Synonyms of deludes

deludes

verb

present tense third-person singular of delude

as in deceives

to cause to believe what is untrue

we deluded ourselves into thinking that the ice cream wouldn't affect our diet

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceives
• fools
• tricks
• misleads
• misguides
• misinforms
• teases
• hoodwinks
• kids
• beguiles
• bamboozles
• dupes
• humbugs
• suckers
• juggles
• stings
• sucks in
• hoaxes
• strings along
• cons
• spoofs
• cheats
• has on
• snows
• catches
• gulls
• burns
• bluffs
• cozens
• has
• buffaloes
• gaffs
• takes in
• fakes out
• snookers
• gammons
• hornswoggles
• does a number on
• leads one up the garden path
• leads one down the garden path
• defrauds
• pulls one's leg
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• shortchanges
• swindles
• puts on
• sticks
• bleeds
• mulcts
• hustles
• diddles
• fleeces
• squeezes
• chisels
• rooks
• flimflams
• skins
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• unmasks
• debunks
• uncovers
• shows up
• discloses
• tells
• divulges
• undeceives
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disillusions
• disenchants