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Synonyms for mis leading
adj deceptive, confusing

ambiguous
inaccurate
deceitful
wrong
evasive
puzzling
disingenuous

perplexing
catchy
delusive
fallacious
specious
spurious
tricky

delusory
false
beguiling
deceiving
confounding
distracting
bewildering

deluding
casuistical
demagogic
sophistical

Antonyms for mis leading

honest
truthful
frank

sincere
accurate
correct

right
straight

Synonyms
verb give someone the wrong idea, information

fool
lie
misinform
entice
cheat
hoodwink
dupe
betray
deceive
tempt
misrepresent
fudge
defraud

delude
pervert
bait
ensnare
inveigle
hoax
beguile
enmesh
scam
seduce
bunk
gull
snow

outwit
juggle
cozen
victimize
lure
hose
overreach
bluff
entangle
shaft
rook
bilk
trick

double-cross
put on
rip off
take in
misguide
misdirect
illude
lead astray
lead on
pull wool over eyes
rope in

Antonyms

disgust
exclude
counsel
guard

protect
repulse
turn off
support

disenchant
advise
lead
be honest

Synonyms
adj fake, simulated

spurious
phony
fraudulent
fictitious
bogus
forged
brummagem
plant
affected
bent
put-on

assumed
queer
pseudo
pretended
framed
wrong
feigned
crock
imitation
misleading
ersatz

pirate
mock
sham
deceptive
delusive
delusory
fishy
pretentious
snide
suppositious
two-faced

false
copied
faked
Hollywood
not genuine
not kosher
soft shell
won’t fly

Antonyms

factual
real
valid
honest

truthful
authentic
sincere
OK

actual
genuine
true

Synonyms
adj dishonest, insincere

duplicitous
disingenuous
hypocritical
artful
fraudulent
misleading
untruthful
deceptive
untrustworthy
underhanded
astute
clandestine

counterfeit
crafty
cunning
delusive
designing
double-dealing
fallacious
feline
foxy
furtive
illusory
indirect

insidious
knavish
lying
mendacious
rascal
roguish
shifty
slick
sly
sneaky
stealthy
subtle

treacherous
tricky
two-faced
underhand
wily
delusory
guileful
false
astucious
beguiling
deceiving
impostrous

Antonyms

real
valid
honest
reliable
truthful
frank
ingenuous

naive
sincere
authentic
forthright
loyal
trustworthy
actual

genuine
just
upright
open
faithful

Synonyms
adj dishonest

tricky
ambiguous
underhanded
deceitful
sneaky
slick
fraudulent
misleading
subtle
unreliable
disingenuous
bum
catchy

crafty
cunning
delusive
designing
fake
fallacious
fishy
foxy
illusory
indirect
insidious
lying
mock

oblique
off
phony
plausible
rascal
roguish
scheming
seeming
serpentine
shifty
slippery
sly
snide

specious
spurious
treacherous
two-faced
underhand
wily
delusory
false
astucious
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
imposturous

Antonyms

aboveboard
frank
honest
real
valid

reliable
truthful
sincere
trustworthy
forthright

genuine
true
open
upright

Synonyms
adj deceptive

apparent
chimerical
fallacious
fanciful
fantastic

illusive
illusory
imaginary
misleading
ostensible

quixotic
seeming
specious
spurious
visionary

false
beguiling
deceiving
deluding

Antonyms

factual
honest

real
truthful

actual
certain

Synonyms
adj crooked; indirect

circuitous
misleading
ambiguous
bending
confusing
deviating
errant

erratic
excursive
obscure
out-of-the-way
rambling
remote
removed

roundabout
serpentine
straying
tortuous
wandering
curving
diverting

flexuous
confounding
detouring
digressing
digressory
twisting

Antonyms

artless
frank
honest

trustworthy
truthful
open

straightforward
direct
straight

Synonyms
adj lying, untruthful

deceptive
unscrupulous
deceitful
sneaky
crooked
shady
unfair
unprincipled
fraudulent
misleading
corrupt

untrustworthy
underhanded
backbiting
bent
cheating
crafty
cunning
designing
disreputable
double-dealing
elusive

mendacious
perfidious
recreant
shifty
sinister
slippery
traitorous
treacherous
tricky
two-faced
two-timing

unctuous
villainous
wily
guileful
sneaking
false
bluffing
deceiving
double-crossing
hoodwinking
swindling

