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hoodwink

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Synonyms & Antonyms of hoodwink

to cause to believe what is untrue

Tom Sawyer famously hoodwinked the other boys into thinking there was nothing more enjoyable than whitewashing a fence

Synonyms for hoodwink

bamboozle,
beguile,
bluff,
buffalo,
burn,
catch,
con,
cozen,
deceive,
delude,
dupe,
fake out,
fool,
gaff,
gammon,
gull,
have,
have on
[chiefly British],
hoax,
hornswoggle,
humbug,
juggle,
misguide,
misinform,
mislead,
snooker,
snow,
spoof,
string along,
suck in,
sucker,
take in,
trick

Words Related to hoodwink

kid,
put on,
tease

bleed,
cheat,
chisel,
defraud,
diddle,
euchre,
fleece,
flimflam,
hustle,
mulct,
rook,
shortchange,
skin,
squeeze,
stick,
sting,
swindle

Phrases Synonymous with hoodwink

do a number on,
lead one down the garden path
(also lead one up the garden path),
pull one's leg,
pull the wool over one's eyes

Near Antonyms for hoodwink

debunk,
expose,
reveal,
show up,
uncloak,
uncover,
unmask

disclose,
divulge,
tell,
unveil

disabuse,
disenchant,
disillusion

Antonyms for hoodwink

undeceive

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