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| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; play joke on |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, catch*, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fake, flimflam*, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hoodwink, mislead, outwit, rook*, screw*, set up*, swindle, take in*, throw, trap, victimize, disinform, double deal, impose upon, jive*, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, take for a ride |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | 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: | misled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | misguided |
| Synonyms: | deceived, deluded, fooled, mistaken, tricked, wronged |
| 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: | bewitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay*, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = 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: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | beat, bilk, chisel, cozen, deceive, defraud, gyp, overreach, swindle, take, trick, use, ream |
| Antonyms: | aid, help |
| 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: | circumvent |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool, mislead |
| Synonyms: | avoid, beat, beguile, bilk, bypass, cramp, crimp, deceive, detour, disappoint, dodge, dupe, elude, ensnare, entrap, escape, evade, foil, frustrate, hoodwink, outflank, outwit, overreach, prevent, queer, ruin, shun, sidestep, skirt, stave off, stump, stymie, thwart, trick, circumnavigate, get around, steer clear of, ward off |
| Notes: | circumnavigate means to proceed completely around while circumvent means to avoid or try to avoid fulfilling, answering, or performing duties, questions, or issues |
| Antonyms: | aid, allow, assist, help, permit |
| 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: | corner |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | trap |
| Synonyms: | bottle, capture, catch, collar*, fool, nab, put out, seize, tree, trick, trouble, bring to bay, get on ropes, have up a tree, mousetrap |
| Antonyms: | allow, release, let go |
* = 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: | 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: | 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: | dodge |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | avoid |
| Synonyms: | dark, deceive, ditch, duck, elude, equivocate, escape, evade, fence, fend off, fudge*, hedge, lurch, malinger, parry, pussyfoot*, shake, shake off*, shift, shirk, shuffle, sidestep, skirt, slide, slip, swerve, tergiversate, trick, weasel*, circumlocute, get around, get out of, give the slip, juke, move to the side, put the move on, short-circuit, skip out on, tergiverse, turn aside |
| Antonyms: | confront, encounter, face, meet, stand up to |
* = 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
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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