Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead, falsify; handle several things at once |
| Synonyms: | alter, beguile, betray, bluff, change, conjure, delude, disguise, doctor*, double-cross, fix, humbug, illude, maneuver, manipulate, misrepresent, modify, perform magic, prestidigitate, shuffle, take in, tamper with, trim |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lie |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | tell an untruth |
| Synonyms: | BS, be untruthful, bear false witness, beguile, break promise, bull*, con, concoct, deceive, delude, dissemble, dissimulate, distort, dupe*, equivocate, exaggerate, fabricate, fake, falsify, fib, forswear, frame, fudge, go back on, invent, make believe, malign, misguide, misinform, misinstruct, mislead, misrepresent, misspeak, misstate, overdraw, palter, perjure, pervert, phony, plant*, prevaricate, promote, put on*, put up a front, snow*, soft-soap, string along, victimize |
| Notes: | to lay is to place something; to lie is to recline |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | lure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | attract, seduce |
| Synonyms: | allure, bag, bait, beckon, beguile, bewitch, cajole, captivate, capture, catch, charm, come on, decoy, drag, draw, enchant, ensnare, entice, fascinate, grab, haul, hit on, hook, inveigle, invite, lead on, pull, rope, steer, suck in, sweep off one's feet, tempt, train, turn on |
| Antonyms: | antagonize, disenchant, disgust, dissuade, repulse, turn off |
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | plan, scheme |
| Synonyms: | angle, beguile, cheat, come up with, con*, conspire, contrive, cook, design, devise, doctor, engineer, exploit, fence, finagle, finesse, go around, intrigue, jockey, leave holding the bag, machinate, manage, manipulate, move, navigate, operate, play, play games, plot, proceed, pull strings, push around, put one over, rig, scam, sham, shift, trick, upstage, wangle, work |
| Antonyms: | neglect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | manipulate |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | change to suit one's desire |
| Synonyms: | beguile, conduct, control, direct, engineer, exploit, finagle, finesse, guide, handle, influence, jockey, machinate, maneuver, massage, mold, negotiate, play, play games, pull strings, pull wires, push around, shape, steer, upstage, use |
| Antonyms: | leave alone |
| Main Entry: | mislead |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give someone the wrong idea, information |
| Synonyms: | bait, beguile, betray, bilk, bluff, bunk, cheat, cozen, deceive, defraud, delude, double-cross, dupe, enmesh, ensnare, entangle, entice, fool, fudge, gull, hoax, hoodwink*, hose, illude, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lead on, lie, lure, misdirect, misguide, misinform, misrepresent, outwit, overreach, pervert, pull wool over eyes, put on*, rip off, rook, rope in, scam, seduce, shaft, snow*, take in, tempt, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | advise, counsel, guard, lead, protect |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mock |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | beguile, belie, betray, challenge, cheat, defeat, defy, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, elude, foil, fool, frustrate, juggle, let down*, mislead, sell out, thwart |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | play dirty |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beguile, bend the rules, bilk, burn, caboodle, chisel, con, deceive, defraud, do a number on, double-cross, double-deal, dupe, finagle, fleece, flimflam, fudge, hit below the belt, hoodwink, hose, mislead, pull something funny, rip off, rook, sandbag, scam, screw, shaft, stack the cards, stretch the rules, sucker, swindle, trick, victimize |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
| Notes: | portend means to indicate (events, misfortunes, etc.) as in future or to foreshadow or to bode; pretend means to make believe with the intent to deceive or to give a false appearance of |
| Antonyms: | tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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