms: misperception, miscomprehension
Forms
- Plural
- misapprehensions → misunderstandings, mistakes, misconceptions, errors…
Example sentences
- mistake If that man makes one more mistake, I'll fire him.
- error He looked over the text, but overlooked the error.
- misunderstanding I think there has been some misunderstanding here.
- misconception I can see how you might have that misconception.
- misperception This idea is a misperception, and makes no sense.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| misapprehension | falling | |
| mistake | rising | |
| error | steady | |
| misunderstanding | steady | |
| misconception | steady | |
| misperception | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- error2
- 7 letters
- mistake2
- 8 letters
- illusion3
- 13 letters
- misconception4, misperception4
- 14 letters
- counterfactual
- 15 letters
- misappreciation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (error2 = 2 syllables).