mistake
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a wrong action attributable to bad judgment or ignorance or inattention
he made a bad mistake
Types & categories
- nonaccomplishment hypernym
- blot hyponym
- mix-up hyponym
- incursion hyponym
- miscalculation hyponym
- distortion hyponym
- slip-up hyponym
- offside hyponym
- lapse hyponym
- omission hyponym
- blunder hyponym
- ballup hyponym
- betise hyponym
- revoke hyponym
Related & opposite
Sense 2 verb
identify incorrectly
Don't mistake her for her twin sister
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- misunderstanding derivation
Sense 3 noun
an understanding of something that is not correct
he wasn't going to admit his mistake
Types & categories
- misconception hypernym
Related & opposite
- err derivation
- misconstrue derivation
Sense 4 verb
to make a mistake or be incorrect
Types & categories
- misremember hyponym
- slip up hyponym
- misjudge hyponym
- fall for hyponym
Related & opposite
- slip up also see
- mistake derivation
- slip-up derivation
- erroneousness derivation
- errancy derivation
- misapprehension derivation
- mistake derivation
Sense 5 noun
part of a statement that is not correct
the book was full of errors
Types & categories
- misstatement hypernym
- corrigendum hyponym
- misprint hyponym
Related & opposite
- err derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | err |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fault |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | faulty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | nonaccomplishment |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blot |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | mix-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | incursion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | miscalculation |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | distortion |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip-up |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | offside |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | lapse |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | omission |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | blunder |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | ballup |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | betise |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | revoke |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misunderstanding |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | identify |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | confuse |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | err |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misconstrue |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | misconception |
| 4 | also see | Related & opposite | slip up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mistake |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | slip-up |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | erroneousness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | errancy |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | misapprehension |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | mistake |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | misremember |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | slip up |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | misjudge |
| 4 | hyponym | Types & categories | fall for |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | err |
| 5 | hypernym | Types & categories | misstatement |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | corrigendum |
| 5 | hyponym | Types & categories | misprint |