Standard Lemma guide

misinformation

noun · 2 senses · updated from the 2026-07-25 local source snapshot

Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.

Sound

Pronunciation

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  • UK: /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmeɪ.ʃən/
  • General-American: /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fɚˈmeɪ.ʃən/
  • Australian: /ˌmɪs.ɪn.fəˈmæɪ.ʃən/
  • US: Recorded audio is listed in the source snapshot.
  • rhymes with -eɪʃən
  • CMU ARPABET: M IH2 S IH0 N F ER0 M EY1 SH AH0 N Digits mark lexical stress: 1 primary, 2 secondary, 0 unstressed.

1

noun

Meaning 1

Information that is incorrect, whether intentionally or unintentionally.

Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract

Usage: uncountable

Examples

  • spread misinformation on the internet

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: counterfact, counterfactual, falsedom, falsehood, falsity, falseness, terminological inexactitude, untruth, disinformation, fabrication, fib, leasing, lie, misinformation, misstatement, yed, alternative fact, anti-fact, invention, bluff, bollocks, bullshit, canard, cap, chin, clanker, contradiction, cram, falsification, flam, goof, hoax, hummer, inveracity, inverity, jive, load of bull, load of crap, load of shit, mendacity, mistruth, nonsense, nontruth, pile of crap, pile of shit, pork pie, porker, porky, prevarication, red flag, rubbish, story, swack-up, tall tale, untruism, whopper, wisker, yanker

Antonyms: none provided

2

noun

Meaning 2

information that is incorrect

Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0

No example sentence was provided for this meaning.

Meaning relationships

Synonyms: none provided

Antonyms: none provided

Broader terms: information, info

Narrower terms: blowback, disinformation

History

Etymology

From mis- + information.

Across languages

Translations

20 source translations are retained for this English entry.

  • Chinese Mandarin: 誤傳 /误传 (wùchuán) — false information
  • Chinese Mandarin: 錯誤信息 /错误信息 (cuòwù xìnxī) — false information
  • Finnish: väärä tieto — false information
  • Galician: desinformación — false information
  • Georgian: მისინფორმაცია (misinpormacia) — false information
  • Georgian: დეზინფორმაცია (dezinpormacia) — false information
  • Greek: παραπληροφόρηση (paraplirofórisi) — false information
  • Hebrew: מידע שגוי (meidá shagúy) — false information
  • Hindi: दुष्प्रचार (duṣpracār) — false information
  • Hungarian: téves/hibás/rossz/félrevezető tájékoztatás/információ — false information
  • Hungarian: félretájékoztatás — false information
  • Hungarian: álhírterjesztés — false information
  • Hungarian: téves/hibás/rossz értesülés — false information
  • Japanese: 誤伝 (goden) — false information
  • Portuguese: desinformação — false information
  • Spanish: información errónea — false information
  • Spanish: mala información — false information
  • Spanish: información falsa — false information
  • Spanish: desinformación — false information
  • Tok Pisin: toktok nating — false information