Nearby Words
DECEIVED
| Main Entry: |
deceived
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| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | led astray |
| Synonyms: | baited, bamboozled, betrayed, conned, culled, duped, fooled, gulled, had, hoaxed, hoodwinked, lured, played, snared, taken, trapped, victimized |
| Antonyms: | informed, trusted |
| Main Entry: | deceived |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cheated |
| Synonyms: | defrauded, imposed upon, swindled |
| Main Entry: | deceive |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | mislead; be dishonest |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, beat out of, beguile, betray, bilk, buffalo, burn, cheat, circumvent, clip, con, cozen, cross up, defraud, delude, disappoint, double-cross, dupe, ensnare, entrap, fake, falsify, fleece, fool, gouge, gull, hoax, hoodwink, hook*, humbug, impose upon, lead on, outwit, play joke on, pull fast one, put on, rob, scam, screw, sell, skin, suck in, swindle, take advantage of, take for, take for ride, take in, take to cleaners, trick, victimize |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fooled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricked |
| Synonyms: | bamboozled, conned, deceived, deluded, duped, flimflammed, hornswoggled, misled, outfoxed, snowed, sucked in |
| Antonyms: | clear, cognizant, unfooled, untricked |
| Main Entry: | misguided |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | ill-advised, deluded |
| Synonyms: | bearded, bum-steer, confused, deceived, disinformed, erroneous, faked-out, foolish, imprudent, indiscreet, inexpedient, injudicious, led up the garden path, misled, misplaced, mistaken, stonewalled, uncalled for, unreasonable, unwarranted, unwise, wrong |
| Antonyms: | well-guided |
| Main Entry: | mistaken |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | wrong, incorrect |
| Synonyms: | all wet, at fault, barking up wrong tree, confounded, confused, confused with, deceived, deluded, duped, erroneous, fallacious, false, faulty, fooled, ill-advised, illogical, inaccurate, inappropriate, misconstrued, misguided, misinformed, misinterpreting, misjudging, misled, misunderstanding, off base, off track, tricked, unadvised, under wrong impression, unfounded, unreal, unsound, untrue, warranted, way off, wide of mark, wrong number, wrongly identified |
| Antonyms: | correct, exact, fair, just, precise, right, sound, true |
| Main Entry: | cheated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | defrauded |
| Synonyms: | bamboozled, beguiled, bilked, burned, conned, deceived, duped, finessed, gypped, hoodwinked, overcharged, ripped off, scammed, swindled, taken in, tricked, victimized |
| Main Entry: | deluded |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | tricked |
| Synonyms: | betrayed, deceived, duped, fooled, mistaken |
| Main Entry: | misled |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | misguided |
| Synonyms: | deceived, deluded, fooled, mistaken, tricked, wronged |
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