Synonyms for Delude:

v.
• bamboozle
- be fuddle
- be fuddled
- be fuddles
- be fuddling
- be-fuddle
- be-fuddled
- be-fuddles
- be-fuddling
- de lude
- de ludes
- de-lude
- de-ludes
• beguile
- be guile
- be guiles
- be-guile
- be-guiles
- imposed on
- imposes on
- imposing on
- play for sucker
- played for a sucker
- played for sucker
- playing for a sucker
- playing for sucker
- plays for a sucker
- plays for sucker
- ropes in
- roping in
- strung along
- sucking in
- sucks in
• betray
- am unfaithful
- are unfaithful
- art unfaithful
- be tray
- be trays
- be-tray
- be-trays
- being unfaithful
- bit hand feeds you
- bit hand that feeds you
- bit the hand feeds you
- bit the hand that feeds you
- bite hand feeds you
- bite hand that feeds you
- bite the hand feeds you
- bites hand feeds you
- bites hand that feeds you
- bites the hand feeds you
- bites the hand that feeds you
- biting hand feeds you
- biting hand that feeds you
- biting the hand feeds you
- biting the hand that feeds you
- brake promise
- brake trust
- breaking promise
- breaking trust
- breaks promise
- breaks trust
- broke promise
- broke trust
- commits treason
- committed treason
- committing treason
- de sert
- de-sert
- delivered up
- delivering up
- delivers up
- informed against
- informing against
- informing on
- informs against
- informs on
- is unfaithful
- played false
- played judas
- playing false
- playing judas
- plays false
- plays judas
- sell down river
- selling down river
- selling down the river
- sells down river
- sells down the river
- sold down river
- sold down the river
- stab back
- stab the back
- turn state evidence
- turn states evidence
- turned informer
- turned state evidence
- turned state's evidence
- turned states evidence
- turning informer
- turning state evidence
- turning state's evidence
- turning states evidence
- turns state evidence
- turns state's evidence
- turns states evidence
- was unfaithful
- wast unfaithful
- were unfaithful
- wert unfaithful
• bluff
- Illuded
- Illuding
- buncoed
- buncoing
- buncos
- fakes out
- faking out
- illudes
- psyching out
- psychs out
• cajole
- argue in to
- argued in to
- argued into
- argues in to
- argues into
- gat around
- gat next to
- gets around
- gets next to
- getting next to
- got around
- got next to
- gotten around
- gotten next to
- handed a line
- handed line
- handing a line
- handing line
- hands a line
- hands line
- in duce
- in duces
- in-duce
- in-duces
- laid it on thick
- laid it thick
- laid thick
- lay it thick
- lay thick
- laying it thick
- laying on thick
- laying thick
- lays it on thick
- lays it thick
- lays on thick
- lays thick
- made to
- made up to
- make to
- makes to
- makes up to
- making to
- making up to
- play to
- played to
- played up to
- playing to
- playing up to
- plays to
- plays up to
- rub right way
- rubbed right way
- rubbed the right way
- rubbing right way
- rubbing the right way
- rubs right way
- rubs the right way
- soft soaped
- soft soaping
- soft-soaps
- softsoap
- softsoaped
- softsoaping
- softsoaps
- spreading it on
- spreading on
- spreads it on
- spreads on
- suck to
- sucked to
- sucked up to
- sucking to
- sucking up to
- sucks to
- sucks up to
- sweetened up
- sweetening up
- sweetens up
- sweettalk
- works on
- works over
- wrought on
- wrought over
• cheat
- caboodled
- caboodles
- caboodling
- did a number on
- did number on
- didst a number on
- didst number on
- does a number on
- does number on
- doest a number on
- doest number on
- doeth a number on
- doeth number on
- doing a number on
- doing number on
- dost a number on
- dost number on
- doth a number on
- doth number on
- double deals
- double dealt
- double-deals
- double-dealt
- doubledeal
- doubledealing
- doubledeals
- doubledealt
- fast talked
- fast talking
- fast talks
- gave bum steer
- gives bum steer
- giving bum steer
- jerking around
- jerks around
- pull one leg
- pull ones leg
- pulled leg
- pulled one leg
- pulled one's leg
- pulled ones leg
- pulling leg
- pulling one leg
- pulling ones leg
- pulls leg
- pulls one leg
- pulls one's leg
- pulls ones leg
- ripping off
- stiffing
- takes for a ride
- takes for ride
- taking for a ride
- took for a ride
- took for ride
- two time
- twotime
• counterfeit
- acted like
- acting like
- acts like
- carboned
- carboning
- circulated bad money
- circulates bad money
- circulating bad money
- did like
- didst like
- dittoing
- does like
- doest like
- doeth like
- doing like
- dost like
- doth like
- goes like
- going like
- made like
- made money
- makes like
- making like
- mimeoed
- mimeoing
- mimeos
- phonied
- phonied up
- phonies up
- phonying
- phonying up
- statted
- statting
- went like
• decoy
- de coy
- de coyed
- de coying
- de coys
- de-coy
- de-coyed
- de-coying
- de-coys
- egged one on
- egging one on
- eggs one on
- ensorcells
- lead garden path
- leading garden path
- leading up garden path
- leads garden path
- leads up garden path
- led garden path
- led up garden path
- mousetrapped
- mousetrapping
- shilled
• defraud
- Choused
- Chousing
- chouses
- de fraud
- de frauds
- de-fraud
- de-frauds
- sucker in to
- suckered in to
- suckered into
- suckering in to
