misread

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of MISREAD

to fail to understand the true or actual meaning of <I misread her body language and thought she was becoming confrontational>

Synonyms misapprehend, misconstrue, misinterpret, misknow, misperceive, misread, miss, mistake

Related Words misconceive, misdeem, misjudge; mishear

Antonyms appreciate, apprehend, catch, comprehend, conceive, fathom, get, grasp, grok, know, make out, penetrate, perceive, savvy, see, seize, take in, understand

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