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buffalo

verb

Synonyms and Antonyms of buffalo

1 to cause to believe what is untrue

I'm not some newcomer that you can buffalo with that nonsense

Synonyms of buffalo

bamboozle, beguile, bluff, burn, catch, con, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fake out, fool, gaff, gammon, gull, have, have on [chiefly British], hoax, hoodwink, hornswoggle, humbug, juggle, misguide, misinform, mislead, snooker, snow, spoof, string along, suck in, sucker, take in, trick

Words Related to buffalo

kid, put on, tease

bleed, cheat, chisel, defraud, diddle, euchre, flam, fleece, gyp, hustle, mulct, rook, shortchange, skin, squeeze, stick, sting, swindle

Phrases Synonymous with buffalo

do a number on, lead one down the garden path (also lead one up the garden path), pull one's leg, pull the wool over one's eyes

Near Antonyms of buffalo

debunk, expose, reveal, show up, uncloak, uncover, unmask

disclose, divulge, tell, unveil

disabuse, disenchant, disillusion

Antonyms of buffalo

undeceive

2 to throw into a state of mental uncertainty

in this debate I refuse to be buffaloed by a flurry of irrelevant issues

Synonyms of buffalo

addle, baffle, bamboozle, beat, befog, befuddle, bemuse, bewilder, confound, confuse, discombobulate, disorient, flummox, fox, fuddle, get, gravel, maze, muddle, muddy, mystify, perplex, pose, puzzle, vex

Words Related to buffalo

stick, stump, weird out

abash, discomfit, disconcert, discountenance, embarrass, faze, fluster, mortify, nonplus, rattle

agitate, bother, chagrin, discomfort, discompose, dismay, disquiet, distress, disturb, perturb, stun, unhinge, unsettle, upset

beguile, cozen, deceive, delude, dupe, fool, gull, hoax, hoodwink, humbug, misguide, mislead, snow, string along, take in, trick

Phrases Synonymous with buffalo

blow one's mind, go to one's head

Near Antonyms of buffalo

assure, reassure, satisfy

enlighten, inform

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