HOAXED Synonyms: 75 Similar and Opposite Words

hoaxed

verb

past tense of hoax

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue a skilled forger who hoaxed the art world into believing that the paintings were long-lost Vermeers

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tricked
fooled
deceived
duped
misled
suckered
gulled
deluded
teased
kidded
humbugged
hoodwinked
snookered
conned
misinformed
bamboozled
burnt
hornswoggled
spoofed
cheated
gaffed
misguided
bluffed
sucked in
strung along
beguiled
stung
cozened
buffaloed
juggled
snowed
caught
burned
had on
took in
had
faked out
gammoned
did a number on
led one up the garden path
swindled
led one down the garden path
pulled the wool over one's eyes
pulled one's leg
defrauded
diddled
put on
rooked
fleeced
shortchanged
stuck
mulcted
flimflammed
hustled
euchred
bled
skinned
squeezed
chiselled
chiseled

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

undeceived
exposed
revealed
debunked
uncovered
unmasked
told
showed up
disclosed
divulged
unveiled
disillusioned
disabused
disenchanted
uncloaked

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