Synonyms of fooling

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adjective

as in joking

marked by or expressive of mild or good-natured teasing

ribbed him with fooling comments about how much his hair had grayed

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• kidding
• mocking
• rallying
• bantering
• razzing
• jesting
• sarcastic
• joshing
• quizzical
• funning
• ridiculing
• ribbing
• chaffing
• baiting
• taunting
• needling
• deriding
• bandying
• heckling
• derisive
• hassling
• quipping
• jeering
• contemptuous
• scornful
• derisory
• disdainful

fooling

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noun

as in deception

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• ruse
• trickery
• subterfuge
• hoodwinking
• wile
• stratagem
• deceit
• prank
• delusion
• fraud
• practical joke
• sham
• escapade
• caper
• skylarking
• gag
• roguery
• hanky-panky
• antic
• trick
• knavery
• shavie
• shine(s)
• lark
• frolic
• monkeyshine(s)
• rag
• experience
• jest
• kidding
• hijinks
• waggery
• dido
• joking
• capriccio
• teasing
• high jinks
• time
• tomfoolery
• horseplay
• roughhousing
• adventure
• rowdyism
• hoax
• game
• ploy
• play
• shenanigan(s)
• gambit
• maneuver
• stunt
• mission
• performance
• deed
• feat

fooling

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verb

present participle of fool

1

as in tricking

to cause to believe what is untrue

I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in kidding

to make jokes

an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joking
• kidding
• funning
• jesting
• bantering
• jollying
• yucking
• jiving
• teasing
• wisecracking
• ridiculing
• quipping
• yukking
• joshing
• japing
• gagging
• chaffing
• amusing
• mocking
• jeering
• satirizing
• cracking wise
• ragging
• razzing
• parodying
• caricaturing
• jibing
• lampooning
• ribbing
• entertaining
• gibing
• hazing
• rallying
• diverting