English word
Wrong
Definitions
noun
- an injurious, unfair, or unjust act : action or conduct inflicting harm without due provocation or just cause
- a violation or invasion of the legal rights of another
- tortespecially
- something wrong, immoral, or unethical
- principles, practices, or conduct contrary to justice, goodness, equity, or lawespecially
- the state, position, or fact of being or doing wrong: such as
- the state of being mistaken or incorrect
- the state of being guilty
Synonyms for wrong
Closest evidence-backed alternatives.
- astray
- awry
- flawed
- incorrect
- askew
- counterfactual
- misleading
- sophistical
Synonyms by context
Unjust, dishonest, or immoral
adjective
Inappropriate for a given occasion or situation
adjective
- inappropriate
- unsuitable
- unacceptable
- improper
- inapt
- unseemly
- ill-considered
- infelicitous
- unbecoming
- undesirable
Done in an incorrect manner or with an incorrect result
adverb
- incorrectly
- inaccurately
- wrongly
- erroneously
- mistakenly
- afield
- badly
- faultily
- improperly
Into error or morally questionable behavior
adverb
- amiss
- adrift
- into error
- into wrongdoing
- into iniquity
- into sin
- off the rails
In an unfavorable or inauspicious manner
adverb
- ill
- unfavorably
- unfavourably
- abysmally
- adversely
- awfully
- deplorably
- dismally
An unjust, dishonest, or immoral act
noun
- injustice
- crime
- sin
- offence
- grievance
- injury
- misdeed
- infringement
- transgression
- trespass
The nature of an act that is unjust, dishonest, or immoral
noun
- unfairness
- sinfulness
- vice
- depravity
- immorality
- wickedness
- badness
- corruption
Antonyms for wrong
Opposite of acting or judging in error
- correct
- right
- accurate
- errorless
- infallible
- irrefutable
- confirmed
- established
- exact
- factual
Opposite of unjust, dishonest, or immoral
Opposite of inappropriate for a given occasion or situation
- appropriate
- apposite
- apropos
- becoming
- fitting
- opportune
- proper
- seemly
- suitable
Opposite of done in an incorrect manner or with an incorrect result
- correctly
- accurately
- exactly
- precisely
- squarely
- appositely
- appropriately
- aright
- bang on
Opposite of an unjust, dishonest, or immoral act
- good deed
- kind deed
- favor
- favour
- service
- act of kindness
- kindly act
- special favor
- good turn
- equitableness
Opposite of the nature of an act that is unjust, dishonest, or immoral
- virtue
- honor
- honorability
- honorableness
- honour
- honourability
- honourableness
- worth
- worthiness
- character
Opposite of to mistreat or do an injustice to
- fix
- rectify
- amend
- mend
- cure
- redress
- remedy
- resolve
Opposite of to cause anguish or distress to, typically with ill-treatment
- accommodate
- back
- coddle
- comfort
- console
- cosset
- humor
- humour
- indulge
- mollycoddle
Phrases
- all off
- all wet
- as it were
- at fault
- bang on
- barking up the wrong tree
- barking up wrong tree
- beyond belief
- beyond the bounds of possibility
- contrary to fact
- dead on
- doesn't wash
- economical with the truth
- full of holes
- in error
- in the wrong
- labouring under a misapprehension
- made up
- not accurate
- not exact