FAKE OUT Synonyms: 83 Similar and Opposite Words

fake out

verb

Definition of fake out

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

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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

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Recent Examples of fake out After the match, Kidd and Finlay, along with Clark Connors, attack Cassidy and Allin until Roderick Strong walks down to the ring, fakes out The Dogs and helps Cassidy and Allin get retribution. — Rob Wolkenbrod, Forbes.com, 12 Mar. 2026 In the 80th minute, Denkey received an assist from Ender Echenique, faking out goalkeeper Lucas Hoyos before finishing with his left foot between a pair of defenders. — ABC News, 21 Feb. 2026 Drake preferred to fake out a defender and run right by them. — Diamond Vences, Charlotte Observer, 3 Feb. 2026 Great fake out by the production team as Savannah then surprised everyone (and maybe even herself) by winning. — Dalton Ross, Entertainment Weekly, 11 Dec. 2025 See All Example Sentences for fake out

Recent Examples of Synonyms for fake out

Verb

Forced to drink it herself to try to trick Mysaria, who finds out anyway.

— Brian Grubb, Vulture, 20 July 2026
Therefore, by sending a low-voltage electrical pulse to either antenna, scientists can trick the cockroach into turning in the opposite direction, effectively allowing operators to steer the living robot via remote control.

— New Atlas, New Atlas, 18 July 2026

Definition of trick

Verb

OpenAI's Atlas was once fooled into sending a resignation letter, and Perplexity's Comet exposed user data in tests.

— Robert J. Szczerba, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
Very difficult to fool, harder to stack and tough enough to play in the box, Moore is exactly what the NFL wants out of a corner in today’s game.

— Nick Baumgardner, New York Times, 22 July 2026

Definition of fool

Verb

Even productivity monitoring exacerbates this, as employees fake activity to appear busy.

— Caroline Castrillon, Forbes.com, 23 July 2026
The two searched the condo and allegedly found pregnancy tests in Ziploc bags and believed Angela had faked the positive results, per the District Attorney of Orange County.

— Katie Mather, PEOPLE, 23 July 2026

Definition of fake

Verb

In an era when AI generates convincing falsehoods at scale and a third of teenagers report being deceived by fake content online, the ability to weigh evidence critically is not an academic exercise but a plain necessity.

— Rajiv Vinnakota, Forbes.com, 20 July 2026
Andreas Schjelderup opened the scoring with a spectacular cross-shot that deceived Jordan Pickford and, although Jude Bellingham struck back for England in first-half stoppage time, Norway looked the more likely winners as the second period wore on.

— Oliver Kay, New York Times, 12 July 2026

Definition of deceive

Verb

The small fragments of colorful glass, strung along together, produce soothing sounds, their tinkling notes wafting through the air alongside a chorus of windchimes and the sweet scent of plumeria blooming in the garden.

— Michael James Rocha, San Diego Union-Tribune, 12 July 2026
There’s a reason they’re strung along restaurant patios and hung for wedding receptions.

— Wendy Rose Gould, Martha Stewart, 29 June 2026

Definition of string along

Verb

As the trawler floated around Lake Jesup, the hose sucked in thousands of gallons of the murky beige-and-green water, and siphoned it into a holding tank.

— Martin E. Comas, The Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2026
The homeowners also patched the roof of their house before rain fell that evening — a crucial step because the fragile meteor is porous and sucks in water from the air, Jenniskens said.

— Ashley Strickland, CNN Money, 15 July 2026

Definition of suck in

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