Synonyms for Faking out:

• adj.

  • devious
  • artful
  ,
  • calculating
  ,
  • crooked
  ,
  • deceitful
  ,
  • double-dealing
  ,
  • duplicitous
  ,
  • errant
  ,
  • erring
  ,
  • evasive
  ,
  • faking one out
  ,
  • fishy
  ,
  • fraudulent
  ,
  • guileful
  ,
  • indirect
  ,
  • insidious
  ,
  • insincere
  ,
  • not straightforward
  ,
  • oblique
  ,
  • obliquitous
  ,
  • playing games
  ,
  • playing politics
  ,
  • put on
  ,
  • roundabout
  ,
  • scheming
  ,
  • shady
  ,
  • shifty
  ,
  • shrewd
  ,
  • sly
  ,
  • sneaking
  ,
  • sneaky
  ,
  • surreptitious
  ,
  • treacherous
  ,
  • tricky
  ,
  • underhanded
  ,
  • wily
  .

• v.

  • avoid
  • abstain
  ,
  • avert
  ,
  • bypass
  ,
  • circumlocute
  ,
  • circumvent
  ,
  • deflect
  ,
  • desist
  ,
  • ditch
  ,
  • divert
  ,
  • dodge
  ,
  • duck
  ,
  • elude
  ,
  • escape
  ,
  • eschew
  ,
  • evade
  ,
  • fake out
  ,
  • fend off
  ,
  • flee
  ,
  • give the slip
  ,
  • hide
  ,
  • hold off
  ,
  • jump
  ,
  • keep clear
  ,
  • lay low
  ,
  • obviate
  ,
  • recoil
  ,
  • run for cover
  ,
  • shake
  ,
  • shake and bake
  ,
  • shake off
  ,
  • shirk
  ,
  • shrink from
  ,
  • shuffle off
  ,
  • shun
  ,
  • shy
  ,
  • sidestep
  ,
  • skip out on
  ,
  • skip town
  ,
  • skirt
  ,
  • stay away
  ,
  • stay out
  ,
  • steer clear of
  ,
  • step aside
  ,
  • turn aside
  ,
  • ward off
  ,
  • weave
  ,
  • withdraw
  .
  • bluff
  • Illude
  ,
  • affect
  ,
  • beguile
  ,
  • betray
  ,
  • bunco
  ,
  • con
  ,
  • counterfeit
  ,
  • defraud
  ,
  • delude
  ,
  • double-cross
  ,
  • feign
  ,
  • fool
  ,
  • humbug
  ,
  • jive
  ,
  • juggle
  ,
  • lie
  ,
  • mislead
  ,
  • pretend
  ,
  • psych out
  ,
  • shuck
  ,
  • simulate
  ,
  • trick
  .
  • fool
  • Juke
  ,
  • bluff
  ,
  • cheat
  ,
  • chicane
  ,
  • deceive
  ,
  • diddle
  ,
  • dupe
  ,
  • flimflam
  ,
  • gull
  ,
  • hoax
  ,
  • kid
  ,
  • lead on
  ,
  • make believe
  ,
  • outfox
  ,
  • play a trick on
  ,
  • play-act
  ,
  • put one over on
  ,
  • spoof
  ,
  • suck in
  ,
  • trifle
  .
  • hoax
  • fleece
  ,
  • frame
  ,
  • gammon
  ,
  • murphy
  ,
  • play games with
  ,
  • pull one's leg
  ,
  • rook
  ,
  • run a game on
  ,
  • swindle
  ,
  • take for a ride
  .
  • outdo
  • beat
  ,
  • best
  ,
  • blow out of water
  ,
  • bulldoze
  ,
  • defeat
  ,
  • do in
  ,
  • eclipse
  ,
  • exceed
  ,
  • excel
  ,
  • go one better
  ,
  • leave behind
  ,
  • outclass
  ,
  • outdistance
  ,
  • outgun
  ,
  • outjockey
  ,
  • outmaneuver
  ,
  • outrival
  ,
  • outshine
  ,
  • outsmart
  ,
  • outstrip
  ,
  • pull a fast one
  ,
  • shoot ahead
  ,
  • surpass
  ,
  • top
  ,
  • transcend
  .
  • outwit
  • JIP
  ,
  • bamboozle
  ,
  • end run
  ,
  • figure out
  ,
  • fox
  ,
  • gyp
  ,
  • have
  ,
  • take in
  ,
  • worst
  .
  • outwit/outsmart
  • baffle
  ,
  • bewilder
  ,
  • cap
  ,
  • confuse
  ,
  • end-run
  ,
  • finagle
  ,
  • goose
  ,
  • hoodwink
  ,
  • lead astray
  ,
  • make a fool of
  ,
  • make a monkey of
  ,
  • outdo
  ,
  • outgeneral
  ,
  • outguess
  ,
  • outthink
  ,
  • overreach
  ,
  • pull a fast one on
  ,
  • run circles around
  .
  • pretend
  • act
  ,
  • allege
  ,
  • assume
  ,
  • be deceitful
  ,
  • be hypocritical
  ,
  • claim
  ,
  • claim falsely
  ,
  • cozen
  ,
  • dissemble
  ,
  • dissimulate
  ,
  • fudge
  ,
  • impersonate
  ,
  • jazz
  ,
  • lay claim
  ,
  • let on
  ,
  • make out
  ,
  • malinger
  ,
  • masquerade
  ,
  • pass off
  ,
  • pass oneself off as
  ,
  • profess
  ,
  • purport
  ,
  • put up a front
  ,
  • shuck and jive
  ,
  • stonewall
  ,
  • sucker
  ,
  • whitewash
  .
  • top
  • bash
  ,
  • be first
  ,
  • better
  ,
  • blow away
  ,
  • clobber
  ,
  • go beyond
  ,
  • overrun
  ,
  • shut out
  .

What are the hypernyms for Faking out?

• Other hypernyms:

  cheating, chicanery, deception, manipulation, misdirection, misrepresentation, scheming, trickery, Conning, Swindling.