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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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