Thesaurus / mis-leads
FEEDBACK- as inlie
- as inmisinform
- as inmislead
- as inmock
- as inoutwit/outsmart
- as inperjure
- as inplay dirty
- as inpretend
- as inseduce
- as insell/sell out
- as insham
- as inshortchange
- as intake in
- as inbeguile
- as intrick
- as intwo-time
- as inbelie
- as inbetray
- as inbluff
- as inoutwit
- as incajole
- as inblear
- as ingull
- as incheat
- as infob off
- as inoutsmart
- as inoutthink
- as incon
- as inconfuse
- as indecoy
- as indelude
- as indisappoint
- as indistract
- as indouble-cross
- as indupe
- as inensnare
- as ingarble
- as inhoodwink
synonyms for mis-leads
synonyms for mis-leads
- deceive
- mislead
- misrepresent
- promote
- BS
- beguile
- bull
- con
- concoct
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- distort
- dupe
- equivocate
- exaggerate
- fabricate
- fake
- falsify
- fib
- forswear
- frame
- fudge
- invent
- malign
- misguide
- misinform
- misspeak
- misstate
- overdraw
- palter
- perjure
- pervert
- phony
- plant
- prevaricate
- snow
- soft-soap
- victimize
- be untruthful
- bear false witness
- break promise
- go back on
- make believe
- misinstruct
- put on
- put up a front
- string along
- deceive
- misguide
- mislead
- lie
- misdirect
- misstate
- pervert
- prevaricate
- signify
- bait-and-switch
- cover up
- disinform
- doublespeak
- double-talk
- lead astray
- mousetrap
- put on
- put on an act
- put on false front
- put up a smokescreen
- string along
- wrong steer
- betray
- cheat
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- fool
- fudge
- hoodwink
- lie
- misguide
- misinform
- misrepresent
- tempt
- bait
- beguile
- bilk
- bluff
- bunk
- cozen
- enmesh
- ensnare
- entangle
- gull
- hoax
- hose
- inveigle
- juggle
- lure
- misdirect
- outwit
- overreach
- pervert
- rook
- scam
- seduce
- shaft
- snow
- trick
- victimize
- double-cross
- illude
- lead astray
- lead on
- pull wool over eyes
- put on
- rip off
- rope in
- take in
- belie
- betray
- defy
- beguile
- challenge
- cheat
- defeat
- delude
- disappoint
- dupe
- elude
- foil
- fool
- frustrate
- juggle
- mislead
- thwart
- double-cross
- let down
- sell out
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- end-run
- fake out
- finagle
- fox
- goose
- gull
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- lead astray
- make a fool of
- make a monkey of
- mislead
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outthink
- overreach
- pull a fast one on
- put one over on
- run circles around
- swindle
- take in
- top
- trick
- worst
- deceive
- delude
- equivocate
- falsify
- forswear
- lie
- mislead
- prevaricate
- trick
- bear false witness
- commit perjury
- lie under oath
- swear falsely
- bamboozle
- beguile
- bend the rules
- bilk
- burn
- caboodle
- chisel
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- do a number on
- double-cross
- double-deal
- dupe
- finagle
- fleece
- flimflam
- fudge
- hit below the belt
- hoodwink
- hose
- mislead
- pull something funny
- rip off
- rook
- sandbag
- scam
- screw
- shaft
- stack the cards
- stretch the rules
- sucker
- swindle
- trick
- victimize
- assume
- bluff
- feign
- fool
- impersonate
- profess
- purport
- put on
- act
- affect
- allege
- beguile
- cheat
- claim
- counterfeit
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- dupe
- fish
- fudge
- hoodwink
- jazz
- jive
- malinger
- masquerade
- mislead
- sham
- simulate
- stonewall
- sucker
- whitewash
- be deceitful
- be hypocritical
- claim falsely
- fake out
- lay claim
- let on
- make out
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- put up a front
- shuck and jive
- beguile
- betray
- deceive
- delude
- entice
- persuade
- bait
- bribe
- coax
- decoy
- draw
- entrap
- hook
- induce
- inveigle
- invite
- lure
- mislead
- pull
- steer
- wheedle
- lead astray
- lead on
- mousetrap
- rope in
- string along
- sucker
- beguile
- break faith
- bunk
- cross
- deceive
- deliver up
- delude
- disappoint
- double-cross
- fail
- four-flush
- give away
- give up
- mislead
- play false
- rat on
- sell down the river
- stab in the back
- surrender
- take in
- violate
- act
- affect
- ape
- assume
- bluff
- copy
- counterfeit
- fake
- feign
- imitate
- invent
- lie
- mislead
- mock
- pretend
- simulate
- sucker
- do a number
- fake it
- make like
- play possum
- put on
- put up a front
- shuck and jive
- bamboozle
- bilk
- deceive
- defraud
- diddle
- double-deal
- dupe
- finagle
