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misnomering

misnomering is the present participle and gerund of misnomer.

Meaning of misnomer

Verb

misnomer (third-person singular simple present misnomers, present participle misnomering, simple past and past participle misnomered)

  1. (transitive) To use an incorrect, and especially misleading, name for (someone or something); to misidentify, to misname.
    Synonyms:
    misnome

See all 5 meanings of misnomer

Questions about misnomering

What is misnomering the present participle and gerund of?
Misnomering is the present participle and gerund of misnomer.

Words near misnomering in the dictionary

  1. misnests
  2. Misnia
  3. misnomed
  4. misnomer
  5. misnomered
  6. misnomering
  7. misnomers
  8. misnomial
  9. misnominal
  10. misnormalize
  11. misnormalized

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Adapted from Wiktionary: misnomering (page history and authors); misnomer (page history and authors). 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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