misstanding†, misunderstanding; inexactness &c adj.; laxity;
misconstruction &c (misinterpretation) 523; miscomputation &c
(misjudgment) 481; non sequitur &c 477; mis-statement, mis-report;
mumpsimus†.
mistake; miss, fault, blunder, quiproquo, cross purposes,
oversight, misprint, erratum, corrigendum, slip, blot, flaw, loose
thread; trip, stumble &c (failure) 732; botchery &c (want of skill) 699
[Obs.]; slip of the tongue, slip of the lip, Freudian slip; slip of the
pen; lapsus linguae [Lat.], clerical error; bull &c (absurdity) 497;
haplography†.
illusion, delusion; snare; false impression, false idea; bubble;
self-decit, self-deception; mists of error.
heresy &c (heterodoxy) 984; hallucination &c (insanity) 503; false
light &c (fallacy of vision) 443; dream &c (fancy) 515; fable &c
(untruth) 546; bias &c (misjudgment) 481; misleading &c v..
V. be erroneous &c adj.. cause error; mislead, misguide; lead astray,
lead into error; beguile, misinform &c (misteach) 538 [Obs.]; delude;
give a false impression, give a false idea; falsify, misstate; deceive
&c 545; lie &c 544.
err; be in error &c adj., be mistaken &c v.; be deceived &c
(duped) 547; mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself; fall
into error, lie under error, labor under an error &c n.; be in the
wrong, blunder; misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon,
miscount, miscalculate &c (misjudge) 481.
play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes &c (misinterpret)
523.
trip, stumble; lose oneself &c (uncertainty) 475; go astray; fail
&c 732; be in the wrong box; take the wrong sow by the ear &c
(mismanage) 699; put the saddle on the wrong horse; reckon without
one's host; take the shadow for the substance &c (credulity) 486; dream
&c (imagine) 515.
Adj. erroneous, untrue, false, devoid of truth, fallacious, apocryphal,
unreal, ungrounded, groundless; unsubstantial &c 4; heretical &c
(heterodox) 984; unsound; illogical &c 477.
inexact, unexact inaccurate†, incorrect; indefinite &c (uncertain)
475.
illusive, illusory; delusive; mock, ideal &c (imaginary) 515;
spurious &c 545; deceitful &c 544; perverted.
controvertible, unsustainable; unauthenticated, untrustworthy.
exploded, refuted; discarded.
in error, under an error &c n.; mistaken &c v.; tripping &c v.;
out, out in one's reckoning; aberrant; beside the mark, wide of the
mark, wide of the truth, way off, far off; astray &c (at fault) 475; on
a false scent, on the wrong scent; in the wrong box, outside the
ballpark; at cross purposes, all in the wrong; all out.
Adv. more or less.
Phr. errare est humanum [Lat.]; mentis gratissimus error [Lat.]
[Horace]; on the dubious waves of error tost [Cowper]; to err is human,
to forgive divine [Pope]; you lie — under a mistake [Shelley].