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misleading
Overview of verb mislead
The verb mislead has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (2) mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray -- (lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver")
2. (2) misinform, mislead -- (give false or misleading information to)
Overview of adj misleading
The adj misleading has 1 sense (first 1 from tagged texts)
1. (4) deceptive, misleading, shoddy -- (designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices")
Antonyms of verb mislead
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mislead
2 senses of mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb mislead
1 of 2 senses of mislead
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
=> lie
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> sandbag
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb mislead
2 senses of mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
=> inform
'Cause To' of verb mislead
Derived Forms of verb mislead
2 senses of mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
RELATED TO>(noun) misleader#1
=> misleader
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
RELATED TO>(noun) misleader#1
=> misleader
Domain of verb mislead
Domain Terms of verb mislead
Familiarity of verb mislead
mislead used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb mislead
2 senses of mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb mislead
2 senses of mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
> lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
=> beacon
=> hand
=> mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> usher, show
Sense 2
misinform, mislead
> inform
=> wise up
=> teach, learn, instruct
=> instruct, apprise, apprize
=> inoculate
=> acquaint
=> warn
=> inform
=> fill in
=> update
=> misinform, mislead
=> understate, minimize, minimise, downplay
=> denounce, tell on, betray, give away, rat, grass, shit, shop, snitch, stag
=> undeceive
=> warn
=> advise, notify, give notice, send word, apprise, apprize
=> familiarize, familiarise, acquaint
=> prompt, remind, cue
=> volunteer
=> introduce, present, acquaint
=> regret
=> indicate, point, show
=> indicate
=> indicate, suggest
=> nark
=> explain, explicate
=> tell
=> tell, narrate, recount, recite
=> narrate
=> report, describe, account
=> report
=> report, cover
=> announce, denote
=> disabuse
=> remonstrate, point out
=> testify, bear witness, prove, evidence, show
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb mislead
Sense 1
mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray
=> lead, take, direct, conduct, guide
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Sense 2
misinform, mislead
=> inform
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Grep of verb mislead
mislead
Antonyms of adj misleading
1 sense of misleading
Sense 1
deceptive, misleading, shoddy
INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable
Similarity of adj misleading
1 sense of misleading
Sense 1
deceptive, misleading, shoddy
=> dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable
Pertainyms of adj misleading
Attributes of adj misleading
Domain of adj misleading
Domain Terms of adj misleading
Familiarity of adj misleading
misleading used as an adjective is very rare (polysemy count =1)
Grep of adj misleading
misleading
Grep of adv misleading
misleadingly
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