misdirect

misdirect is a 9-letter English word with 4 senses as transitive verb and verb in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 16 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 16 · 4 senses

Definitions

1. transitive verb. To give a wrong direction to; as, to misdirect a passenger, or a letter; to misdirect one's energies.
2. verb. put a wrong address on

   "misdirect the letter"

   Synonyms: misaddress

3. verb. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

   "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

   Synonyms: misguide, mislead

4. verb. corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality

   "debauch the young people with wine and women"

   "Socrates was accused of corrupting young men"

   Synonyms: corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

Synonyms

misaddress, misguide, mislead, corrupt, debase, debauch, demoralise, demoralize, deprave, pervert, profane, subvert, vitiate

Anagrams

Other playable words that use exactly the letters in misdirect:

miscredit

Common word forms

misdirects, misdirected, misdirecting

Words from these letters

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