- fleece
- flimflam
- gyp
- hose
- mislead
- rip off
- rook
- sandbag
- scam
- screw
- shaft
- shortweight
- stiff
- sting
- swindle
- take
- trick
- beguile
- betray
- bilk
- bluff
- cheat
- con
- defraud
- delude
- do
- double-cross
- dupe
- flimflam
- four-flush
- gull
- hoodwink
- lie
- mislead
- pull wool over eyes
- swindle
- trick
- deceive
- entice
- mislead
- seduce
- betray
- bluff
- burn
- cheat
- chisel
- con
- delude
- dupe
- exploit
- gyp
- have
- hoodwink
- jockey
- juggle
- lure
- manipulate
- play
- rook
- scam
- shave
- snow
- stick
- take
- trick
- double-cross
- finesse
- flimflam
- impose on
- play for a sucker
- rope in
- string along
- suck in
- take in
- bamboozle
- cheat
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- dupe
- hoodwink
- mislead
- swindle
- victimize
- catch
- fake
- flimflam
- gull
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- jive
- outwit
- rook
- trap
- disinform
- double-deal
- impose upon
- play for a fool
- pull wool over
- put one over on
- set up
- take for a ride
- take in
- betray
- burn
- cheat
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- dupe
- mislead
- trick
- victimize
- backstab
- be dishonest
- be disloyal
- be unfaithful
- double-cross
- take advantage of
- distort
- gloss over
- mislead
- misstate
- color
- conceal
- disguise
- falsify
- garble
- hide
- misrepresent
- pervert
- twist
- warp
- give the lie to
- miscolor
- trump up
- abandon
- deceive
- forsake
- mislead
- seduce
- bluff
- cross
- delude
- desert
- finger
- jilt
- knife
- trick
- be unfaithful
- bite the hand that feeds you
- blow the whistle
- break faith
- break promise
- break trust
- break with
- commit treason
- deliver up
- double-cross
- go back on
- inform against
- inform on
- let down
- play false
- play Judas
- sell down the river
- sell out
- stab in the back
- take in
- turn in
- turn informer
- turn state's evidence
- walk out on
- delude
- pretend
- affect
- beguile
- betray
- bunco
- con
- counterfeit
- defraud
- fake
- feign
- fool
- humbug
- jive
- juggle
- lie
- mislead
- sham
- shuck
- simulate
- snow
- trick
- double-cross
- fake out
- illude
- psych out
- put on
- take in
- deceive
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- finagle
- fox
- gull
- gyp
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- mislead
- outdo
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outsmart
- overreach
- swindle
- top
- trick
- worst
- end-run
- fake out
- figure out
- jip
- juke
- lead astray
- outjockey
- outthink
- take in
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- entice
- entrap
- seduce
- tantalize
- tempt
- wheedle
- banter
- beguile
- blandish
- bootlick
- con
- induce
- influence
- inveigle
- jolly
- lure
- maneuver
- mislead
- oil
- push
- snow
- soap
- soften
- soft-soap
- stroke
- sweet-talk
- urge
- apple-polish
- argue into
- brown-nose
- butter up
- get around
- get next to
- hand a line
- lay it on thick
- make up to
- play up to
- rub the right way
- spread it on
- suck up to
- sweeten up
- work on
- work over
- bilk
- con
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- dupe
- fleece
- hoodwink
- mislead
- swindle
- trick
- victimize
- bamboozle
- beat
- beguile
- bleed
- bunco
- burn
- caboodle
- chisel
- cozen
- crib
- cross
- diddle
- do
- finagle
- flimflam
- fudge
- gouge
- gyp
- hose
- milk
- ream
- rook
- sandbag
- scam
- screw
- shaft
- short
- shuck
- skin
- snow
- stiff
- sucker
- take
- trim
- two-time
- do a number on
- double-cross
- double-deal
- fast talk
- give bum steer
- jerk around
- pull one's leg
- rip off
- rope in
- take for a ride
- take in
- take out
- cheat
- deceive
- foist
- foist off
- misguide
- misinform
- mislead
- misrepresent
- offload
- pass off
- rip off
- rook
- scam
- stall
- swindle
- trick
- baffle
- bamboozle
- circumvent
- deceive
- outdo
- outfox
- outmaneuver
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- con
- confuse
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- finagle
- fox
- gull
- gyp
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- mislead
- outgeneral
- outguess
- overreach
- swindle
- top
- trick
- worst
- end-run
- fake out
- figure out
- jip
- juke
- lead astray
- outjockey
- outthink
- take in
- baffle
- bamboozle
- beat
- bewilder
- cap
- cheat
- circumvent
- con
- confuse
- deceive
- defeat
- defraud
- dupe
- end-run
- fake out
- figure out
- finagle
- fox
- gull
