misapprehends

Grasps the incorrectly

Misapprehends means to understand something incorrectly or get the wrong idea about it.

The word is formal and somewhat uncommon: He misapprehends the nature of the problem.

To misapprehend is to grasp something, but grasp it wrongly—different from failing to understand at all.

misunderstanding

misinterprets

Understands something incorrectly

misconstruesUnderstands incorrectly
misreadsInterprets text incorrectly
misjudgesEstimates or assesses incorrectly

misconceives · miscomprehends · gets wrong · confuses · distorts · twists · garbles · muddles · conflates · mistakes

error

mistake

Wrong action or decision

blunderFoolish, costly mistake
misjudgmentFaulty evaluation of something
miscalculationError in estimation

misconception · fallacy · misinterpretation · inaccuracy · false impression · wrong idea · misbelief · delusion · misstep · slip

confusion

bewilderment

State of being baffled

perplexityMental state of confusion
puzzlementState of being baffled
incomprehensionLack of understanding

befuddlement · uncertainty · misreading · mixed signals · crossed wires · ambiguity · vagueness · muddle · disorientation · lack of clarity

Opposites

accuracy of understanding

misapprehendscomprehends

Mentally takes in

understands · grasps · apprehends · gets · fathoms

Family

misapprehend, misapprehension, misapprehended, misapprehending

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