Synonyms of hornswoggle

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hornswoggle

verb

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as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

I think we've been hornswoggled by that carnival barker

Synonyms & Similar Words

• trick
• deceive
• fool
• bamboozle
• hoodwink
• tease
• cozen
• kid
• delude
• dupe
• humbug
• sucker
• hoax
• con
• mislead
• misinform
• snooker
• bluff
• cheat
• beguile
• spoof
• buffalo
• gull
• gaff
• sting
• suck in
• gammon
• juggle
• misguide
• snow
• catch
• swindle
• fake out
• string along
• have on
• have
• take in
• lead one down the garden path
• mulct
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• burn
• lead one up the garden path
• do a number on
• flimflam
• pull one's leg
• defraud
• diddle
• stick
• euchre
• put on
• fleece
• chisel
• shortchange
• rook
• bleed
• hustle
• squeeze
• skin

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceive
• unmask
• expose
• reveal
• debunk
• uncover
• tell
• divulge
• uncloak
• disclose
• disabuse
• unveil
• show up
• disillusion
• disenchant

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• undeceive
• unmask
• expose
• reveal
• debunk
• uncover
• tell
• divulge
• uncloak
• disclose
• disabuse
• unveil
• show up
• disillusion
• disenchant

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