Synonyms of string along

string along

verb

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• fool
• deceive
• suck in
• kid
• fake out
• do a number on
• tease
• have on
• lead one down the garden path
• snow
• take in
• mislead
• buffalo
• juggle
• sucker
• con
• bluff
• dupe
• put on
• gull
• delude
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• hoax
• misinform
• sting
• misguide
• humbug
• hoodwink
• gammon
• pull one's leg
• cheat
• spoof
• cozen
• gaff
• bamboozle
• burn
• have
• catch
• beguile
• snooker
• hornswoggle
• stick
• defraud
• skin
• shortchange
• fleece
• swindle
• bleed
• chisel
• mulct
• rook
• hustle
• euchre
• diddle
• squeeze
• flimflam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• show up
• reveal
• undeceive
• expose
• uncover
• disclose
• tell
• unmask
• debunk
• divulge
• unveil
• uncloak
• disabuse
• disillusion
• disenchant

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of string along

There’s a reason they’re strung along restaurant patios and hung for wedding receptions. — Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026

Sure enough, Dick took off with the other packhorses stringing along behind him. — Dolores Brown, Outdoor Life, 17 June 2026

The brand’s beaded bikinis and one-pieces stay relatively streamlined in silhouette, but are adorned with playful rainbow beads strung along straps and ties, translating its accessory language into a new category. — Lauren Fisher, Footwear News, 19 May 2026

Last fall, loops of razor-wire fencing were strung along the Rio Grande in the Big Bend area, a remote region of far West Texas. — Rachel Monroe, New Yorker, 14 May 2026