Communication

Synonyms for mistaking

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

Tier 3, Ridgeline · 1 sense · noun · Reason line included

The sensenounTier 3, RidgelineCommunication

putting the wrong interpretation on

There was no mistaking her meaning.

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

The true synonym

misunderstanding

Same sentence, swapped: There was no misunderstanding her meaning.

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 mistaking as it is used in the sentence above.

clarification
illumination
exposition

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