MISLEAD (misled)
Dictionary entry overview: What does mislead mean?
• MISLEAD (verb)
The verb MISLEAD has 2 senses:
1. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
2. give false or misleading information to
Familiarity information: MISLEAD used as a verb is rare.
Dictionary entry details
• MISLEAD (verb)
Meaning:
Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
misguide; mislead; lead astray; misdirect
Context example:
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Hypernyms (to "mislead" is one way to...):
conduct; direct; guide; lead; take (take somebody somewhere)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Give false or misleading information to
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
misinform; mislead
Hypernyms (to "mislead" is one way to...):
inform (impart knowledge of some fact, state or affairs, or event to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "mislead"):
lie (tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive)
beat around the bush; equivocate; palter; prevaricate; tergiversate (be deliberately ambiguous or unclear in order to mislead or withhold information)
amplify; exaggerate; hyerbolise; hyperbolize; magnify; overdraw; overstate (to enlarge beyond bounds or the truth)
sandbag (downplay one's ability (towards others) in a game in order to deceive, as in gambling)
betray; deceive; lead astray (cause someone to believe an untruth)
Sentence frames:
Somebody ----s somebody
Something ----s somebody
