misleading
/(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/
misleading adjective: deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. Also the present participle and gerund of mislead.
Adjective
misleading (comparative more misleading, superlative most misleading)
- Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
- The problem does not appear so hopeless when misleading metaphor is discarded.1926, A[rthur] [S]tanley Eddington, “Survey of the Problem”, in The Internal Constitution of the Stars, page 1
- Synonyms:
- confusing, misdirective, mistakable
- Antonyms:
- clear, unconfusing, unmisleading
Noun
misleading (plural misleadings)
- A deception that misleads.
- According to this tradition, acts of deception that are mere misleadings are morally better than acts of deception that are lies.2012, Jennifer Mather Saul, Lying, Misleading, and What is Said, page 70
- Synonyms:
- disinformation, false pretense, fakeout, head fake, misinformation, ploy, ruse
Also used as
misleading is also the present participle and gerund of mislead.
misleading meaning in Hindi, Marathi, Urdu and Bengali
misleading in Hindi
- tending to mislead
- भ्रामक bhrāmak
misleading in Marathi
- दिशाभूल करणारे, दिशाभूल करणारा, दिशाभूल करणारी
misleading in Urdu
- گمراہ کن
misleading in Bengali
- বিভ্রান্তিমূলক
More languagesFewer languages
- misleading in Telugu
- తప్పుదోవ పట్టించేది, తప్పుదోవ పట్టించే, తప్పుదోవ పట్టించేవి
- misleading in Malayalam
- തെറ്റിദ്ധരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
- misleading in Kannada
- ತಪ್ಪುದಾರಿಗೆಳೆಯುವ, ತಪ್ಪುದಾರಿಗೆಳೆಯುವಂಥದ್ದು
- misleading in Punjabi
- ਗੁੰਮਰਾਹਕੁੰਨ, ਗੁੰਮਰਾਹ ਕਰਨ ਵਾਲਾ
- misleading in Gujarati
- ગેરમાર્ગે દોરનારું, ગેરમાર્ગે દોરનારી, ગેરમાર્ગે દોરવું
- misleading in Odia
- ବିଭ୍ରାନ୍ତିକାରୀ
- misleading in Nepali
- भ्रामक, गुमराह गर्ने
- misleading in Arabic
- مُضَلِّل muḍallil
Synonyms of misleading
- confusing
- misdirective
- mistakable
- disinformation
- false pretense
- fakeout
- head fake
- misinformation
- ploy
- ruse
Antonyms
Forms of misleading
| Adjective | |
|---|---|
| comparative | more misleading |
| superlative | most misleading |
| Noun | |
| plural | misleadings |
Origin of misleading
From mislead + -ing.
Words formed from misleading
Words that rhyme with misleading
Questions about misleading
- What does misleading mean?
- Misleading means deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true.
- What is misleading in Hindi?
- Misleading in Hindi is भ्रामक (bhrāmak). See Misleading meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is misleading?
- Misleading can be an adjective or a noun.
- How do you pronounce misleading?
- Misleading is pronounced /(ˌ)mɪsˈliːdɪŋ/.
Words near misleading in the dictionary
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Adapted from Wiktionary: misleading (page history and authors); misleading (Marathi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Urdu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Bengali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Malayalam, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Kannada, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Punjabi, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Gujarati, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Odia, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); misleading (Nepali, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.
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