Synonyms of hoodwinks

hoodwinks

verb

present tense third-person singular of hoodwink

as in deceives

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

• deceives
• tricks
• fools
• misleads
• bamboozles
• deludes
• teases
• misinforms
• dupes
• kids
• misguides
• beguiles
• juggles
• humbugs
• spoofs
• suckers
• hoaxes
• strings along
• bluffs
• cheats
• stings
• cons
• cozens
• gulls
• catches
• snookers
• hornswoggles
• gaffs
• buffaloes
• fakes out
• snows
• does a number on
• gammons
• has
• burns
• has on
• sucks in
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• leads one down the garden path
• takes in
• pulls one's leg
• defrauds
• swindles
• sticks
• shortchanges
• diddles
• hustles
• mulcts
• fleeces
• bleeds
• flimflams
• euchres
• squeezes
• chisels
• puts on
• skins
• rooks

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• unmasks
• uncovers
• debunks
• discloses
• tells
• divulges
• unveils
• shows up
• undeceives
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disillusions
• disenchants

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of hoodwinks

Amarildo instantly controls a quick throw-in, skips away from one Czech defender, hoodwinks another with a hip-swerve and, spotting keeper Schrojf off his line, fires the ball in at the near post. — Adam Hurrey, New York Times, 17 July 2026