- suckering into
- suckers in to
- suckers into
- take cleaner
- take cleaner's
- take the cleaner
- take the cleaner's
- take the cleaners
- take to cleaner
- take to cleaner's
- take to the cleaner
- takes cleaner
- takes cleaner's
- takes the cleaner
- takes the cleaner's
- takes the cleaners
- takes to cleaner
- takes to cleaner's
- takes to the cleaner
- takes to the cleaner's
- takes to the cleaners
- taking cleaner
- taking cleaner's
- taking the cleaner
- taking the cleaner's
- taking the cleaners
- taking to cleaner
- taking to cleaner's
- taking to the cleaner
- taking to the cleaner's
- taking to the cleaners
- took cleaner
- took cleaner's
- took the cleaner
- took the cleaner's
- took the cleaners
- took to cleaner
- took to cleaner's
- took to the cleaner
- took to the cleaner's
- took to the cleaners
• disappoint
- bring naught
- bringing naught
- bringing to naught
- brings naught
- brings to naught
- brought naught
- brought to naught
- came nothing
- came to nothing
- casts down
- come nothing
- comes nothing
- comes to nothing
- coming nothing
- coming to nothing
- dashes hopes
- dis appoint
- dis appointed
- dis appointing
- dis appoints
- dis concert
- dis concerted
- dis concerting
- dis concerts
- dis enchant
- dis enchanted
- dis enchanting
- dis enchants
- dis hearten
- dis heartened
- dis heartening
- dis heartens
- dis illusion
- dis illusioned
- dis illusions
- dis satisfied
- dis satisfies
- dis satisfy
- dis satisfying
- dis-appoint
- dis-appointed
- dis-appointing
- dis-appoints
- dis-concert
- dis-concerted
- dis-concerting
- dis-concerts
- dis-enchant
- dis-enchanted
- dis-enchanting
- dis-enchants
- dis-hearten
- dis-heartened
- dis-heartening
- dis-heartens
- dis-illusion
- dis-illusioned
- dis-illusions
- dis-satisfied
- dis-satisfies
- dis-satisfy
- dis-satisfying
- falling down on
- falling flat
- falling short of
- falls down on
- falls flat
- falls short of
- fell down on
- fell flat
- fell short of
- leave lurch
- leave the lurch
- mis carried
- mis carries
- mis carry
- mis carrying
- mis-carried
- mis-carries
- mis-carry
- mis-carrying
- not showed
- not showing
- not shows
- ruined prospects
- ruining prospects
- ruins prospects
- stands up
• dupe
- over reach
- over reached
- over reaches
- over reaching
- over-reach
- over-reached
- over-reaches
- over-reaching
- pulled something
- pulling something
- pulls something
• fool
- juked
- juking
- out fox
- out foxed
- out foxes
- out foxing
- out-fox
- out-foxed
- out-foxes
- out-foxing
- played a trick on
- played trick on
- playing a trick on
- playing trick on
- plays a trick on
- plays trick on
- puts one over on
- putting one over on
• hoax
- murphied
- murphies
- murphying
- played games with
- playing games with
- plays games with
- ran a game on
- ran game on
- run game on
- running a game on
- running game on
- runs a game on
- runs game on
• juggle
- dis guise
- dis guised
- dis guises
- dis guising
- dis-guise
- dis-guised
- dis-guises
- dis-guising
- mis represent
- mis represented
- mis representing
- mis represents
- mis-represent
- mis-represented
- mis-representing
- mis-represents
- performed magic
- performing magic
- performs magic
- prestidigitated
- prestidigitates
- prestidigitating
• kid
- made sport of
- making sport of
• lie
- BSED
- BSES
- Overdrew
- am untruthful
- are untruthful
- art untruthful
- bare false witness
- beared false witness
- bears false witness
- being untruthful
- bore false witness
- bsing
- dis simulate
- dis simulated
- dis simulates
- dis simulating
- dis tort
- dis torts
- dis-simulate
- dis-simulated
- dis-simulates
- dis-simulating
- dis-tort
- dis-torts
- in vent
- in vented
- in venting
- in vents
- in-vent
- in-vented
- in-venting
- in-vents
- is untruthful
- mis guide
- mis guides
- mis guiding
- mis inform
- mis informed
- mis informing
- mis informs
- mis instruct
- mis instructed
- mis instructing
- mis instructs
- mis speak
- mis speaking
- mis speaks
- mis spoke
- mis spoken
- mis state
- mis stated
- mis states
- mis stating
- mis-guide
- mis-guided
- mis-guides
- mis-guiding
- mis-inform
- mis-informed
- mis-informing
- mis-informs
- mis-instruct
- mis-instructed
- mis-instructing
- mis-instructs
- mis-speak
- mis-speaking
- mis-speaks
- mis-spoke
- mis-spoken
- mis-state
- mis-stated
- mis-states
- mis-stating
- misguides
- misinstructing
- misinstructs
- misspoke
- over draw
- over drawing
- over drawn
- over draws
- over drew
- over-draw
- over-drawing
- over-drawn
- over-draws
- over-drew
- overdraws
- pro moting
- pro-mote
- pro-motes
- pro-moting
- put a front
- put front
- put up front
- puts a front
- puts front
- puts up a front
- puts up front
- putting a front
- putting front
- putting up a front
- putting up front
- wast untruthful
- were untruthful
- wert untruthful
• mislead
- leads astray
- mis direct
- mis directed
- mis directing
- mis directs
- mis lead
- mis leading
- mis leads
- mis-direct
- mis-directed
- mis-directing
- mis-directs
- mis-lead
- mis-leading
- mis-leads
- pulled wool over eyes
- pulling wool over eyes
- pulls wool over eyes
• mock
- be lied
- be lying
- be-lied
- be-lying
- de feat
- de feats
- de-feat
- de-feats
Other synonyms:

