Synonyms of fake out

fake out

verb

1

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

my friends faked me out for a whole day, letting me think that they had forgotten my birthday

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in to evade

to elude (an opponent in a sports contest) by making a deceptive or agile movement

used a quick between-the-legs dribble to fake out the flat-footed defender

Synonyms & Similar Words

• evade
• fake
• dodge
• slip
• juke
• maneuver (around)
• deke
• sidestep
• pump-fake
• stutter-step

Examples of fake out in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Jaquez has impressive footwork and control with the ball to fake out defenders, and a majority of his scoring came from the midrange. —Jordan Mendoza, USA TODAY, 22 June 2023

It’s meant to fake out patients one way or the other so that, theoretically, even those not receiving the drug being researched might feel a bit of a psychedelic effect. —Tim Newcomb, Popular Mechanics, 6 June 2023

Murray faked out the Chicago Cubs crowd by pausing before heading to the mound, only to jet off in a full-out sprint around the bases and then slide into home plate. —Diane J. Cho, Peoplemag, 30 Mar. 2023

Similarly, Disney Channel alum Sabrina Carpenter opted to fake out an audience while on tour in Salt Lake City. —Hannah Yasharoff, USA TODAY, 5 Apr. 2023