Antonyms

forthright
frank
honest
truthful
ethical
moral
principled
trustworthy

aboveboard
honorable
real
valid
reliable
scrupulous
open
upright

good
faithful
straight
fair
just
genuine

Synonyms
adj evasive, mysterious

tricky
ambiguous
volatile
fleeting
puzzling
illusory
slippery
subtle
incomprehensible

baffling
cagey
deceitful
deceptive
equivocal
evanescent
fallacious
fraudulent
fugitive

greasy
insubstantial
intangible
misleading
occult
phantom
shifty
shy
transient

transitory
fugacious
imponderable
indefinable
difficult to catch
elusory
stonewalling
unspecific

Antonyms

honest
stable
intelligible
confronting

enticing
inviting
definite
understandable

attracting
encountering
facing

Synonyms
adj doubtful, uncertain

ambiguous
muddled
unclear
puzzling
dubious
evasive
vague
ambivalent
borderline

disreputable
fishy
fuzzy
hazy
indefinite
indeterminate
indistinct
misleading
oblique

obscure
open
problematic
questionable
suspect
suspicious
tenebrous
undecided
unintelligible

clouded
amphibological
clear as mud
muzzy
unexplicit
with mixed feelings

Antonyms

determined
obvious
unequivocal

unquestionable
clear
definite

certain
sure
plain

Synonyms
adj deceitful, tricky

ambiguous
unclear
deceptive
misleading
cagey
vague
cunning

devious
elusive
fugitive
greasy
indirect
intangible
lying

oblique
shifty
slippery
sly
false
casuistic
casuistical

dissembling
elusory
equivocating
prevaricating
shuffling
sophistical
stonewalling

Antonyms

honest
truthful
forthright

clear
definite
direct

ready
straight
straightforward

Synonyms
adj false, wrong

deceptive
delusive
erroneous
fictitious
fishy
fraudulent
illogical
illusory

incorrect
invalid
irrational
mad
misleading
mistaken
off
phony

spurious
unfounded
unreal
unreasonable
unsound
untrue
delusory
sophistic

unreasoned
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
reasonless
sophistical
ungrounded
way off

Antonyms

real
truthful

correct
true

Synonyms
adj wrong, made up

fake
untrue
distorted
mistaken
improper
erroneous
fanciful
untruthful
incorrect
deceitful
invalid
fictitious

bogus
misleading
faulty
inaccurate
spurious
phony
specious
unfounded
dishonest
fraudulent
unreal
apocryphal

delusive
ersatz
fallacious
fishy
illusive
imaginary
inexact
lying
mendacious
sham
trumped up
unsound

counterfactual
beguiling
casuistic
concocted
contrary to fact
cooked-up
deceiving
misrepresentative
off the mark
sophistical

Antonyms

real
truthful
honest
moral
valid
sincere
frank
trustworthy
authentic

factual
known
reliable
genuine
true
faithful
correct
fair
right

sound
open
proven
accurate
actual
precise
substantiated
just
straight

Synonyms
adj dishonest, hypocritical

misleading
deceptive
malicious
deceitful
apostate
base
canting
corrupt
crooked
delusive
devious

dishonorable
disloyal
double-dealing
duplicitous
faithless
foul
lying
malevolent
mean
perfidious
recreant

renegade
traitorous
treacherous
two-faced
underhanded
unfaithful
unscrupulous
untrustworthy
venal
villainous
wicked

perjured
treasonable
beguiling
deceiving
deluding
falsehearted
forsworn
mythomaniac
rascally
scoundrelly

Antonyms

honest
truthful
frank
factual
known
real
valid

reliable
open
upright
accurate
actual
correct
genuine

precise
right
substantiated
true
just
straight

Synonyms
adj strange, different; imaginary

insane
imaginative
unbelievable
singular
incredible
ludicrous
grotesque
crazy
unreal
preposterous
outlandish
ridiculous

fanciful
absurd
implausible
weird
odd
exotic
artificial
capricious
chimerical
comical
eccentric
erratic

extravagant
extreme
far-fetched
foolish
foreign
freakish
illusive
irrational
mad
misleading
nonsensical
out of sight

peculiar
quaint
queer
unlikely
wacky
whimsical
fictional
hallucinatory
suppositious
phantasmagorical

Antonyms

rational
sane
unimaginative
believable
credible
plausible
real
usual
logical
sensible

commonplace
customary
tiny
unpleasant
balanced
reasonable
normal
ordinary
regular
realistic

familiar
serious
common
conventional
plain
little
small
bad
poor

Synonyms
adj untrue, made-up

mythical
spurious
apocryphal
fictional
phony
misleading
fanciful
bogus
make-believe
imaginary
counterfeit
sham

artificial
assumed
chimerical
deceptive
delusive
dishonest
ersatz
factitious
fake
fantastic
fashioned
feigned

illusory
imagined
improvised
made
mock
queer
romantic
simulated
synthetic
unreal
delusory
fictive

invented
suppositious
supposititious
false
fabricated
concocted
cooked-up
created
faked
figmental
hyped up
trumped-up

