Synonyms of hoodwinking

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noun

as in fooling

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fooling
• ruse
• subterfuge
• deception
• trickery
• stratagem
• deceit
• delusion
• fraud
• sham
• wile
• caper
• roguery
• knavery
• prank
• escapade
• skylarking
• practical joke
• antic
• capriccio
• gag
• hanky-panky
• dido
• lark
• trick
• shavie
• hijinks
• monkeyshine(s)
• rag
• experience
• shine(s)
• frolic
• waggery
• rowdyism
• tomfoolery
• jest
• time
• horseplay
• adventure
• teasing
• high jinks
• roughhousing
• joking
• ploy
• kidding
• hoax
• gambit
• game
• maneuver
• stunt
• shenanigan(s)
• mission
• play
• deed
• performance
• feat

hoodwinking

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verb

present participle of hoodwink

as in tricking

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 & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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