English noun: mistake | |||
1. | mistake (act) a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention | ||
Samples | He made a bad mistake. She was quick to point out my errors. I could understand his English in spite of his grammatical faults. | ||
Synonyms | error, fault | ||
Broader (hypernym) | nonaccomplishment, nonachievement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | balls-up, ballup, betise, bloomer, blooper, blot, blunder, boner, boo-boo, botch, bungle, cockup, confusion, distortion, flub, folly, foolishness, foul-up, fuckup, imbecility, incursion, lapse, mess-up, miscalculation, miscue, misestimation, misreckoning, mix-up, offside, omission, oversight, parapraxis, pratfall, renege, revoke, skip, slip, slip-up, smear, smirch, spot, stain, stupidity | ||
2. | mistake (cognition) an understanding of something that is not correct | ||
Samples | He wasn't going to admit his mistake. Make no mistake about his intentions. There must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister. | ||
Synonyms | misapprehension, misunderstanding | ||
Broader (hypernym) | misconception | ||
3. | mistake (communication) part of a statement that is not correct | ||
Samples | The book was full of errors. | ||
Synonyms | error | ||
Broader (hypernym) | misstatement | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | corrigendum, erratum, literal, literal error, misprint, typo, typographical error | ||
English verb: mistake | |||
1. | mistake (cognition) identify incorrectly | ||
Samples | Don't mistake her for her twin sister. | ||
Synonyms | misidentify | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s something. Somebody ----s somebody | ||
Broader (hypernym) | identify | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | confound, confuse | ||
2. | mistake (cognition) to make a mistake or be incorrect | ||
Synonyms | err, slip | ||
Pattern of use | Somebody ----s | ||
Narrower (hyponym) | fall for, misjudge, misremember, slip up, stumble, trip up | ||