- gyp
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- jip
- juke
- lead astray
- mislead
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outsmart
- overreach
- swindle
- take in
- top
- trick
- worst
- bamboozle
- bilk
- dupe
- hoodwink
- swindle
- wheedle
- cajole
- cheat
- chicane
- coax
- flimflam
- fool
- hoax
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- inveigle
- mislead
- rook
- sweet-talk
- trick
- double-cross
- rip off
- amaze
- astonish
- baffle
- befuddle
- bemuse
- complicate
- confound
- daze
- demoralize
- disconcert
- disorient
- distract
- embarrass
- fluster
- frustrate
- involve
- misinform
- mislead
- mortify
- muddle
- mystify
- obscure
- perplex
- perturb
- puzzle
- trouble
- unsettle
- upset
- worry
- abash
- addle
- becloud
- bedevil
- cloud
- clutter
- darken
- discomfit
- discompose
- discountenance
- faze
- fog
- fuddle
- nonplus
- rattle
- shame
- stump
- unhinge
- lead astray
- mess up
- render uncertain
- stir up
- throw off
- throw off balance
- allure
- con
- deceive
- delude
- ensnare
- entice
- fascinate
- inveigle
- lure
- mislead
- mousetrap
- seduce
- shill
- steer
- tempt
- toll
- tout
- trap
- wile
- egg on
- ensorcell
- lead on
- lead up garden path
- rope in
- suck in
- dupe
- hoodwink
- misguide
- mislead
- beguile
- betray
- bluff
- cheat
- con
- cozen
- gull
- hoax
- jive
- juggle
- outfox
- snow
- trick
- caboodle
- disinform
- do a number on
- double-cross
- illude
- impose on
- lead up garden path
- mousetrap
- play trick on
- string along
- sucker
- take in
- baffle
- deceive
- disconcert
- disenchant
- dishearten
- disillusion
- dissatisfy
- dumbfound
- fail
- hamper
- mislead
- abort
- balk
- bungle
- chagrin
- circumvent
- dash
- delude
- disgruntle
- embitter
- foil
- founder
- hinder
- miscarry
- tease
- thwart
- torment
- vex
- bring to naught
- cast down
- come to nothing
- dash hopes
- fall down on
- fall flat
- fall short of
- leave in the lurch
- let down
- not show
- put out
- ruin prospects
- stand up
- underwhelm
- amuse
- bewilder
- detract
- disturb
- divert
- entertain
- fluster
- mislead
- perplex
- puzzle
- trouble
- abstract
- addle
- agitate
- befuddle
- beguile
- confound
- derange
- discompose
- disconcert
- engross
- harass
- madden
- occupy
- sidetrack
- stall
- torment
- unbalance
- unhinge
- call away
- catch flies
- draw away
- frenzy
- lead astray
- lead away
- mix up
- throw off
- turn aside
- beguile
- betray
- bluff
- cheat
- con
- cross
- deceive
- defraud
- double-deal
- dupe
- four-flush
- hoodwink
- humbug
- illude
- juggle
- mislead
- scam
- sell
- sell down the river
- sell out
- split
- stab in the back
- swindle
- take in
- trick
- two-time
- baffle
- bamboozle
- betray
- cheat
- deceive
- defraud
- delude
- hoodwink
- mislead
- swindle
- victimize
- beguile
- catch
- chicane
- circumvent
- con
- cozen
- dust
- flimflam
- gull
- hoax
- hornswoggle
- kid
- outwit
- overreach
- rook
- shaft
- spoof
- trick
- double-cross
- jerk around
- pull one's leg
- pull something
- rip off
- rope in
- cheat
- embroil
- enmesh
- entangle
- entrap
- mislead
- snare
- bag
- capture
- catch
- deceive
- decoy
- entice
- hook
- inveigle
- lure
- net
- snag
- snarl
- tangle
- trick
- bat eyes at
- come on
- rope in
- suck in
- misinterpret
- misquote
- belie
- color
- confuse
- corrupt
- distort
- doctor
- falsify
- jumble
- mislead
- misstate
- mutilate
- obscure
- pervert
- slant
- twist
- warp
- tamper with
- bamboozle
- bilk
- defraud
- dupe
- mislead
- swindle
- victimize
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- cheat
- con
- fake
- fleece
- fool
- gull
- gyp
- hoax
- hornswoggle
- kid
- scam
- screw
- trick
- beat out of
- double-cross
- pull a fast one
- pull the wool over one's eyes
- suck in
- take advantage of
- take for a ride
- take to the cleaners
antonyms for mis-leads
MOST RELEVANT
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- lay bare
- let out
- open
- represent
- reveal
- show
- straighten
- tell
- uncover
- unmask
- attest
- prove
- aid
- assist
- calm
- clarify
- clear up
- comfort
- encourage
- enlighten
- expect
- explain
- explicate
- facilitate
- help
- illuminate
- order
- please
- settle
- soothe
- support
- organize
- separate
- clear up
- explain
- leave alone
- order
- organize
- purify
- straighten
- decipher
- pronounce
- represent
- translate
- unscramble
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