[{"word":"misnomers","phonetics":[],"meanings":[{"partOfSpeech":"noun","definitions":[{"definition":"A use of a term that is misleading; a misname.","synonyms":["misname"],"antonyms":[],"example":"Calling it a driveway is a bit of a misnomer, since you don't drive on it, you park on it."},{"definition":"A term that is misleading.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"Chinese checkers is a misnomer since the game has nothing to do with China."},{"definition":"A term whose sense in common usage conflicts with a technical sense.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]},{"definition":"Something asserted not to be true; a myth or mistaken belief","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[],"example":"It's a misnomer that engineers can't write."}],"synonyms":["misname"],"antonyms":["aptronym"]},{"partOfSpeech":"verb","definitions":[{"definition":"To use a misleading term; to misname.","synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"synonyms":[],"antonyms":[]}],"license":{"name":"CC BY-SA 3.0","url":"https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-sa/3.0"},"sourceUrls":["https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misnomer","https://en.wiktionary.org/wiki/misnomers"]}]