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conned - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | con |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, defraud |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, bilk, cajole, cheat, coax, double-cross, dupe, flimflam*, fool, hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle*, humbug, inveigle, mislead, rip off*, rook, swindle, trick, wheedle, chicane, sweet-talk |
| Antonyms: | be forthright, be honest |
* = 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: | cheated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defrauded |
| Synonyms: | burned*, deceived, bamboozled, beguiled, bilked, conned, duped, finessed, gypped, hoodwinked, overcharged, ripped off, scammed, swindled, taken in, tricked, victimized |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | led astray |
| Synonyms: | fooled, taken, trapped, baited, bamboozled, betrayed, conned, culled, duped, gulled, had, hoaxed, hoodwinked, lured, played, snared, victimized |
| Antonyms: | informed, trusted |
| 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: | bilk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do*, fleece*, flimflam*, foil, frustrate, gyp*, overreach, rook*, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick |
| Antonyms: | give, give away |
* = 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: | boast |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | brag |
| Synonyms: | advertise, aggrandize, attract attention, blow, blow one's own horn, blow smoke, bluster, bully, cock-a-doodle-doo, con, congratulate oneself, crow, exaggerate, exult, fake, flatter oneself, flaunt, flourish, gasconade, give a good account of oneself, gloat, glory, grandstand*, hug oneself, jive*, lay on thick, prate, preen, psych, puff*, shoot*, shovel*, show off, showboat, shuck*, sling*, sound off, strut, swagger, talk big, triumph, vapor* |
| Antonyms: | be modest, deprecate |
* = 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: | coax |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | persuade |
| Synonyms: | allure, barter, beguile, blandish, blarney, butter up*, cajole, come on, con, decoy, entice, flatter, get, hook, importune, induce, influence, inveigle, lure, pester, plague, press, soothe, tease, tempt, urge, wangle, wheedle, argue into, arm-twist, jawbone, prevail upon, rope in, soft-soap, sweet-talk, talk into, work on, worm |
| Antonyms: | allow, not care |
* = 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: | 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: | distort |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deform; falsify |
| Synonyms: | alter, angle, belie, bend, bias, buckle, change, collapse, color, con, contort, crush, curve, deceive, decline, deteriorate, deviate, disfigure, doctor*, fake, fudge*, garble, knot, lie, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, pervert, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, twist, warp, whitewash*, wind, wrench, writhe, gnarl, make out like, misshape, phony up, put one on, trump up |
| Antonyms: | beautify, straight, shape nicely |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | beat, bilk, con, cozen, deceive, defraud, dupe, fleece*, flimflam*, gyp*, hoax, overreach, swindle, trick, chouse, take for a ride |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | do out of |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | balk, bilk, con, deceive, deprive, steal, swindle, trick, beat out of |
| Main Entry: | double-cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to deceive or betray someone |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, dupe, hoodwink*, humbug*, juggle, mislead, scam, sell, sell out*, sell out, split, stab in the back, swindle, take in, trick, two-time*, two-time, double deal, four-flush, illude, sell down the river |
| Antonyms: | be open, tell truth |
* = 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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