mislead
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
- Line style
- core relation
- instance, member or derived
- substance, domain or see-also
- Direction
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Types & categories
- lead hypernym
Related & opposite
- misdirection derivation
- misleader derivation
Sense 2 verb
give false or misleading information to
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- misinformation derivation
- misleader derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misdirection |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleader |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | lead |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misinformation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleader |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | inform |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | lie |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | tergiversate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | overstate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | sandbag |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | deceive |