- 1[not before noun] mistaken (about somebody/something) wrong in your opinion or judgment You are completely mistaken about Jane. Unless I'm very much mistaken, that's Paul's wife over there. I thought I saw someone I knew, but I must have been mistaken. Thesauruswrong
- false
- mistaken
- incorrect
- inaccurate
- misguided
- untrue
- wrong not right or correct; (of a person) not right about something:I got all the answers wrong. We were wrong to assume that she'd agree.
- false not true or correct; wrong because it is based on something that is not true or correct:A whale is a fish. True or false? She gave false information to the insurance company.
- mistaken wrong in your opinion or judgment; based on a wrong opinion or bad judgment:You're completely mistaken about Jane.
- incorrect (somewhat formal) wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes:Many of the statistics were incorrect.
- inaccurate wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes:The report was badly researched and fairly inaccurate.
- A fact, figure, or spelling that is wrong is incorrect; information, a belief, or a description based on incorrect facts can be incorrect or inaccurate; something that is produced, such as a film, report, or map, that contains incorrect facts is inaccurate.
- misguided wrong because you have understood or judged a situation badly:In her misguided attempts to help, she only made the situation worse.
- untrue not based on facts, but invented or guessed:These accusations are totally untrue.
- to be wrong/mistaken about something
- wrong/false/mistaken/incorrect/inaccurate information
- a(n) false/mistaken/incorrect/inaccurate/misguided belief
- a(n) wrong/incorrect answer
- 2based on a wrong opinion or bad judgment synonym misguided mistaken views/ideas I told her my secret in the mistaken belief that I could trust her. Thesauruswrong
- false
- mistaken
- incorrect
- inaccurate
- misguided
- untrue
- wrong not right or correct; (of a person) not right about something:I got all the answers wrong. We were wrong to assume that she'd agree.
- false not true or correct; wrong because it is based on something that is not true or correct:A whale is a fish. True or false? She gave false information to the insurance company.
- mistaken wrong in your opinion or judgment; based on a wrong opinion or bad judgment:You're completely mistaken about Jane.
- incorrect (somewhat formal) wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes:Many of the statistics were incorrect.
- inaccurate wrong according to the facts; containing mistakes:The report was badly researched and fairly inaccurate.
- A fact, figure, or spelling that is wrong is incorrect; information, a belief, or a description based on incorrect facts can be incorrect or inaccurate; something that is produced, such as a film, report, or map, that contains incorrect facts is inaccurate.
- misguided wrong because you have understood or judged a situation badly:In her misguided attempts to help, she only made the situation worse.
- untrue not based on facts, but invented or guessed:These accusations are totally untrue.
- to be wrong/mistaken about something
- wrong/false/mistaken/incorrect/inaccurate information
- a(n) false/mistaken/incorrect/inaccurate/misguided belief
- a(n) wrong/incorrect answer
adverb He mistakenly believed that his family would stand by him.See mistaken in the Oxford Advanced Learner's Dictionary
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