Synonyms of fooled

fooled

verb

past tense of fool

1

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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2

as in joked

to make jokes

an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joked
• quipped
• kidded
• bantered
• jollied
• jested
• funned
• wisecracked
• yucked
• amused
• japed
• teased
• ridiculed
• mocked
• yukked
• cracked wise
• jeered
• jived
• joshed
• chaffed
• razzed
• gagged
• entertained
• ragged
• gibed
• caricatured
• hazed
• parodied
• satirized
• jibed
• lampooned
• ribbed
• rallied
• diverted