Thesaurus:deceive
THESAURUS | deceive |
English
Synonyms
- counterfeit
- deceive
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- feign
- sham
- put on
Hyponyms
- bamboozle
- beguile
- belirt
- bewile
- chance (Belize)
- cheat
- con
- cozen
- defraud
- delude
- dupe [WS]
- fake out
- flam
- flimflam
- fool [WS]
- get
- gull
- have
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- hustle
- lead on
- lead someone down the garden path
- lie [WS]
- mislead
- pull a fast one
- pull the wool over somebody's eyes
- put one over
- sell someone a pup
- snooker
- snow
- swack up (dated, UK, slang)
- take in
- take for a ride
- trick
Various
- cheat
- swindle
- defraud
- rip off
- forge
- gaslight
See also
- Thesaurus:deception
- Thesaurus:deceiver
Further reading
- “545. deception” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “deceive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.