Befool
91delude — beguile, *deceive, mislead, betray, double cross Analogous words: *dupe, gull, hoodwink, befool, bamboozle, hoax, trick: *cheat, cozen, overreach Antonyms: enlighten …
92gull — vb *dupe, befool, trick, hoax, hoodwink, bamboozle Analogous words: delude, beguile, *deceive, mislead, double cross, betray …
93hoax — vb hoodwink, bamboozle, *dupe, gull, befool, trick Analogous words: delude, mislead, *deceive: *cheat, cozen, overreach, defraud …
94hoodwink — vb hoax, trick, *dupe, gull, befool, bamboozle Analogous words: delude, *deceive, mislead: cozen, *cheat, overreach: *confuse, muddle, fuddle, befuddle: baffle, outwit, circumvent (see FRUSTRATE) …
95trick — n 1 Trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, gambit, ploy, artifice, wile, feint are comparable when they mean an act or an expedient whereby one seeks to gain one s ends by indirection and ingenuity and often by cunning. Trick implies cheating or… …
96bamboozle — v 1.Often bamboozle into delude, deceive, beguile, mislead, U.S. Sl. con; hoodwink, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes, cozen, bluff, take in; fool, befool, dupe, hoax, humbug, Brit. Inf. gammon; seduce, charm, flatter, lie to; lure, allure, entice …
97beguile — v 1. mislead, delude, dupe, fool, befool; hoodwink, bamboozle, humbug, take in, pull the wool over [s.o. s] eyes; deceive, cheat, gull, cozen, outwit, circumvent; defraud, fleece, swindle, pluck, rook, mulct, Inf. diddle, Inf. gyp. 2. divert,… …
98betray — v 1. inform against, Sl. blow the whistle on, Sl. rat on; knife or stab in the back, Sl. do [s.o.] dirt; play Judas, give the Judas kiss to, Inf. sell out, deliver up, Inf. sell [s.o.] down the river; Inf. double cross, Sl. two time; break faith… …
99circumvent — v 1. entrap, ensnare; encircle, surround, encompass, circumscribe, ring around, box off; girdle, belt, loop; envelop, embrace, confine, hem in, pen in. 2. bypass, make a detour, circumnavigate, circumambulate, circle, skirt; avoid, shun, evade,… …
100fool — n 1. ninny, nincompoop, silly, silly billy, Sl. yo yo, tomfool; simpleton, Simple Simon, saphead, noodle, idiot, cuckoo, Inf. jay, Sl. jerk, imbecile, mooncalf, Inf. moron; dimwit, nitwit, half wit, Sl. zombie, goose; scatterbrain, Sl. birdbrain …
