mistook
Confused one for another
Mistook is the past tense of mistake.
To mistook someone or something for another is to have wrongly identified them: I mistook her for my sister from behind.
More broadly, it means to have misjudged: He mistook my silence for agreement.
I mistook the address and ended up at the wrong house.
Unable to understand
- mixed upDisordered or confused
- misrecognizedIncorrectly identified visually
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
- doppelgängerGhostly identical counterpart
resemblance · similarity · twin · double · impersonator · wrong person · took for · misidentified
Incorrectly comprehended
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misconstruedIncorrectly understood another's meaning
- misjudgedAssessed incorrectly
- misapprehendedUnderstood incorrectly
misperceived · jumped to conclusions · lost in translation · miscommunication · crossed wires · wrong impression · misheard · garbled
Misjudged as inferior
- overestimatedJudged too favorably
- miscalculatedComputed incorrectly
- misgaugedEstimated incorrectly
- misassessedJudged incorrectly
poor judgment · erred · blundered · wrong call · off the mark · wide of the mark · missed the mark · faulty reasoning
confused
Unable to understand
- mixed upDisordered or confused
- misrecognizedIncorrectly identified visually
- lookalikeOne who closely resembles another
doppelgänger · resemblance · similarity · twin · double · impersonator · wrong person · took for · misidentified · switched
misunderstood
Incorrectly comprehended
- misreadInterpret text incorrectly
- misconstruedIncorrectly understood another's meaning
- misjudgedAssessed incorrectly
misapprehended · misperceived · jumped to conclusions · lost in translation · miscommunication · crossed wires · wrong impression · misheard · garbled
underestimated
Misjudged as inferior
- overestimatedJudged too favorably
- miscalculatedComputed incorrectly
- misgaugedEstimated incorrectly
misassessed · poor judgment · erred · blundered · wrong call · off the mark · wide of the mark · missed the mark · faulty reasoning · hasty conclusion
mistookrecognized
Perceived as familiar
identified · knew · discerned · distinguished · spotted
mistookunderstood
Grasped the meaning
comprehended · grasped · apprehended · fathomed · realized
mistake, mistaken, mistakes, unmistakable, mistakenly, mistaking, unmistakeably, mistakeable