misinterprets
Reads it incorrectly
Misinterprets means to understand something incorrectly—to draw the wrong meaning from words, actions, or situations.
Someone who misinterprets a comment takes it differently than intended: She misinterprets his silence as disapproval.
The word implies an honest mistake rather than willful distortion: He misinterprets the data, not the conclusion I'd reach.
Understands incorrectly
- misreadsInterprets text incorrectly
- misapprehendsUnderstands something incorrectly
- misperceivesInterprets something incorrectly
- distortsMisrepresents or deforms
confuses · garbles · muddles · mistakes · twists · warps · misjudges · miscomprehends
Converts language incorrectly
- misquotesRepeats words inaccurately
- misreportsGives inaccurate accounts
- misrepresentsDepicts inaccurately or deceptively
- miscommunicatesExpresses meaning incorrectly
mangles · botches · scrambles · mishears · misattributes · misrelates · misstates
Decides before knowing facts
- assumesAccepts as true
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- filtersSelective passage barriers
- skewsDistorts or angles
slants · colors · spins · oversimplifies · generalizes · presumes · reads into
Interprets data incorrectly
- misdiagnosesIncorrect medical determinations
- miscalculatesFigures incorrectly
- misestimatesJudges quantities incorrectly
- overshootsGoes beyond intended point
misconstrues
Understands incorrectly
- misreadsInterprets text incorrectly
- misapprehendsUnderstands something incorrectly
- misperceivesInterprets something incorrectly
distorts · confuses · garbles · muddles · mistakes · twists · warps · misjudges · miscomprehends · gets wrong
mistranslates
Converts language incorrectly
- misquotesRepeats words inaccurately
- misreportsGives inaccurate accounts
- misrepresentsDepicts inaccurately or deceptively
miscommunicates · mangles · botches · scrambles · mishears · misattributes · misrelates · misstates
prejudges
Decides before knowing facts
- assumesAccepts as true
- stereotypesOversimplified beliefs about groups
- filtersSelective passage barriers
skews · slants · colors · spins · oversimplifies · generalizes · presumes · reads into
misanalyzes
Interprets data incorrectly
- misdiagnosesIncorrect medical determinations
- miscalculatesFigures incorrectly
- misestimatesJudges quantities incorrectly
- distortionsdistort, distorts, deform, warp, twist
- oversimplificationgeneralizes, stereotypes, reduces, reductive, essentializes
misinterpretsunderstands
Mentally grasps meaning
comprehends · grasps · gets · apprehends · fathoms
misinterpret, misinterpretation, misinterpreted, misinterpreting, misinterpretations, misinterpreter, misinterpreters