DELUDE Synonyms

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• give false or misleading information to

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• influence by slyness

• attract; cause to be enamored

• reveal unintentionally

• deliver to an enemy by treachery

• disappoint, prove undependable to; abandon, forsake

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• give away information about somebody

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• weedy annual grass often occurs in grainfields and other cultivated land; seeds sometimes considered poisonous

• weedy annual native to Europe but widely distributed as a weed especially in wheat

• someone who leads you to believe something that is not true

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a deception for profit to yourself

• deprive somebody of something by deceit

• defeat someone through trickery or deceit

• engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud

• be sexually unfaithful to one's partner in marriage

• an argument opposed to a proposal

• a person serving a sentence in a jail or prison

• a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

• in opposition to a proposition, opinion, etc.

• deprive of by deceit

• commit to memory; learn by heart

• a person who is tricked or swindled

• fool or hoax

• take or catch as if in a snare or trap

• catch in or as if in a trap

• a person who lacks good judgment

• a person who is gullible and easy to take advantage of

• a professional clown employed to entertain a king or nobleman in the Middle Ages

• make a fool or dupe of

• spend frivolously and unwisely

• fool or hoax

• indulge in horseplay

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• influence by slyness

• conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• give bad advice to

• give false or misleading information to

• beat through cleverness and wit

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• deprive of by deceit

• a cunning or deceitful action or device

• a period of work or duty

• an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent

• a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

• a prostitute's customer

• (card games) in a single round, the sequence of cards played by all the players; the high card is the winner

• deceive somebody

• teach immoral behavior to

• lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

• cause someone to believe an untruth

• be false to; be dishonest with

• act with artful deceit

• cheat or trick