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| 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: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | affect, beguile, betray, bunco, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake out, fake*, feign, fool, humbug, illude, jive, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, psych out, put on*, sham*, shuck, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick |
| Antonyms: | come clean, reveal, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | delude |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive, fool |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, caboodle, cheat, con, cozen, disinform, do a number on, double-cross, dupe*, gull, hoax*, hoodwink*, illude, impose on, jive, juggle, lead up garden path, misguide, mislead, mousetrap, outfox, play trick on, snow*, string along, sucker, take in, trick |
| Antonyms: | be truthful |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | double-cross |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | to deceive or betray someone |
| Synonyms: | beguile, betray, bluff, cheat, con, cross, deceive, defraud, double deal, dupe, four-flush, hoodwink*, humbug, illude, juggle, mislead, scam, sell, sell down the river, sell out, sell out, split, stab in the back, swindle, take in, trick, two-time, two-time |
| Antonyms: | be open, tell truth |
* = 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: | miss |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fail, make a mistake |
| Synonyms: | be late for, blow, blunder, botch, disregard, drop, drop the ball, err, fall flat on face, fall short, flub, forget, fumble, ignore, juggle, let go, let slip, lose, miscarry, misfire, mislay, misplace, muff, neglect, omit, overlook, overshoot, pass over, pass up, skip, slight, slip, trip, trip up, undershoot |
| Antonyms: | do well, get, succeed |
| 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: | rig |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | arrange for certain outcome |
| Synonyms: | doctor, engineer, fake, falsify, fiddle with, fix, gerrymander, juggle, manipulate, tamper with, trump up |
| Notes: | a ship's rig is the arrangement of masts, sails, etc.; the rigging is the system of ropes or chains supporting these |
| Main Entry: | wangle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | finagle |
| Synonyms: | contrive, engineer, extricate, fake, falsify, juggle, maneuver, manipulate, obtain, wiggle, worm, wriggle |
| Notes: | to wangle means to gain by trickery; to wrangle means to argue or debate something angrily |
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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