Synonyms of string along

string along

verb

as in to trick

to cause to believe what is untrue

the student succeeded in stringing even his teachers along with his tales of family hardships

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

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

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