Antonyms

factual
real
honest
truthful
authentic

sincere
confirmed
genuine
true
actual

certain
proven
sure

Synonyms
adj deceptive, false

apparent
chimerical
deceitful
delusive
fake
fallacious
fanciful

fantastic
fictitious
ideal
imaginary
misleading
mistaken
ostensible

pseudo
seeming
sham
unreal
untrue
visionary
whimsical

delusory
fictional
fictive
hallucinatory
suppositious
blue-sky
semblant

Antonyms

factual
real

certain
sure

true

Synonyms
adj dishonest

misleading
double-dealing
wrong
two-timing
deceitful
deceptive
delusive
mendacious

perfidious
shifty
treacherous
tricky
two-faced
unreliable
untruthful
delusory

guileful
dissembling
dissimulating
fibbing
misstating
equivocating
misrepresenting
inventing

falsifying
prevaricating
double-crossing
false
committing perjury

Antonyms

honest

frank

direct

Synonyms
adj gaudy, flashy

blatant
bogus
brazen
chintzy
counterfeit
garish

glaring
insincere
loud
misleading
ornate
phony

plastic
sham
showy
spurious
superficial
tawdry

trashy
put-on
tinsel

Antonyms

real
genuine

undecorated
unembellished

Synonyms
adj treacherous

deceitful
deceptive
double-dealing
faithless
insidious
misleading

recreant
shifty
slick
snake in the grass
traitorous
two-faced

two-timing
undependable
unfaithful
unreliable
untrustworthy
false

betraying
double-crossing
unloyal

Synonyms
adj confusing

ambiguous
mystifying
perplexing
surprising
inexplicable
baffling

unclear
unfathomable
obscure
incomprehensible
difficult
involved

misleading
abstruse
enigmatic
hard
knotty
labyrinthine

unaccountable
bewildering
beyond one

Antonyms

explicit
explainable
explicable

intelligible
comprehensible
fathomable

clear
comprehendible
understandable

Synonyms
adj artificial, counterfeit

fraudulent
fictitious
phony
bogus
fake
dummy
affected

ersatz
mock
assumed
plaster
pretend
pseudo
misleading

pretended
synthetic
feigned
imitation
simulated
make-believe
forged

adulterated
lying
substitute
so-called
spurious
untrue
false

Antonyms

authentic
real
sincere

truthful
honest
genuine

true
natural

Synonyms
adj complicated

tricky
indirect
convoluted

ambiguous
cunning
deceptive

devious
involved
misleading

perverse
roundabout
involute

Antonyms

uncomplicated
uninvolved
straightforward

direct
straight
untwisted

easy

Synonyms
adj dishonest, disloyal

tricky
unreliable
slippery
catchy
deceitful
deceptive
double-dealing
duplicitous

faithless
fly-by-night
insidious
misleading
perfidious
recreant
shifty
slick

snake in the grass
traitorous
two-faced
two-timing
undependable
unfaithful
untrue
untrustworthy

false-hearted
treasonable
false
betraying
double-crossing
unloyal

Antonyms

honest
reliable
forthright

loyal
harmless
true

untreacherous

Synonyms
adj dangerous

tricky
ominous
hazardous
unsafe
precarious
unreliable
icy

slippery
ticklish
unstable
risky
perilous
difficult
alarming

chancy
deceptive
faulty
hairy
insecure
menacing
misleading

shaky
undependable
unhealthy
unsound
wicked
jeopardous
dissembled

Antonyms

uncomplicated
honest
protected
stable
reliable
friendly
forthright

loyal
harmless
easy
certain
safe
secure
definite

strong
sure
straightforward
true
untreacherous

Synonyms
adj deceptive, sly

slippery
shifty
treacherous
smooth
subtle
artful
astute
cagey
catchy

clever
crafty
cunning
deceitful
deep
delusive
devious
dishonest
foxy

greasy
insidious
intelligent
keen
misleading
scheming
shady
sharp
shrewd

slick
wily
wry
delusory
guileful
streetwise
witted

Antonyms

forthright
honest

uncomplicated
aboveboard

frank
easy

Synonyms
adj made up

bogus
deceitful
dishonest
fake
falsified
fictitious
fishy

framed
fraudulent
imaginary
incorrect
invalid
lying
misleading

phony
sham
unfounded
unsound
untrue
invented
false

concocted
cooked up
cooked-up
devised
fabricated
made up

Synonyms
adj deceitful

artful
crafty
cunning
deceptive
dishonest
double-dealing

foxy
fraudulent
hypocritical
insincere
knavish
lying

misleading
shifty
sly
sneaky
tricky
underhanded

untruthful
guileful
backstabbing
beguiling
deceiving

Synonyms
adj not based on fact

baseless
unwarranted
untrue
illogical
gratuitous
spurious
untruthful

unjustified
groundless
unsubstantiated
misleading
deceptive
bottomless
fallacious

