Synonyms of snookered

snookered

verb

past tense of snooker

as in deceived

to cause to believe what is untrue

I can't believe you managed to snooker me with that story about being an orphan

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceived
• tricked
• fooled
• misled
• hoodwinked
• bamboozled
• suckered
• duped
• gulled
• hornswoggled
• conned
• kidded
• deluded
• misinformed
• buffaloed
• teased
• bluffed
• cheated
• humbugged
• hoaxed
• beguiled
• misguided
• cozened
• stung
• sucked in
• snowed
• juggled
• gaffed
• strung along
• caught
• spoofed
• burned
• faked out
• had
• gammoned
• had on
• took in
• swindled
• pulled the wool over one's eyes
• did a number on
• rooked
• pulled one's leg
• led one down the garden path
• defrauded
• fleeced
• shortchanged
• stuck
• euchred
• put on
• hustled
• diddled
• flimflammed
• mulcted
• bled
• skinned
• chiseled
• squeezed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• undeceived
• exposed
• revealed
• uncovered
• unmasked
• told
• debunked
• showed up
• disclosed
• divulged
• disillusioned
• unveiled
• disenchanted
• disabused
• uncloaked

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snookered

At Martinsville on March 29, Hamlin led 292 of 400 laps in the fastest car but was snookered when Chase Elliott short-pitted to gain the lead. — Reid Spencer, Kansas City Star, 20 Apr. 2026

There was the time he was snookered by a collection of fake letters between Marilyn Monroe and JFK. — David Ehrlich, IndieWire, 29 Aug. 2025

Armored truck driver Russell (Murphy) is nearing retirement and is on a cash pickup job with young slacker Travis (Davidson) when the latter gets snookered by a criminal (Keke Palmer) into a high-stakes robbery situation. — Brian Truitt, USA Today, 15 Aug. 2025

Carrie should have discovered her Wall Street prince had gambling debts or had gotten snookered by a Bernie Madoff-like conman. — Robyn Bahr, HollywoodReporter, 3 Sep. 2019