•

beguile

•

have

•

blind

Other relevant words:

• bamboozle

• deceive

• decoy

egg one on
ensorcell
ensorcelled
ensorcelling
lead up garden path
mousetrap
mousetraps
shill
shilling
shills
wiled
wiling

• delude

cozen

• disappoint

• dupe

• fool

• juggle

• pretend

• seduce

seduced

• Other relevant words (transitive noun):

bilk
con
double-cross
falsify
forge
is deceitful

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Equivalence
- Verb, base form
  fool.
Independent
- Verb, base form
  betray, cheat, defraud, disappoint, evade, kid, mislead, trick, con.
Other Related
- Verb, base form
  deceive, hoodwink, lure.

What are the hypernyms for Delude?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Other hypernyms:
bamboozle, beguile, deceive, hoodwink, mislead.

What are the opposite words for delude?

When we delude others or ourselves, we deceive or mislead them into thinking something that is not true. Antonyms for delude would, therefore, include words like enlighten, inform, clarify, reveal, expose, or uncover. Instead of deluding, we can choose to share truthful information and knowledge, leading to better understanding and decision-making. Other antonyms could be honesty, sincerity, forthrightness, and openness. It's important to use these antonyms in our communication to avoid deluding others and ourselves, ensuring that we always navigate our lives with honesty, transparency, and authenticity.

What are the antonyms for Delude?

