Misunderstanding

//ˌmɪsʌndəˈstændɪŋ//

Synonyms for "misunderstanding" (93 found)

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Closest matches (19)

Strong matches (28)

Related words (46)

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More general

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Antonyms

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Synonyms

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capable of

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causes

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created by

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distinct from

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form of

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is a

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related to

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Translations

58 translations across 41 languages.

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Afrikaans

2 entries
  • misverstand noun (mistake)
  • misverstand noun (disagreement)

Albanian

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  • keqkuptim noun (mistake)

Arabic

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  • سُوء فَهْم noun (mistake)

Armenian

1 entries
  • թյուրիմացություն noun (mistake)

Catalan

1 entries
  • malentès noun (mistake)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 誤會 /误会 noun (mistake)
  • 誤解 /误解 noun (mistake)

Czech

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  • nedorozumění noun (mistake)

Danish

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  • misforståelse noun (mistake)

Dutch

1 entries
  • misverstand noun (mistake)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • miskompreno noun (mistake)

Estonian

1 entries
  • segadus noun (mistake)

Finnish

3 entries
  • sekaannus noun (mistake)
  • väärinkäsitys noun (mistake)
  • väärinymmärrys noun (mistake)

French

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  • malentendu noun (mistake)
  • quiproquo noun (mistake)

Galician

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  • malentendido noun (mistake)

German

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  • Missverständnis noun (mistake)

Greek

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  • παρεξήγηση noun (mistake)

Hebrew

1 entries
  • אי־הבנה noun (mistake)

Hindi

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  • ग़लत फ़हमी noun (mistake)

Hungarian

1 entries
  • félreértés noun (mistake)

Indonesian

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  • kesalahpahaman noun (mistake)

Italian

3 entries
  • fraintendimento noun (mistake)
  • qui pro quo noun (mistake)
  • quiproquò noun (mistake)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 勘違い noun (mistake)
  • 誤解 noun (mistake)

Korean

2 entries
  • 오해 noun (mistake)
  • 착각 noun (mistake)

Latin

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  • ambiguitas noun (mistake)

Macedonian

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  • недоразбирање noun (mistake)

Malay

1 entries
  • salah faham noun (mistake)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • эндүүрэл noun (mistake)
  • үл ойлголцол noun (mistake)

Māori

1 entries
  • pōhēhētanga noun (mistake)

Plautdietsch

1 entries
  • Misvestentniss noun (mistake)

Polish

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  • nieporozumienie noun (mistake)

Portuguese

2 entries
  • confusão noun (mistake)
  • mal-entendido noun (mistake)

Russian

2 entries
  • недоразуме́ние noun (mistake)
  • непра́вильное понима́ние noun (mistake)

Scottish Gaelic

2 entries
  • mì-bhreithneachadh noun (mistake)
  • mì-thuigsinn noun (mistake)

Serbo-Croatian

1 entries
  • nesporazum noun (mistake)

Sicilian

1 entries
  • malantisa noun (mistake)

Spanish

3 entries
  • confusión noun (mistake)
  • malentendido noun (mistake)
  • qui pro quo noun (mistake)

Swedish

1 entries
  • missförstånd noun (mistake)

Turkish

1 entries
  • yanlış anlama noun (mistake)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • непорозумі́ння noun (mistake)
  • непорозумі́ння noun (disagreement)

Urdu

1 entries
  • غلط فہمی noun (mistake)

Walloon

2 entries
  • mescomprindance noun (mistake)
  • måletindou noun (mistake)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

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I think there has been some misunderstanding here.

Source: tatoeba (25105)

Many a quarrel comes about through a misunderstanding.

Source: tatoeba (34678)

I don't want there to be any misunderstanding.

Source: tatoeba (36652)

There appears to be a misunderstanding.

Source: tatoeba (38337)

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