Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb misunderstand

1 sense of misunderstand

Sense 1
misconstrue, misinterpret, misconceive, misunderstand, misapprehend, be amiss -- (interpret in the wrong way; "Don't misinterpret my comments as criticism"; "She misconstrued my remarks")
       => interpret, construe, see -- (make sense of; assign a meaning to; "What message do you see in this letter?"; "How do you interpret his behavior?")

Antonyms of adj misunderstood

1 sense of misunderstood

Sense 1
misunderstood -- (wrongly understood; "a misunderstood criticism"; "a misunderstood question")

INDIRECT (VIA ununderstood) -> understood -- (fully apprehended as to purport or meaning or explanation; "the understood conditions of troop withdrawal were clear")

Similarity of adj misunderstood

1 sense of misunderstood

Sense 1
misunderstood -- (wrongly understood; "a misunderstood criticism"; "a misunderstood question")
       => ununderstood (vs. understood) -- (not understood; "should not tamely submit to the unpredictable and ununderstood cycles of wars"- Psychiatry)