v.
• acquaint
- dis close
- dis closed
- dis closes
- dis closing
- dis-close
- dis-closed
- dis-closes
- dis-closing
- in form
- in forming
- in forms
- in-forming
- in-forms
- intro
- intro duce
- intro duces
- intro-duce
- intro-duces
- introes
- introing
- knock down
- knocked down
- knocking down
- knocks down
- let know
- lets know
- letted know
- letting know
- make familiar
- makes familiar
- making familiar
- pre sent
- pre-sent
- pre-sents
- re veals
- re-veal
- re-veals
• advise
- clue in
- clued in
- clues in
- cluing in
- co unselling
- co-unselling
- fore warn
- fore warned
- fore warns
- fore-warn
- fore-warning
- fore-warns
- gave a pointer
- gave a tip
- gave pointer
- gave the word
- gave tip
- gave word
- give a pointer
- give a tip
- give pointer
- give the word
- give tip
- give word
- gives a pointer
- gives a tip
- gives pointer
- gives the word
- gives tip
- gives word
- giving a pointer
- giving a tip
- giving pointer
- giving the word
- giving tip
- giving word
- keep posted
- keeping posted
- keeps posted
- kept posted
- kibitz
- kibitzed
- kibitzes
- kibitzing
- laid it out
- lay it out
- laying it out
- lays it out
- let in on
- lets in on
- letted in on
- letting in on
- level with
- leveled with
- leveling with
- levelled with
- levelling with
- levels with
- made known
- make known
- makes known
- making known
- moves
- pointed out
- pointing out
- pre ached
- pre aching
- pre pare
- pre pared
- pre pares
- pre paring
- pre scribe
- pre scribing
- pre-ached
- pre-aching
- pre-pare
- pre-pared
- pre-pares
- pre-paring
- pre-scribe
- pre-scribed
- pre-scribes
- pre-scribing
- prompt
- put bug ear
- put bug in ear
- put in two cents
- put line
- put next to
- put on line
- put on the line
- put on to
- put the line
- put to
- put two cents
- puts bug ear
- puts bug in ear
- puts in two cents
- puts line
- puts next to
- puts on line
- puts on the line
- puts on to
- puts to
- puts two cents
- putting bug ear
- putting bug in ear
- putting in two cents
- putting line
- putting next to
- putting on line
- putting on the line
- putting on to
- putting the line
- putting to
- putting two cents
- re commend
- re commended
- re commending
- re commends
- re ported
- re porting
- re-commend
- re-commended
- re-commending
- re-commends
- re-ported
- re-porting
- tip off
- tipped off
- tipping off
- tips off
- up date
- up dated
- up dates
- up dating
- up-date
- up-dated
- up-dates
- up-dating
- update
• communicate
- am touch
- are in touch
- are touch
- art in touch
- art touch
- be in touch
- be touch
- be tray
- be trays
- be-tray
- be-trays
- being in touch
- being touch
- de clare
- de clares
- de-clare
- de-clares
- dis cover
- dis covered
- dis covering
- dis covers
- dis-cover
- dis-covered
- dis-covering
- dis-covers
- gat through
- get through
- gets through
- getting through
- got through
- gotten through
- inter act
- inter acted
- inter acting
- inter face
- inter faced
- inter faces
- inter facing
- inter-acted
- inter-acting
- inter-acts
- inter-face
- inter-faced
- inter-faces
- interface
- interfaced
- interfaces
- interfacing
- is touch
- keep in touch
- keep touch
- keeping in touch
- keeping touch
- keeps in touch
- keeps touch
- kept touch
- let out
- lets out
- letted out
- letting out
- pass on
- passed on
- passes on
- passing on
- pro claim
- pro claimed
- pro claiming
- pro claims
- pro-claiming
- pro-claims
- rang up
- re late
- re-lated
- reach out
- reached out
- reaches out
- reaching out
- ring up
- ringed up
- ringing up
- un fold
- un folded
- un folding
- un folds
- un-fold
- un-folded
- un-folding
- un-folds
- was in touch
- was touch
- wast in touch
- wast touch
- were in touch
- were touch
- wert in touch
- wert touch
• deceive, fool
- be honest
- be truthful
• enlighten
- cause to understand
- cause understand
- caused to understand
- caused understand
- causes to understand
- causes understand
- causing to understand
- causing understand
- gave faith
- gave lowdown
- gave the lowdown
- give faith
- give lowdown
- give the lowdown
- gives faith
- gives lowdown
- gives the lowdown
- giving faith
- giving lowdown
- giving the lowdown
- in spirit
- in spirited
- in spiriting
- in spirits
- in-spirit
- in-spirited
- in-spiriting
- in-spirits
- open up
- opened up
- opening up
- opens up
- up lift
- up lifted
- up lifting
- up lifts
- up-lift
- up-lifted
- up-lifting
- up-lifts
• explain thoroughly; make aware
- enlighten
• give or exchange information, ideas
- communicate
• noun
- debunk
- disclose
- divulge
- expose
- reveal
- show up
- tell
- uncloak
- uncover
- unmask
- unveil
• offer recommendation
- advise

Usage examples for Delude

Thus these craven spirits combined to delude and deceive the helpless woman of whom half an hour before they had stood in such abject terror.

"A Fearful Responsibility and Other Stories"

William D. Howells

"Before everything else, it is indispensable that we should never delude ourselves about the position which we occupy.

"Common Sense Subtitle: How To Exercise It"

Yoritomo-Tashi

Then, in league with the elves, they began also to delude misers and make them believe that much money makes men happy.

"Dutch Fairy Tales for Young Folks"

William Elliot Griffis

Famous quotes with Delude

Let none of us delude himself by supposing that honesty is always the best policy. It is not.

William Ralph Inge
Elections are held to delude the populace into believing that they are participating in government.

Gerald F. Lieberman
Most people might just as well buy a share of the whole market, which pools all the information, than delude themselves into thinking they know something the market doesn't.

Merton Miller
The ability to delude yourself may be an important survival tool.

Jane Wagner
Mistakes live in the neighbourhood of truth and therefore delude us.

Henry C. Blinn

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