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| Main Entry: | deluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricked |
| Synonyms: | deceived, fooled, mistaken, betrayed, duped |
| Main Entry: | delude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, fool |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cozen, double-cross, dupe*, gull*, hoax*, hoodwink*, juggle*, mislead, outfox, snow*, string along, sucker, take in, trick, caboodle, disinform, do a number on, illude, impose on, jive*, lead up garden path, misguide, mousetrap, play trick on |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricked |
| Synonyms: | deceived, deluded, misled, bamboozled, conned, duped, flimflammed, hornswoggled, outfoxed, snowed, sucked in |
| Antonyms: | clear, cognizant, unfooled, untricked |
| Main Entry: | mistaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong, incorrect |
| Synonyms: | at fault, confounded, confused, deceived, deluded, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fooled, ill-advised, illogical, inaccurate, inappropriate, misguided, misled, misunderstanding, off base*, unadvised, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, warranted, all wet, barking up wrong tree, confused with, duped, misconstrued, misinformed, misinterpreting, misjudging, off track, tricked, under wrong impression, way off, wide of mark, wrong number, wrongly identified |
| Antonyms: | correct, exact, fair, just, precise, right, sound, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | misguided |
| Synonyms: | deceived, deluded, fooled, mistaken, tricked, wronged |
| Main Entry: | deceived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | led into an erroneous conclusion |
| Synonyms: | deluded, misled, mistaken, misapprehending |
| Main Entry: | bamboozle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; cheat |
| Synonyms: | baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam*, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beguile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam*, gyp*, have, hoodwink*, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, rook*, scam, seduce, shave*, snow*, stick*, string along, take, take in, trick, impose on, play for a sucker, rope in, suck in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be disloyal |
| Synonyms: | abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle*, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back*, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | affect, beguile, betray, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake*, feign, fool, humbug*, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, put on*, sham*, shuck*, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick, bunco, fake out, illude, jive*, psych out |
| Antonyms: | come clean, reveal, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cajole |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attempt to coax; flatter |
| Synonyms: | banter, beguile, blandish, bootlick*, brownnose*, build up, butter up*, con, crowd, deceive, decoy, delude, dupe, entice, entrap, induce, influence, inveigle, jolly, lure, maneuver, massage, mislead, oil*, push, seduce, snow*, soap*, soften, stroke, tantalize, tempt, urge, wheedle, 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, soft-soap, spread it on, suck up to, sweet-talk, sweeten up, work on, work over |
| Antonyms: | bully, force, repel |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | cheat |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | defraud, fool |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, bilk, bleed, bunco, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, cozen, crib, cross, deceive, defraud, delude, diddle*, do a number on, do*, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, fast talk, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge*, give bum steer, gouge, gyp*, hoodwink, hose, jerk around, milk, mislead, pull one's leg, ream, rip off*, rook*, rope in, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, short, shuck, skin, snow, stiff, sucker, swindle, take, take for a ride, take in, take out, trick, trim, two-time, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | counterfeit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | make deceitful imitation |
| Synonyms: | Xerox*, affect, ape, assume, bluff, carbon, cheat, clone, coin, copy, defraud, delude, ditto, do, dupe, fabricate, fake, feign, forge, imitate, impersonate, knock off*, mimic, mint, phony*, pretend, put on*, sham, simulate, act like, circulate bad money, do like, go like, make like, make money, mimeo, phony up, stat |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beguile, betray, bilk, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, outwit, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, swindle, take advantage of, take in, trick, victimize, beat out of, buffalo, cross up, impose upon, lead on, play joke on, pull fast one, suck in, take for, take for ride, take to cleaners |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | decoy |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bait, entrap |
| Synonyms: | allure, come on, con, deceive, delude, ensnare, entice, fascinate, inveigle, lure, mislead, seduce, steer, tempt, toll, tout, trap, wile, egg one on, ensorcell, lead on, lead up garden path, mousetrap, rope in, shill, suck in |
| Main Entry: | defraud |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat, bilk |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, beguile, burn, chouse, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, deceive, delude, do, do number on, do out of*, dupe, embezzle, fleece, flimflam, foil, hoax, jive*, milk*, outwit, pilfer, pull fast one, rip off*, rob, shaft*, shuck*, stick*, sucker into, swindle, take in*, take to the cleaner's, take*, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | contribute, help, repay, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | disappoint |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | sadden, dismay; frustrate |
| Synonyms: | abort, baffle, balk, bungle, chagrin, circumvent, dash, deceive, delude, disconcert, dishearten, disillusion, dissatisfy, dumbfound, embitter, fail, foil, founder, hamper, hinder, leave in the lurch, let down, mislead, put out, tease, thwart, torment, vex, bring to naught, cast down, come to nothing, dash hopes, disenchant, disgruntle, fall down on, fall flat, fall short of, miscarry, not show, ruin prospects, stand up |
| Antonyms: | delight, excite, please, satisfy, make happy |
| Main Entry: | dupe |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool someone |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bamboozle*, beguile, betray, catch, cheat, chicane, circumvent, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dust*, flimflam*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, jerk around, kid, mislead, outwit, overreach, pull one's leg, pull something, rip off*, rook*, rope in, shaft, spoof, swindle, trick, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick, mislead |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, bluff, cheat, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, flimflam*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, kid, make believe, outfox, pretend, put on, scam*, snow*, spoof*, take in*, trifle, chicane, fake out, fox*, jive*, juke, lead on, play a trick on, play-act, put one over on, suck in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | hoax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | Murphy, bamboozle*, bluff, chicane, con, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fleece, flimflam*, fool, frame, gammon, gull, hoodwink*, play games with, pull one's leg, rook*, run a game on, set up*, sting*, swindle, take for a ride, take in* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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