idle
mendacious
trumped up
uncalled-for
unreal
vain
false

fabricated
unproven
foundationless
off-base
without basis
without foundation

Antonyms

warranted
honest
real
truthful
founded

called-for
reasonable
true
correct
genuine

right
justified
proven
substantiated
supported

Synonyms
adj fake, make-believe; hypothetical

unbelievable
immaterial
illusory
fanciful
hallucinatory
unsubstantial
artificial
insubstantial
aerial
chimerical
delusive

fabled
fabulous
fictitious
ideal
imaginary
imagined
impalpable
insincere
intangible
legendary
misleading

mock
mythical
nebulous
nonexistent
ostensible
pretended
romantic
seeming
sham
theoretical
visionary

fictive
invented
notional
phantasmagoric
suppositious
supposititious
false
dreamlike
figmental
reachy
storybook

Antonyms

real

authentic

genuine

Synonyms
adj dishonest

incorrect
erroneous
inaccurate
unsound
spurious
apocryphal
distorted
mistaken
fictitious
specious
wrong
misleading

untruthful
deceptive
unfaithful
cheating
deceitful
delusive
deviant
disloyal
faithless
fallacious
hollow
inconstant

inexact
lying
meretricious
off
perfidious
recreant
sham
traitorous
treacherous
two-faced
untrustworthy
wide

counterfactual
perjured
false
dissembling
forsworn
imprecise
out of line
prevaricating
unloyal

Antonyms

valid
factual
real
honest
truthful
authentic

correct
right
true
accurate
actual
genuine

precise
just
straight
sound
faithful

Synonyms
adj dishonest

deceptive
deceitful
fraudulent
misleading
untrustworthy
cheating

corrupt
crooked
disreputable
double-dealing
lying
shady

shifty
sneaky
tricky
two-faced
two-timing
underhanded

sneaking
false
bluffing
deceiving
double-crossing

Antonyms

frank
honest
truthful
trustworthy

real
valid
reliable
open

upright
faithful
genuine

Synonyms
adj futile, useless

fruitless
petty
trivial
frivolous
abortive
barren
bootless
delusive
empty
hollow

idle
insignificant
misleading
nugatory
otiose
paltry
pointless
puny
senseless
shuck

slight
sterile
trifling
unavailing
unimportant
unproductive
unprofitable
valueless
void
worthless

delusory
inefficacious
going nowhere
in vicious circle
no-win
not a prayer
on a treadmill
profitless
time-wasting
unnotable

Antonyms

useful
consequential
possible

important
significant
modest

shy

Synonyms
adj deceptive

hallucinatory
whimsical
unreal
misleading
apparent
chimerical
deceitful
delusive

fallacious
fanciful
fantastic
fictitious
float
ideal
illusive
imaginary

mistaken
ostensible
pipe dream
seeming
sham
untrue
visionary
delusory

fictional
fictive
suppositious
supposititious
false
Barmecidal
blue sky
semblant

Antonyms

real
honest

truthful
genuine

Synonyms
adj deceptive

apparent
chimerical
deceitful
delusive

fake
illusory
imaginary
misleading

mocking
seeming
sham
false

unread

Antonyms

real

Synonyms
adj deceptive

chimeric
chimerical
deceitful

delusive
fallacious
illusive

illusory
imaginary
misleading

deceiving
deluding
false

Synonyms
adj illusive

fantastic
illusory
fanciful
apparent
chimeric
chimerical

deceitful
delusive
delusory
fake
fallacious
fictional

fictitious
fictive
ideal
imaginary
misleading
mistaken

ostensible
phantasm
phantasmagoric
phantasmal
dreamlike
blue-sky

Antonyms

real

ordinary

Synonyms
adj fictitious

made-up
assumed
fictional
unreal
fanciful
simulated
imaginary
imagined
made
improvised
queer
misleading
feigned

fashioned
fake
sham
mock
counterfeit
apocryphal
artificial
bogus
chimerical
deceptive
delusive
delusory
dishonest

ersatz
factitious
fantastic
fantastical
fictive
illusory
make-believe
mythical
phony
romantic
spurious
suppositious
supposititious

synthetic
created
fabricated
concocted
faked
cooked-up
false
figmental
hyped up
trumped-up

