mislead

Reading level: hard

Estimated CEFR level: C1 — Advanced

Estimated from word frequency; not an official CEFR classification.

Definition

  1. verb lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
  2. verb give false or misleading information to

Etymology

From Middle English mysleden, from Old English mislǣdan (“to mislead”), from Proto-Germanic *missalaidijaną (“to mislead”). By surface analysis, mis- + lead.

In classic literature

Synonyms

misdirect, misguide, lead astray

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