Synonyms of misstating

misstating

verb

present participle of misstate

as in misrepresenting

to change so much as to create a wrong impression or alter the meaning of

it was important that the spokesperson not misstate the company's position to the media

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misrepresenting
• distorting
• misinterpreting
• falsifying
• twisting
• obscuring
• complicating
• perverting
• fudging
• slanting
• cooking
• garbling
• warping
• confusing
• censoring
• coloring
• misrelating
• bending
• mistaking
• disguising
• masking
• camouflaging
• misspeaking
• dissembling
• mistranslating
• whitewashing
• lying
• misdescribing
• veiling
• glossing (over)
• fibbing
• mystifying
• mixing (up)
• belying
• equivocating
• prevaricating
• bowdlerizing
• confounding
• paltering

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• explaining
• interpreting
• clarifying
• illustrating
• clearing (up)
• illuminating
• spelling out
• deciphering