| 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*, impose on, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, play for a sucker, rook, rope in, scam, seduce, shave, snow*, stick*, string along, suck in, take, take in, trick |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
Antonyms: |
be honest |
| 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, gnarl, knot, lie, make out like, mangle, melt, misconstrue, misinterpret, misrepresent, misshape, pervert, phony up, put one on, sag, scam*, slant, slump, snow*, torture, trump up, twist, warp, whitewash, wind, wrench, writhe |
Antonyms: |
beautify, shape nicely, straight |
| Main Entry: | double-cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to deceive or betray someone |
Synonyms: |
beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, double deal, dupe, four-flush, hoodwink*, humbug, illude, juggle, mislead, scam, sell, sell down the river, sell out, sell out, split, stab in the back, swindle, take in, trick, two-time, two-time |
Antonyms: |
be open, tell truth |
| Main Entry: | engineer |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | devise; bring about |
Synonyms: |
angle, arrange, cause, come up with, con, conceive, concoct, contrive, control, cook*, create, direct, doctor, effect, encompass, finagle, jockey, machinate, manage, maneuver, manipulate, negotiate, operate, organize, originate, plan, plant, play games, plot, pull strings, pull wires, put one on, put one over, put over, put through, rig, scam, scheme, set up, superintend, supervise, swing, upstage, wangle, work |
| Main Entry: | exaggerate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | overstate, embellish |
Synonyms: |
amplify, blow out of proportion, boast, boost, brag, build up, caricature, color, cook up, corrupt, distort, embroider, emphasize, enlarge, exalt, expand, fabricate, falsify, fudge, go to extremes, heighten, hike, hyperbolize, inflate, intensify, lay it on thick, lie, loud talk, magnify, make too much of, misquote, misreport, misrepresent, overdo, overdraw, overemphasize, overestimate, pad, pretty up, puff, put on, pyramid, romance, romanticize, scam, stretch, up* |
Antonyms: |
depreciate, minimize, play down, reduce, understate |
| Main Entry: | flimflam |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, swindle |
Synonyms: |
bilk, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, defraud, diddle, dupe*, fleece, fool, gip, gull, gyp, hose, pull a fast one, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, shaft, steal, take for a ride, trick |
| 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: | gyp |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | rip-off |
Synonyms: |
bamboozle, bilk, cheat, deceive, defraud, dupe, fleece, flimflam, gip, gull, hoodwink, hustle*, pull something, rook, scam, stick*, swindle, take for a ride, trick |
Antonyms: |
be fair, give, offer |