Thinking and knowing

Synonyms for misinterpret

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · verb · Reason line included

The senseverbTier 4, High CampThinking and knowing

interpret in the wrong way

Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism.

The sentence the app shows, and the only thing that settles which meaning is meant.

The true synonym

misunderstand

Same sentence, swapped: Don't misunderstand my comments as criticism.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for misinterpret as it is used in the sentence above.

elicit
reinterpret
misdirect

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