Synonyms of faked out

faked out

verb

past tense of fake out

1

as in tricked

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in evaded

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

• evaded
• faked
• dodged
• slipped
• juked
• maneuvered (around)
• deked
• sidestepped
• pump-faked
• stutter-stepped

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faked out

But this audience was too savvy to be faked out, and their silence was upheld during that most delicate of passages — which, combined with the lack of the visual intrusion of an 18,000-strong filming crew, made for some heart-ripping magic. — Chris Willman, Variety, 1 Nov. 2026

There was one instance where journeyman Micah Potter faked out Kel’el Ware and drove for a thunderous dunk. — Barry Jackson, Miami Herald, 30 Mar. 2026