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Wrong

🔄 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"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

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.)