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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | kid, tease |
| Synonyms: | banter, chaff, deceive, deride, fool, frolic, fun, gambol, horse around, jape, jest, jive, jolly, josh, kid around, laugh, make merry, mock, needle, play, play the clown, play tricks, poke fun, pull one's leg, pun, put on, quip, rag, revel, rib, ridicule, roast, spoof, sport, taunt, trick, wisecrack |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
| Main Entry: | misinform |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give wrong information intentionally |
| Synonyms: | bait and switch, cover up, deceive, disinform, double-talk, doublespeak, lead astray, lie, misdirect, misguide, mislead, misstate, mousetrap, pervert, prevaricate, put on an act, put on false front, put on*, put up smoke screen, signify, string along, wrong steer |
| Antonyms: | inform, tell all |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | mystify |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | bewilder, confuse |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, befog, buffalo, confound, deceive, elude, escape, floor*, fog in, hoodwink*, lick*, lie, perplex, puzzle, stump, throw*, trick |
| Antonyms: | clear up, enlighten, explain, explicate |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | outwit/outsmart |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | get the better of; figure out before another |
| Synonyms: | baffle, bamboozle*, beat*, bewilder, cap, cheat, circumvent, con*, confuse, deceive, defeat, defraud, dupe, end-run, fake out, finagle, fox*, goose, gull, have*, hoax, hoodwink, lead astray, make a fool of, make a monkey of, mislead, outdo, outfox, outgeneral, outguess, outjockey, outmaneuver, outthink, overreach, pull a fast one on, put one over on, run circles around, swindle, take in*, top*, trick, worst* |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | perjure |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | give false testimony |
| Synonyms: | bear false witness, commit perjury, deceive, delude, equivocate, falsify, forswear, lie, lie under oath, mislead, prevaricate, swear falsely, trick |
| Antonyms: | attest, certify, prove |
| 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
| Main Entry: | put on |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | pretend |
| Synonyms: | act, affect, assume, bluff, confound, confuse, counterfeit, deceive, don, fake, feign, make believe, masquerade, playact, pose, pull, put on a front, put on an act, sham, simulate, strike, take on, trick |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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