Table of Contents POS
HYPHEN
WORDNET DICTIONARY
CIDE DICTIONARY
OXFORD DICTIONARY
THESAURUS
ROGET THESAURUS

WORDNET DICTIONARY

Verb misinterpret has 3 senses

• misinterpret(v = verb.communication) Array - interpret falsely; Array
is one way to interpret, rede
Sample sentences:
Somebody ----s something
Something ----s something

• misinterpret(v = verb.cognition) misread - interpret wrongly; "I misread Hamlet all my life!"
is one way to read, take
Derived form noun misinterpretation₁
Sample sentences:
They won't misinterpret the story
Sam and Sue misinterpret the movie

• misinterpret(v = verb.cognition) be amiss, misapprehend, misconceive, misconstrue, misunderstand - interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks"
is one way to construe, interpret, see
Derived form noun misinterpretation₁
Sample sentences:
They won't misinterpret the story
Sam and Sue misinterpret the movie

CIDE DICTIONARY

OXFORD DICTIONARY

THESAURUS

misinterpret

bias, bugger up, color, contort, distort, err, garble, get one wrong, get wrong, gloss, judge amiss, make a miscue, make a mistake, misapply, misappreciate, misapprehend, miscalculate, miscite, miscompute, misconceive, misconjecture, misconstrue, miscue, misdeem, misdirect, misesteem, misestimate, misevaluate, misexplain, misexplicate, misexpound, misidentify, misjudge, misquote, misread, misreckon, misrender, misrepresent, mistake, misthink, mistranslate, misunderstand, misuse, misvalue, pervert, screw up, slant, squeeze, strain, strain the sense, torture, twist the words, varnish, wrench

ROGET THESAURUS

misinterpret

Misinterpretation

VB misinterpret, misapprehend, misunderstand, misconceive, misspell, mistranslate, misconstrue, misapply, mistake, misrepresent, pervert, explain wrongly, misstate, garble, distort, detort, travesty, play upon words, stretch the sense, strain the sense, stretch the meaning, strain the meaning, wrest the sense, wrest the meaning, explain away, put a bad construction on, put a false construction on, give a false coloring, be at cross purposes, play at cross purposes.

For further exploring for "misinterpret" in Webster Dictionary Online