Mistake and Reason

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Mistake noun - A wrong judgment.

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Reason is an antonym for mistake.

Nearby Words: mistaken, mistakenly, mistaking

Reason noun - A statement given to explain a belief or act.

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Mistake is an antonym for reason in mental analysis topic.

clear	clear mistake	clear reason
exact	exact mistake	exact reason
particular	particular mistake	particular reason
similar	similar mistake	similar reason
Other adjectives: common, original, single, likely, obvious, simple, stupid, actual, real, big, huge, little, key, major, silly, possible, apparent, opposite, biggest.

mind	mistake mind	reason mind
character	mistake character	reason character
man	mistake man	reason man
people	mistake people	reason people
Other words: name, time, way, characters, nothing, player, conflicts.

Alternate Character Reading: The reason why some people are led to mistake "Harima Kenji" for "Harry McKenzie" - their names use the exact same characters, but are pronounced differently.

Source: Manga / School Rumble
The reason the Electric Monk looks exactly like a Caucasian human is so that no-one could possibly mistake it for a real person.

Source: Literature / Dirk Gently's Holistic Detective Agency
The reason for this mistake is that so few of Hakinowa's students actually voted.

Source: Manga / Medaka Box

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Reason and Mistake. (2016). Retrieved 2026, July 21, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/mistake/reason

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