Antonyms

real
truthful

true
genuine

Synonyms
adj perjurious

misleading
lying

deceptive
forsworn

equivocating
bearing false witness

commiting perjury
swearing falsely

Antonyms

honest

Synonyms
adj lying under oath

deceitful
deceptive
delusive
delusory
double-dealing
guileful
mendacious
misleading

perfidious
perjured
shifty
treacherous
tricky
two-faced
two-timing
unreliable

untruthful
wrong
committing perjury
dissembling
dissimulating
double-crossing
equivocating
false

falsifying
fibbing
forsworn
inventing
misrepresenting
misstating
prevaricating

Synonyms
adj illusive

apparent
chimeric
chimerical
deceitful
delusive
delusory
fake
fallacious
fanciful

fantastic
fictional
fictitious
fictive
hallucinatory
ideal
illusory
imaginary
misleading

mistaken
ostensible
phantasmal
phantasmic
pseudo
seeming
sham
suppositious
unreal

untrue
visionary
whimsical
blue-sky
dreamlike
semblant

Synonyms
adj illusive

apparent
chimeric
chimerical
deceitful
delusive
delusory
fake
fallacious
fanciful

fantastic
fictional
fictitious
fictive
hallucinatory
ideal
illusory
imaginary
misleading

mistaken
ostensible
phantasmagoric
phantasmic
pseudo
seeming
sham
suppositious
unreal

untrue
visionary
whimsical
blue-sky
dreamlike
semblant

Synonyms
adj illusive

apparent
chimeric
chimerical
deceitful
delusive
delusory
fake
fallacious
fanciful

fantastic
fictional
fictitious
fictive
hallucinatory
ideal
illusory
imaginary
misleading

mistaken
ostensible
phantasmagoric
phantasmal
pseudo
seeming
sham
suppositious
unreal

untrue
visionary
whimsical
blue-sky
dreamlike
semblant

Synonyms
adj fallacious

deceptive
delusive
delusory
erroneous
fictitious
fishy
fraudulent
illogical
illusory

incorrect
invalid
irrational
mad
misleading
mistaken
off
phony
specious

spurious
unfounded
unreal
unreasonable
unreasoned
unsound
untrue
beguiling
deceiving

deluding
false
reasonless
sophistical
ungrounded
way off

Synonyms
adj counterfeit

affected
assumed
bent
bogus
brummagem
crock
deceptive
delusive
delusory
ersatz
fake

feigned
fictitious
fishy
forged
framed
fraudulent
imitation
misleading
mock
phony
pirate

plant
pretended
pretentious
pseudo
put-on
queer
sham
snide
spurious
supposititious
two-faced

wrong
copied
faked
false
Hollywood
not genuine
not kosher
soft shell
won’t fly

Synonyms
adj counterfeit

affected
assumed
bent
bogus
brummagem
crock
deceptive
delusive
delusory
ersatz
fake

feigned
fictitious
fishy
forged
framed
fraudulent
imitation
misleading
mock
phony
pirate

plant
pretended
pretentious
pseudo
put-on
queer
sham
snide
spurious
suppositious
two-faced

wrong
copied
faked
false
Hollywood
not genuine
not kosher
soft shell
won’t fly

Synonyms
adj not true

counterfactual
deceitful
deceptive
delusive
deviant
disloyal
distorted
erroneous
faithless
fallacious
fictitious

hollow
inaccurate
inconstant
incorrect
inexact
lying
meretricious
misleading
mistaken
off
perfidious

perjured
recreant
sham
specious
spurious
traitorous
treacherous
two-faced
unfaithful
unsound
untrue

untrustworthy
untruthful
wide
wrong
dissembling
false
forsworn
imprecise
out of line
prevaricating
unloyal

Synonyms
verb fool

mislead
deceive
entice
seduce
shave
scam
cheat
lure
dupe
exploit

have
manipulate
jockey
snow
take
juggle
betray
play
burn
stick

bluff
gyp
hoodwink
delude
rook
chisel
trick
con
double-cross
finesse

flimflam
string along
take in
impose on
play for a sucker
rope in
suck in

Antonyms

refuse
turn off
disenchant

repulse
give
offer

be honest

Synonyms
verb deceive

mislead
misstate
distort
pervert
hide

disguise
color
warp
twist
conceal

misrepresent
falsify
garble
gloss over
give the lie to

miscolor
trump up

Antonyms

straighten
disclose
divulge
uncover
unmask
attest

prove
expose
lay bare
let out
open
reveal

show
tell
represent
be honest

Synonyms
verb be disloyal

abandon
mislead
forsake
deceive
seduce
jilt
cross
trick
finger
bluff

desert
knife
delude
blow the whistle
break faith
break with
double-cross
let down
sell out
stab in the back

take in
turn in
walk out on
be unfaithful
bite the hand that feeds you
break promise
break trust
commit treason
deliver up
go back on

inform against
inform on
play Judas
play false
sell down the river
turn informer
turn state’s evidence

