🔄 Synonyms of "Wrong"
30 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| basenoun | Something from which other things extend; a foundation. |
| erroneous | Containing an error; inaccurate. |
| deplorablenoun | Deserving strong condemnation; shockingly bad, wretched. |
| fallacious | Deceptive or misleading. |
| awry | Turned or twisted toward one side; crooked, distorted, out of place; wry. |
| immoral | Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) |
| improperverb | Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt. |
| misguided | Misled or mistaken. |
| unsuitable | Not suitable. |
| inappropriate | Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. |
| damagenoun | Injury or harm; the condition or measure of something not being intact. |
| amissnoun | (chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. |
| falseverb | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| criminalnoun | A person who is guilty of a crime, notably breaking the law. |
| unethical | Immoral, morally wrong. |
| reprehensiblenoun | Blameworthy, censurable, guilty. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| condemnable | Deserving of condemnation. |
| untimely | At an inopportune time. |
| inopportune | Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time. |
| mistaken | (with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief. |
| ill-timed | Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely |
| untrue | False; not true. |
| haywirenoun | Behaviorally erratic or uncontrollable, especially of a machine or mechanical process. |
| insidenoun | The interior or inner part. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Wrong"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| rightnoun | Complying with justice, correctness, or reason; correct, just, true. See also the interjection senses below. |
| correctverb | Free from error; true; accurate. |
| redressnoun | To set right (a wrong); to repair, (an injury or damage); to make amends for; to remedy; to relieve from. |
| compensateverb | To pay or reward someone in exchange for work done or some other consideration. |
| arightverb | Rightly, correctly; in the right way or form. |
| correctly | In a correct manner. |
| rightfulnessnoun | The state or quality of being rightful. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Wrong"
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| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| incorrect | Not correct; erroneous or wrong. |
| inaccurate | Mistaken or incorrect; not accurate. |
| incorrectly | In an incorrect manner. |
| misguided | Misled or mistaken. |
| erroneous | Containing an error; inaccurate. |
| wrongfulnessnoun | The state or quality of being wrongful. |
| false | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| amiss | (chiefly predicative) Wrong; faulty; out of order; improper or otherwise incorrect. |
| mistakenverb | (with a copula verb, often with about) Having an incorrect belief. |
| wrongheaded | Having an obstinately (persistently, stubbornly) perverse/erroneous opinion or judgement. |
| unethical | Immoral, morally wrong. |
| improper | Unsuitable to needs or circumstances; inappropriate; inapt. |
| ill-timed | Occurring at an unfavourable or inappropriate time; untimely |
| inopportune | Happening/occurring at an inconvenient or inappropriate time. |
| untimely | At an inopportune time. |
| unseasonable | Not in accordance with the season. |
| inappropriate | Not appropriate; not suitable for the situation, time, or place. |
| malfunctioningnoun | A malfunction. |
| unsuitable | Not suitable. |
| immoral | Breaching principles of natural law, rectitude, or justice, and so inconsistent with the demands of virtue, purity, or "good morals"; not right, not moral. (Compare unethical, illegal.) |
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