Synonyms of misguiding

misguiding

verb

present participle of misguide

as in deceiving

to cause to believe what is untrue

we were misguided by the flashy advertisements for what turned out to be pretty lousy pizza

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misguiding

This bottom line cannot be changed by misguiding community benefit agreements or voluntary pledges. — Jorge Aguilar, Baltimore Sun, 22 Aug. 2026

Republican legislators and corporate interests bear much of the responsibility for misguiding the public on climate. — Nadia Gill, HollywoodReporter, 22 Apr. 2026