Antonyms

aid
assist
protect
hide

stay
help
be faithful
be loyal

defend
support
be quiet
keep secret

Synonyms
verb deceive

pretend
delude
fool
lie
humbug
shuck
sham

feign
snow
trick
beguile
mislead
simulate
fake

affect
juggle
counterfeit
betray
defraud
con
double-cross

put on
take in
jive
bunco
fake out
illude
psych out

Antonyms

protect
come clean

support
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb attempt to coax; flatter

wheedle
entice
seduce
tantalize
dupe
deceive
tempt
entrap
delude
crowd
urge
influence
soften

beguile
decoy
snow
jolly
blandish
soap
maneuver
lure
oil
banter
induce
sweet-talk
inveigle

stroke
mislead
bootlick
push
massage
con
brownnose
build up
butter up
soft-soap
apple polish
argue into
get around

get next to
hand a line
lay it on thick
make up to
play up to
rub the right way
spread it on
suck up to
sweeten up
work on
work over

Antonyms

dissuade
disgust
bully

repulse
turn off
disenchant

discourage
force
repel

Synonyms
verb defraud, fool

mislead
fleece
hoodwink
delude
bilk
con
dupe
trick
deceive
victimize
defraud
swindle
trim
scam
ream

crib
cross
beguile
skin
milk
screw
gouge
diddle
snow
shuck
take
cozen
finagle
bamboozle
do

hose
beat
sucker
burn
flimflam
short
two-time
gyp
bleed
shaft
rook
stiff
fudge
chisel
double-cross

rip off
take in
sandbag
caboodle
bunco
do a number on
double-deal
fast talk
give bum steer
jerk around
rope in
take for a ride
take out
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

protect
aid
assist

give
help
lose

offer
fail
be honest

Synonyms
verb deceive, defraud

wheedle
bilk
dupe
hoodwink
bamboozle
swindle

fool
trick
humbug
rook
coax
cheat

inveigle
flimflam
hoax
mislead
cajole
sweet-talk

hornswoggle
double-cross
rip off
chicane

Antonyms

give

be forthright

be honest

Synonyms
verb bewilder someone

unsettle
perturb
puzzle
disconcert
confound
mortify
worry
complicate
amaze
astonish
daze
perplex
bemuse
muddle

frustrate
baffle
fluster
embarrass
trouble
mystify
involve
misinform
befuddle
upset
distract
mislead
demoralize
obscure

bedevil
discomfit
discompose
darken
stump
faze
nonplus
rattle
unhinge
shame
abash
fog
clutter
becloud

discountenance
addle
cloud
mess up
throw off
disorient
fuddle
lead astray
render uncertain
stir up
throw off balance

Antonyms

calm
soothe
explain
comfort
enlighten
facilitate
explicate

aid
assist
organize
order
settle
please
clarify

clear up
expect
illuminate
encourage
help
support
separate

Synonyms
verb bait, entrap

lure
fascinate
seduce
ensnare
entice
tempt
mislead

delude
allure
tout
trap
deceive
toll
wile

inveigle
steer
con
come on
shill
mousetrap
egg one on

ensorcell
lead on
lead up garden path
rope in
suck in

Antonyms

disgust
dissuade
release
disenchant

repulse
turn off
repel
let go

discourage
be honest

Synonyms
verb deceive, fool

mislead
dupe
hoodwink
hoax
outfox
cheat
gull
snow

trick
beguile
betray
bluff
juggle
cozen
con
double-cross

string along
sucker
take in
misguide
jive
caboodle
disinform
do a number on

illude
impose on
lead up garden path
mousetrap
play trick on

Antonyms

be honest

be truthful

Synonyms
verb sadden, dismay; frustrate

dissatisfy
disillusion
dishearten
dumbfound
disconcert
baffle
deceive
fail
hamper
mislead
hinder

thwart
founder
tease
chagrin
balk
vex
dash
disgruntle
foil
abort
torment

embitter
miscarry
circumvent
bungle
delude
leave in the lurch
let down
put out
disenchant
bring to naught
cast down

come to nothing
dash hopes
fall down on
fall flat
fall short of
not show
ruin prospects
stand up

Antonyms

explain
aid
assist
permit
delight

excite
encourage
clear up
help
allow

forward
succeed
make happy
please
satisfy

Synonyms
verb divert attention; confuse

disturb
perplex
bewilder
amuse
divert
mislead
entertain
detract
fluster
trouble

puzzle
confound
discompose
befuddle
abstract
sidetrack
disconcert
madden
agitate
addle

engross
occupy
unbalance
stall
torment
derange
beguile
unhinge
harass
frenzy

mix up
throw off
call away
catch flies
draw away
lead astray
lead away
turn aside

