Pulls one leg

Synonyms for pulls one leg
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 for pulls one leg

protect
aid
assist

give
help
lose

offer
fail
be honest

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 cheat; blackmail

extract
wrest
exact
coerce
elicit
wring
gouge
force
soak

fleece
get
pinch
skin
milk
obtain
ice
educe
evince

stick
wrench
clip
demand
sting
squeeze
bully
bleed
secure

hold up
make pay through nose
put screws to
put the arm on
shake down
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

surrender
forfeit
loosen

let go
yield
give

offer
lose
unfasten

Synonyms
verb trick

fool
dupe
fleece
rook
deceive
frame
gull

hoodwink
con
flimflam
sting
bluff
swindle
bamboozle

delude
set up
take in
chicane
murphy
gammon
fake out

play games with
run a game on
take for a ride
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

give

be honest

Synonyms
verb kid, tease

banter
quip
laugh
rag
pun
revel
deride
jest
wisecrack
rib

sport
jape
josh
jolly
frolic
mock
fool
play
roast
taunt

needle
spoof
chaff
ridicule
trick
deceive
fun
gambol
horse around
kid around

put on
jive
make merry
play the clown
play tricks
poke fun
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise

flatter
be serious

Synonyms
verb make contemptuous fun of something or someone

taunt
scoff
lampoon
deride
scorn
mock
humiliate
rag
twit
takeoff
rally
quiz
rib

caricature
jape
josh
jolly
haze
travesty
pooh-pooh
expose
pan
gibe
needle
banter
unmask

deflate
sneer
cartoon
kid
chaff
jeer
mimic
satirize
roast
fleer
ride
parody
laugh at

make fun of
put down
run down
show up
jive
make a fool of
make a game of
make a laughing-stock
poke fun at
rail at
raz
send up
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise

approve
flatter

be serious

Synonyms
verb ridicule

lampoon
spoof
mock
parody
caricature
jeer
ride
needle

josh
haze
cartoon
burlesque
mimic
deride
roast
humiliate

rib
banter
pan
kid
jape
laugh at
make fun of
jive

caricaturize
make a fool of
poke fun at
raz
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

praise

Synonyms
verb ridicule

rag
laugh
deride
jest
takeoff
rally
jolly
rib
caricature
jape
josh
quiz
lampoon
haze

travesty
pan
scorn
humiliate
pooh-pooh
banter
mock
gibe
needle
taunt
expose
unmask
scoff
deflate

scout
sneer
cartoon
kid
chaff
ride
mimic
satirize
roast
fleer
jeer
parody
laugh at
make fun of

put down
run down
show up
jive
make a fool of
make a game of
make a laughing-stock
poke fun at
rail at
raz
send up
pull one’s leg

Antonyms

compliment
praise
admire

build up
laud
commend

flatter
approve
be serious