Topic Thesaurus
Roget's Thesaurus

Wrong

Nouns
  • wrong
  • what ought not to be, what should not be
  • unreasonableness, grievance
  • shame. injustice
  • tort [Law]
  • unfairness etc. adj.
  • iniquity, foul play. partiality, leaning, bias
  • favor, favoritism
  • nepotism, party spirit, partisanship
  • bigotry. undueness etc. [Absence of right.] Undueness
  • wrongdoing (vice) Vice
  • unlawfulness etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality. robbing Peter to pay Paul etc. v.
  • the wolf and the lamb
  • vice etc. Vice. a custom more honored in the breach than the a custom more honored in the breach than the observance" [Hamlet].
Verbs
  • be wrong etc. adj.
  • cry to heaven for vengeance. do wrong etc. n.
  • be inequitable etc. adj.
  • favor, lean towards
  • encroach upon, impose upon
  • reap where one has not sown
  • give an inch and take an ell, give an inch and take an mile
  • rob Peter to pay Paul.
Adjectives
  • wrong, wrongful
  • bad, too bad
  • unjust, unfair
  • inequitable, unequitable
  • unequal, partial, one-sided
  • injurious, tortious [Law]. objectionable
  • unreasonable, unallowable, unwarrantable, unjustifiable
  • improper, unfit
  • unjustified etc. [Absence of right.] Undueness
  • illegal etc. [Absence or violation of law.] Illegality
  • iniquitous
  • immoral etc. Vice. in the wrong, in the wrong box.
Adverbs
  • wrongly etc. adj..
Phrases
  • it will not do.