Antonyms

calm
comfort
explain
anger

tire
soothe
clarify
clear up

bore
upset
make happy
help

Synonyms
verb to deceive or betray someone

beguile
betray
bluff
cheat
con
cross
deceive

defraud
dupe
hoodwink
humbug
juggle
mislead
scam

sell
sell out
split
stab in the back
swindle
take in
trick

two-time
double deal
four-flush
illude
sell down the river

Antonyms

be open

tell truth

Synonyms
verb fool someone

baffle
victimize
cheat
swindle
bamboozle
mislead
betray
deceive
hoodwink

defraud
delude
flimflam
hoax
rook
shaft
hornswoggle
outwit
gull

overreach
trick
dust
beguile
circumvent
catch
spoof
kid
cozen

con
double-cross
rip off
chicane
jerk around
pull something
rope in
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

aid
assist
protect

help
support
be honest

be serious

Synonyms
verb trap

entangle
cheat
embroil
mislead
enmesh
entrap
snare

capture
lure
entice
hook
decoy
snag
trick

bag
snarl
inveigle
deceive
catch
net
tangle

come on
bat eyes at
rope in
suck in

Antonyms

disentangle
exclude
liberate
release
disgust

dissuade
free
let go
lose
disenchant

repulse
turn off
uncomplicate

Synonyms
verb mix up, misrepresent

misinterpret
mislead
pervert
doctor
color

misstate
confuse
slant
warp
twist

belie
distort
corrupt
jumble
obscure

mutilate
falsify
misquote
tamper with

Antonyms

straighten
purify
explain
organize

decipher
leave alone
clear up
order

pronounce
represent
translate
unscramble

Synonyms
verb deceive

mislead
bilk
dupe
bamboozle
victimize
defraud
swindle
fool

hoax
fleece
burn
scam
screw
cheat
fake
gull

trick
bluff
gyp
con
hornswoggle
kid
double-cross
take advantage of

buffalo
beat out of
pull a fast one
suck in
take for a ride
take to the cleaners
pull the wool over one’s eyes

Antonyms

protect
give

help
offer

be serious

Synonyms
verb tell an untruth

mislead
promote
misrepresent
deceive
pervert
frame
bull
invent
dupe
beguile
fake
prevaricate

concoct
equivocate
snow
fib
fudge
falsify
victimize
palter
plant
misstate
phony
distort

dissemble
delude
misinform
exaggerate
fabricate
malign
forswear
perjure
dissimulate
con
make believe
put on

string along
soft-soap
misspeak
overdraw
misguide
BS
be untruthful
bear false witness
break promise
go back on
misinstruct
put up a front

Antonyms

destroy
straighten

tell truth
stand

be honest
be upright

Synonyms
verb give wrong information intentionally

mislead
deceive
lie
pervert
signify
misstate

prevaricate
double-talk
put on
put on an act
string along
misguide

misdirect
bait and switch
cover up
disinform
doublespeak
lead astray

mousetrap
put on false front
put up smoke screen
wrong steer

Antonyms

straighten

inform

tell all

Synonyms
verb deceive

belie
defy
betray
fool
dupe

thwart
cheat
challenge
foil
elude

frustrate
mislead
beguile
defeat
disappoint

juggle
delude
double-cross
let down
sell out

Antonyms

aid
assist
abet

praise
exalt
encourage

help
flatter
tell truth

Synonyms
verb get the better of; figure out before another

baffle
bamboozle
beat
bewilder
cap
cheat
circumvent
con
confuse
deceive
defeat

defraud
dupe
finagle
gull
have
hoax
hoodwink
mislead
outdo
outfox
outmaneuver

overreach
swindle
take in
top
trick
worst
outthink
end-run
fake out
fox
goose

lead astray
make a fool of
make a monkey of
outgeneral
outguess
outjockey
pull a fast one on
put one over on
run circles around

Synonyms
verb give false testimony

lie
equivocate
falsify
mislead

trick
forswear
deceive
prevaricate

delude
bear false witness
commit perjury
lie under oath

swear falsely

Antonyms

attest
certify

prove
be honest

Synonyms
verb cheat

bamboozle
beguile
bilk
burn
chisel
con
deceive
defraud
double-cross

dupe
finagle
fleece
flimflam
fudge
hoodwink
hose
mislead
rip off

rook
scam
screw
shaft
sucker
swindle
trick
victimize
bend the rules

caboodle
do a number on
double-deal
hit below the belt
pull something funny
sandbag
stack the cards
stretch the rules

