Synonyms of fakes out

fakes out

verb

present tense third-person singular of fake out

1

as in tricks

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

• tricks
• fools
• deceives
• strings along
• cozens
• kids
• does a number on
• teases
• sucks in
• has on
• suckers
• hornswoggles
• cons
• misleads
• gulls
• hoaxes
• misinforms
• dupes
• gammons
• stings
• buffaloes
• leads one up the garden path
• leads one down the garden path
• bluffs
• hoodwinks
• snows
• humbugs
• deludes
• takes in
• juggles
• cheats
• has
• spoofs
• misguides
• beguiles
• gaffs
• catches
• snookers
• pulls one's leg
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• burns
• bamboozles
• flimflams
• shortchanges
• sticks
• euchres
• mulcts
• swindles
• puts on
• skins
• bleeds
• hustles
• rooks
• defrauds
• diddles
• fleeces
• chisels
• squeezes

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• undeceives
• exposes
• uncovers
• unmasks
• debunks
• tells
• discloses
• shows up
• divulges
• unveils
• disillusions
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disenchants

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• reveals
• undeceives
• exposes
• uncovers
• unmasks
• debunks
• tells
• discloses
• shows up
• divulges
• unveils
• disillusions
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disenchants

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2

as in evades

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

• evades
• dodges
• jukes
• fakes
• dekes
• pump-fakes
• slips
• stutter-steps
• sidesteps
• maneuvers (around)