Synonyms of snooker

snooker

verb

as in to trick

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

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of snooker

The rubes in the trad lobby have been snookered—though their final betrayal is yet to come. — Ian Volner, Artforum, 28 May 2025

The defense put 12 men on the field twice near the goal line — getting snookered by Green Bay’s substitution tactics that left Shanahan livid. — Jerry McDonald, The Mercury News, 24 Nov. 2024

One adult tried to snooker a puppet out of change, only to be shamed by his girlfriend. — Christopher Borrelli, Chicago Tribune, 16 Oct. 2024

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