misapprehension

1. 1.

   an understanding of something that is not correct

   “he wasn't going to admit his mistake”

   “make no mistake about his intentions”

   “there must be some misunderstanding--I don't have a sister”

   Synonymsmistakemisunderstanding

   Broadermisconception

Other forms of misapprehension

plural

misapprehensions·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about misapprehension

What does misapprehension mean?

misapprehension means "an understanding of something that is not correct".

How many syllables are in misapprehension?

misapprehension has 5 syllables: mi-sap-pre-hen-sion. The stress falls on "hen". In IPA it is /mɪˌsæpɹiˈhɛnʃən/.

What is another word for misapprehension?

Close synonyms include mistake, misunderstanding. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is misapprehension a common word?

misapprehension is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with misapprehension?

2 words rhyme with misapprehension. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.