See more synonyms on Thesaurus.com. 2. fealty, devotion, constancy. Loyalty, allegiance, fidelity all imply a sense of duty or of devoted attachment to something or someone. Loyalty connotes sentiment and the feeling of devotion that one holds for one's country, creed, family, friends, etc. Allegiance applies particularly to a citizen's duty to his or her country, or, by extension, one's obligation to support a party, cause, leader, etc.
A misnomer is a word or term that suggests a meaning that is known to be wrong.
Word forms: 3rd person singular present tense misunderstands , present participle misunderstanding , past tense , past participle misunderstood. 1. verb. If you misunderstand someone or something, you do not understand them properly. They have simply misunderstood what rock and roll is.