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

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

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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