Synonyms
verb fake, falsify

fool
feign
purport
assume
impersonate
bluff
profess
put on
claim
cheat
fish
whitewash

dupe
beguile
allege
counterfeit
fudge
sham
masquerade
sucker
jazz
malinger
dissemble
simulate

affect
hoodwink
delude
cozen
stonewall
mislead
deceive
act
dissimulate
let on
make out
pass off

jive
be deceitful
be hypocritical
claim falsely
fake out
lay claim
pass oneself off as
put up a front
shuck and jive

Antonyms

deny
reveal

tell truth
be honest

Synonyms
verb tempt, ensnare

entice
beguile
persuade
betray
deceive
delude
pull

lure
wheedle
bait
coax
decoy
draw
induce

inveigle
mislead
hook
bribe
entrap
steer
invite

string along
sucker
lead astray
lead on
mousetrap
rope in

Antonyms

dissuade
disgust
reject

release
push
repel

repulse
disenchant
turn off

Synonyms
verb betray

beguile
break faith
bunk
cross
deceive
delude

disappoint
double-cross
fail
give away
mislead
stab in the back

surrender
take in
violate
deliver up
four-flush
give up

play false
rat on
sell down the river

Antonyms

guard

protect

Synonyms
verb trick; pull a hoax

lie
feign
bluff
assume
sucker
create
pretend

invent
act
mislead
imitate
simulate
fake
ape

affect
copy
mock
counterfeit
play possum
put on
do a number

fake it
make like
put up a front
shuck and jive

Antonyms

tell truth

be honest

be original

Synonyms
verb cheat

bamboozle
bilk
deceive
defraud
dupe
finagle

fleece
flimflam
gyp
hose
mislead
rip off

rook
scam
screw
shaft
stiff
swindle

take
trick
double-deal
sandbag

Synonyms
verb deceive, fool

beguile
betray
bilk
bluff
cheat

con
defraud
delude
do
double-cross

dupe
flimflam
gull
hoodwink
lie

mislead
swindle
trick
four-flush
pull wool over eyes

Antonyms

misconceive

misunderstand

Synonyms
verb fool; play joke on

mislead
victimize
cheat
swindle
con
dupe
bamboozle
deceive

hoodwink
defraud
delude
flimflam
rook
screw
gull
hoax

outwit
hocus-pocus
trap
fake
catch
throw
set up
take in

jive
disinform
double deal
impose upon
play for a fool
pull wool over
put one over on
take for a ride

Antonyms

protect
release

help
let go

be honest
be serious

Synonyms
verb be disloyal

mislead
dupe
cheat
burn

trick
betray
deceive
con

defraud
victimize
backstab
double-cross

take advantage of
be dishonest
be disloyal
be unfaithful

Antonyms

protect
aid

help
support

be honest

Synonyms
verb blur

dim
darken

mislead
fog

deceive
protrude

obscure
dull

Antonyms

brighten

lighten

illuminate

Synonyms
verb deceive

deceive
outfox
outmaneuver
cheat
gull
confuse
hoax
have
circumvent
defraud
trick

bewilder
outsmart
top
finagle
bamboozle
beat
baffle
overreach
worst
gyp
hoodwink

swindle
dupe
cap
mislead
defeat
outdo
con
take in
outthink
outgeneral
goose

fox
outguess
end run
fake out
figure out
jip
juke
lead astray
outjockey

Antonyms

enlighten
explain
aid
assist
guard

protect
surrender
abet
clear up
help

support
lose
encourage
give
be honest

Synonyms
verb cheat

fool
mislead
dupe

trick
defraud
deceive

gyp
hoodwink
bamboozle

Antonyms

be honest

Synonyms
verb palm off

cheat
deceive
foist
misinform

mislead
misrepresent
pass off
rip off

rook
scam
stall
swindle

trick
foist off
misguide
offload

Synonyms
verb outwit

outmaneuver
baffle
outfox
deceive
outdo
circumvent
bamboozle
dupe
cheat
gull
confuse

have
defraud
trick
bewilder
top
finagle
beat
overreach
worst
gyp
hoodwink

swindle
hoax
cap
mislead
defeat
con
outthink
take in
outgeneral
goose
fox

outguess
end run
fake out
figure out
jip
juke
lead astray
outjockey

Antonyms

aid
assist
explain
guard

protect
surrender
help
clear up

lose
give
be honest

Synonyms
verb outwit

baffle
bamboozle
beat
bewilder
cap
cheat
circumvent
con
confuse
deceive
defeat

defraud
dupe
finagle
gull
gyp
have
hoax
hoodwink
mislead
outdo
outfox

outmaneuver
outsmart
overreach
swindle
take in
top
trick
worst
end run
fake out
figure out

fox
goose
jip
juke
lead astray
outgeneral
outguess
outjockey