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Synonyms of hoodwinking
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as in subterfuge, ruse
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for hoodwinking
- deceit,
- deception,
- delusion,
- fooling,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- ruse,
- sham,
- stratagem,
- subterfuge,
- trickery,
- wile
- antic,
- caper,
- capriccio,
- dido,
- escapade,
- frolic,
- gag,
- jest,
- knavery,
- monkeyshine(s),
- practical joke,
- prank,
- rag
- [chiefly British],
- roguery,
- shavie
- [Scottish],
- shine(s),
- trick,
- waggery
- adventure,
- experience,
- game,
- lark,
- time
- high jinks
- (also hijinks),
- horseplay,
- play,
- roughhousing,
- rowdyism
- deed,
- feat,
- mission,
- performance,
- stunt
hoodwinking
verb
present participle of hoodwink
Synonyms & Antonyms of hoodwinking (Entry 2 of 2)
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 hoodwinking
- bamboozling,
- beguiling,
- bluffing,
- buffaloing,
- burning,
- catching,
- conning,
- cozening,
- deceiving,
- deluding,
- duping,
- faking out,
- fooling,
- gaffing,
- gammoning,
- gulling,
- having,
- having on
- [chiefly British],
- hoaxing,
- hornswoggling,
- humbugging,
- juggling,
- misguiding,
- misinforming,
- misleading,
- snookering,
- snowing,
- spoofing,
- stringing along,
- suckering,
- sucking in,
- taking in,
- tricking
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