| Main Entry: | avoid |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | refrain or stay away from; prevent |
Synonyms: |
abstain, avert, bypass, circumlocute, circumvent, deflect, desist, ditch, divert, dodge, duck, elude, escape, eschew, evade, fake out, fend off, flee, give the slip, hide, hold off, jump, keep clear, lay low, obviate, recoil, run for cover, shake, shake and bake, shake off, shirk, shrink from, shuffle off, shun, shy, sidestep, skip out on, skip town, skip*, skirt, stay away, stay out, steer clear of, step aside, turn aside, ward off, weave, withdraw |
| Notes: | avert means 'prevent, turn away' and avoid means 'stay clear of, shun' |
Antonyms: |
face, meet, seek, want |
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
affect, beguile, betray, bunco, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake out, fake*, feign, fool, humbug, illude, jive, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out, put on*, sham*, shuck, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick |
Antonyms: |
come clean, reveal, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | fool |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trick, mislead |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, bluff, cheat, chicane, con, deceive, delude, diddle, dupe, fake out, flimflam, fox*, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, jive, juke, kid, lead on, make believe, outfox, play a trick on, play-act, pretend, put on, put one over on, scam*, snow*, spoof, suck in, take in*, trifle |
| 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* |
| Main Entry: | outdo |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | better, overcome |
Synonyms: |
beat, best, blow out of water, bulldoze, bury*, cook*, cream*, defeat, do in, down*, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, go one better, leave behind, lick*, outclass, outdistance, outfox, outgun, outjockey, outmaneuver, outrival, outshine, outsmart, outstrip, pull a fast one, shake off, shoot ahead, snow*, surpass, top, transcend, trash* |
Antonyms: |
fail, lose |
| Main Entry: | outwit/outsmart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the better of; figure out before another |
Synonyms: |
baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end-run, fake out, finagle, fox*, goose, gull, have*, hoax, hoodwink, lead astray, make a fool of, make a monkey of, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outthink, overreach, pull a fast one on, put one over on, run circles around, swindle, take in*, top*, trick, worst* |
| Main Entry: | pretend |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fake, falsify |
Synonyms: |
act, affect, allege, assume, be deceitful, be hypocritical, beguile, bluff, cheat, claim, claim falsely, counterfeit, cozen, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, dupe, fake out, feign, fish*, fool, fudge, hoodwink*, impersonate, jazz, jive, lay claim, let on, make out, malinger, masquerade, mislead, pass off, pass oneself off as, profess, purport, put on*, put up a front, sham*, shuck and jive, simulate, stonewall, sucker, whitewash |
Antonyms: |
tell truth |
| Main Entry: | top |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | surpass |
Synonyms: |
bash, be first, beat, best, better, blow away, clobber, eclipse, exceed, excel, fake out, finagle, fox*, go beyond, goose, outdo, outfox, outshine, outstrip, overrun, run circles around, shut out, total*, transcend |
Antonyms: |
fall behind, lose |
| Main Entry: | outwit |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
Synonyms: |
baffle, bamboozle, beat, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end run, fake out, figure out, finagle, fox, goose, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hoodwink, jip, juke, lead astray, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outsmart, outthink, overreach, swindle, take in, top, trick, worst |
| Main Entry: | outsmart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | outwit |
Synonyms: |
baffle, bamboozle, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe*, end run, fake out, figure out*, finagle, fox, goose, gull, gyp, have, hoax, hoodwink, jip, juke, lead astray, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outthink, overreach, swindle, take in, top, trick, worst |