Synonyms of misleads

misleads

verb

present tense third-person singular of mislead

as in deceives

to cause to believe what is untrue

the coral snake's attractive colors can mislead you into thinking that it is harmless

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of misleads

The realtors argue that the ballot measure, called Amendment 4, misleads voters by burying its true intent — the direct democracy overhaul — under other bullet points. —Matthew Kelly, Kansas City Star, 29 Oct. 2025

Omitting that complexity misleads policy, funding, and medical care. —Mary Walrath-Holdridge, USA Today, 22 Sep. 2025

False fall is a brief cool-down in late August or early September that often misleads people. —Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 28 Aug. 2025