Synonyms of faking out

faking out

verb

present participle of fake out

1

as in deceiving

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

• deceiving
• tricking
• fooling
• sucking in
• stringing along
• taking in
• having on
• kidding
• doing a number on
• teasing
• misleading
• pulling one's leg
• pulling the wool over one's eyes
• gammoning
• leading one down the garden path
• hornswoggling
• juggling
• buffaloing
• duping
• deluding
• humbugging
• bluffing
• stinging
• misguiding
• misinforming
• hoaxing
• snowing
• cheating
• putting on
• gulling
• conning
• suckering
• hoodwinking
• burning
• cozening
• spoofing
• having
• bamboozling
• beguiling
• catching
• gaffing
• snookering
• sticking
• defrauding
• bleeding
• euchring
• shortchanging
• mulcting
• swindling
• rooking
• fleecing
• flimflamming
• hustling
• chiseling
• squeezing
• skinning
• diddling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• showing up
• revealing
• exposing
• uncovering
• debunking
• disclosing
• unmasking
• telling
• undeceiving
• divulging
• unveiling
• uncloaking
• disillusioning
• disabusing
• disenchanting

2

as in evading

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

• evading
• dekeing
• dodging
• faking
• juking
• maneuvering (around)
• slipping
• sidestepping
• pump-faking
• stutter-stepping

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of faking out

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

Among the highlights was Dart taking off in the first quarter, faking out several Eagles defenders, and running to the endzone for a 20-yard touchdown. — Matthew Couden, MSNBC Newsweek, 10 Oct. 2025

Old Dominion started fast, with quarterback Colton Joseph faking out the Hoosiers defense on the first offensive play of the game and sprinting 75 yards for a touchdown. — Michael Marot, Chicago Tribune, 30 Aug. 2025