misguide

• POS: Verb (transitive)
• HYPHEN: mis=guide

CIDE DICTIONARY

misguide, v. t. 

 To guide wrongly; to lead astray; as, to misguide the understanding.  [1913 Webster]

misguide, n. 

 Misguidance; error.  Spenser.  [1913 Webster]

OXFORD DICTIONARY

misguide, v.tr.
1 (as misguided adj.) mistaken in thought or action.
2 mislead, misdirect.

Derivative

misguidance n. misguidedly adv. misguidedness n.

THESAURUS

misguide

be negligent, bowl a googly, corrupt, lead astray, maladminister, misadminister, misadvise, misconduct, misdirect, miseducate, misgovern, mishandle, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, mismanage, misrule, misteach, mystify, obfuscate, obscure, pervert, throw a curve

ROGET THESAURUS

misguide

Error

VB be erroneous, cause error, mislead, misguide, lead astray, lead into error, beguile, misinform, delude, give a false impression, give a false idea, falsify, misstate, deceive, lie, err, be in error, be mistaken, be deceived, mistake, receive a false impression, deceive oneself, fall into error, lie under error, labor under an error, be in the wrong, blunder, misapprehend, misconceive, misunderstand, misreckon, miscount, miscalculate, play at cross purposes, be at cross purposes, trip, stumble, lose oneself, go astray, fail, be in the wrong box, take the wrong sow by the ear, put the saddle on the wrong horse, reckon without one's host, take the shadow for the substance, dream.

Misteaching

VB misinform, misteach, misdescribe, misinstruct, miscorrect, misdirect, misguide, pervert, put on a false scent, throw off the scent, throw off the trail, deceive, mislead, misrepresent, lie, ambiguas in vulgum spargere voces, propagandize, disinform, render unintelligible, bewilder, mystify, unteach, propagandist.