Need another word that means the same as “incorrect”? Find 21 synonyms and 30 related words for “incorrect” in this overview.
The synonyms of “Incorrect” are: wrong, faulty, mistaken, in error, erroneous, inaccurate, not accurate, inexact, not exact, imprecise, invalid, untrue, false, fallacious, wide of the mark, off target, inappropriate, unsuitable, inapt, inapposite, undesirable
According to the Oxford Dictionary of English, “incorrect” as an adjective can have the following definitions:
| erroneous | Containing or characterized by error. Erroneous conclusions. |
| fallacious | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fallacious hope. |
| false | Used in names of plants animals and gems that superficially resemble the thing properly so called e g false oat. A false or sour note. |
| faulty | Having a defect. Faulty logic. |
| imprecise | Not precise. The terms he used were imprecise and emotional. |
| in error | Directed or bound inward. |
| inaccurate | Not accurate. A forecast that proved wildly inaccurate. |
| inapposite | Out of place; inappropriate. The Shakespearean allusions are inapposite. |
| inappropriate | Not suitable or proper in the circumstances. Inappropriate shoes for a walk on the beach. |
| inapt | Not suitable or appropriate in the circumstances. A more inapt name I cannot imagine. |
| inexact | Not exact. An inexact description. |
| invalid | Having no cogency or legal force. The license is invalid. |
| mistaken | Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment. Don t buy a hard bed in the mistaken belief that it is good for you. |
| not accurate | Characterized by perfect conformity to fact or truth ; strictly correct. |
| not exact | Marked by strict and particular and complete accordance with fact. |
| off target | Below a satisfactory level. |
| undesirable | Not wanted. Legislation excluding undesirable aliens. |
| unsuitable | Not fitting or appropriate. The movie is unsuitable for children. |
| untrue | Not true to an obligation or trust. Off level floors and untrue doors and windows. |
| wide of the mark | Broad in scope or content- T.G.Winner. |
| wrong | In a bad or abnormal condition; amiss. They were wrong to take the law into their own hands. |
| disinformation | Misinformation that is deliberately disseminated in order to influence or confuse rivals (foreign enemies or business competitors etc. A government inspired disinformation campaign. |
| erroneous | Containing or characterized by error. Employers sometimes make erroneous assumptions. |
| error | A measure of the estimated difference between the observed or calculated value of a quantity and its true value. The crash was caused by human error. |
| fallacious | Intended to deceive – S.T.Coleridge. Fallacious arguments. |
| fallible | Wanting in moral strength, courage, or will; having the attributes of man as opposed to e.g. divine beings. Experts can be fallible. |
| faulty | Having a defect. Her character was faulty. |
| flawed | Having a blemish or flaw. A flawed hero. |
| improper | Not in accordance with accepted standards, especially of morality or honesty. Improper medication. |
| inaccurate | Not exact. False or inaccurate descriptions of goods. |
| inappropriate | Not suitable for a particular occasion etc. Completely inappropriate behavior. |
| inapt | Not suitable or appropriate in the circumstances. A more inapt name I cannot imagine. |
| iniquitous | Grossly unfair and morally wrong. These awards remain an iniquitous system. |
| misconceive | Interpret in the wrong way. Some academic latinists did misconceive Pound s poem in that way. |
| misconception | An incorrect conception. Public misconceptions about antibiotic use. |
| misdirect | Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions. He misdirected a shot. |
| misguide | Mislead. A long survey that can only baffle and misguide the general reader. |
| misinformation | Information that is incorrect. Nuclear matters are often entangled in a web of secrecy and misinformation. |
| misinterpret | Interpret falsely. I think you re misinterpreting the situation. |
| misleading | Giving the wrong idea or impression. Statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading. |
| misread | Read or interpret wrongly. Perhaps she d misread the note and got the time wrong. |
| mistaken | Wrong in e.g. opinion or judgment. Mistaken identity. |
| misunderstand | Fail to interpret or understand the words or actions of (someone) correctly. Don t misunderstand me I m not implying she should be working. |
| no | Not in any degree or manner not at all. Have you no decency. |
| omission | A mistake resulting from neglect. The omission of recent publications from his bibliography. |
| unfit | Make unfit or unsuitable. They say that we are trying to give poor children tastes which will only unfit them for a life of hardship and toil. |
| ungrammatical | Not conforming to grammatical rules. Ungrammatical sentences. |
| unjust | Not based on or behaving according to what is morally right and fair. An unjust judge. |
| unsuitability | The quality of having the wrong properties for a specific purpose. |
| wrong | Treat unjustly do wrong to. It is wrong for the rich to take advantage of the poor. |
| wrongly | In an inaccurate manner. Henry wrongly claimed 39 000 of taxpayers money. |
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