Synonyms of hoaxed

hoaxed

verb

past tense of hoax

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hoaxed

Many Canadians began to feel as if they had been hoaxed. —David Frum, The Atlantic, 27 Dec. 2025