Synonyms of duped

duped 1 of 2

adjective

as in deluded

Related Words

• deluded
• deceived
• tricked
• erroneous
• untrue
• inaccurate
• confused
• misled
• misguided
• false
• misinformed
• inexact
• mistaken
• incorrect
• wrong

Dissimilar Words

• right
• correct
• true
• informed
• accurate
• exact
• precise

duped

2 of 2

verb

past tense of dupe

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

we were duped into thinking the dummy was a real alien

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• misled
• suckered
• conned
• bamboozled
• hoodwinked
• deluded
• snookered
• gulled
• misinformed
• kidded
• teased
• hoaxed
• cheated
• humbugged
• beguiled
• hornswoggled
• bluffed
• misguided
• cozened
• sucked in
• buffaloed
• strung along
• spoofed
• stung
• juggled
• caught
• gaffed
• snowed
• burned
• had on
• faked out
• gammoned
• had
• took in
• swindled
• defrauded
• did a number on
• pulled one's leg
• fleeced
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• shortchanged
• led one down the garden path
• flimflammed
• stuck
• rooked
• put on
• mulcted
• diddled
• hustled
• euchred
• bled
• skinned
• chiseled
• squeezed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceived
• exposed
• revealed
• uncovered
• unmasked
• debunked
• told
• disclosed
• showed up
• divulged
• disillusioned
• unveiled
• disenchanted
• disabused
• uncloaked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of duped

Verb

That was the same day a trial began in Seattle federal court for a lawsuit by the Federal Trade Commission, which alleged Amazon duped customers into paying for Prime memberships. — Dan Mangan,luke Fountain,kevin Breuninger, CNBC, 30 June 2026

Beside tourists and even New Yorkers being duped, the thousands of fewer official tickets being sold each day is costing NPS and NYC money. — New York Daily News Editorial Board, New York Daily News, 15 June 2026

But the victim, realizing he’d been duped, had reached out to police. — Andrew J. Campa, Los Angeles Times, 13 May 2026

Hong Kong — China’s top spy agency has come out of the shadows to warn that its young people are being duped by foreign forces into shirking hard work and prioritizing their individual emotions at the expense of national development. — Sylvie Zhuang, CNN Money, 7 May 2026

These impressions aren’t always accurate — and the Bulls certainly have been duped before. — Julia Poe, Chicago Tribune, 6 May 2026

Because while close followers of Pochettino’s squad know how the land lies — the last eight seems like a fair target to set — casual fans or those new to the sport might be duped into thinking Pulisic and co are primed for glory. — Phil Hay, New York Times, 6 May 2026

We aren’t duped or ensorcelled. — Mac Barnett, Longreads, 5 May 2026

Paying informants is not a crime, and the government has provided no evidence that the SPLC’s donors were duped about the SPLC’s practice of sending such payments, which is the foundation of the wire-fraud allegation. — Quinta Jurecic, The Atlantic, 3 May 2026