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wrong
adjective as in incorrect
Strongest matches
amiss, awry, bad, erroneous, false, inaccurate, misguided, mistaken, unsound, untrue
Strong matches
erring, fluffed, goofed, miscalculated, misconstrued, mishandled, out
Weak matches
askew, astray, at fault, counterfactual, defective, erratic, fallacious, faulty, in error, inexact, misfigured, not precise, not right, not working, off-target, on the wrong track, out of commission, out of line, out of order, perverse, rotten, sophistical, specious, spurious, ungrounded, unsatisfactory, unsubstantial, wide
adjective as in immoral, dishonest
Strong matches
base, corrupt, criminal, crooked, debauched, depraved, dissipated, evil, profane, profligate, reprobate, wanton
Weak matches
amoral, blamable, blameworthy, blasphemous, censurable, dishonorable, dissolute, felonious, illicit, indecent, iniquitous, naughty, risqué, sacrilegious, salacious, shady, smutty, ungodly, unholy, unrighteous, vicious, wicked, wrongful
adjective as in inappropriate, not suitable
Strongest matches
amiss, bad, funny, ill-advised, improper, incorrect, unacceptable, unhappy
Strong matches
Weak matches
awkward, disproportionate, gauche, inapt, incongruous, indecorous, infelicitous, malapropos, not done, rotten, unbecoming, unconventional, unsatisfactory, unseemly, unsuitable
adverb as in astray
Strongest match
Strong matches
Weak matches
afield, askew, badly, erroneously, inaccurately, mistakenly, unfavorably
noun as in offense, sin
Strongest matches
abuse, bias, blunder, crime, error, evil, grievance, harm, inequity, injustice, insult, misdeed, mistake, prejudice, slight, transgression, violation, wrongdoing
Strong matches
cruelty, damage, delinquency, discourtesy, favor, hurt, immorality, imposition, indecency, inhumanity, iniquity, injury, libel, malevolence, miscarriage, misdemeanor, misdoing, oppression, persecution, sinfulness, slander, spite, tort, trespass, turpitude, unfairness, vice, villainy, wickedness
Example Sentences
Consumer Scotland said there should also be easy ways for consumers to seek compensation if something goes wrong.
"We did the wrong thing, accept it and move on," Lehmann said.
The District Judge Christopher Goh was quoted by Channel News Asia as saying that Wen was "attention seeking", adding that he was wrong to think he would not suffer any consequences.
I watch a lot of post-match analysis where pundits proclaim after the event what is right with the winning team and wrong with the losing one.
"I was involved in something that went wrong," he says.
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From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.
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