Synonyms of suck in

suck in

verb

as in to deceive

to cause to believe what is untrue

she was sucked in by a scam that was run by a shady outfit selling time-shares

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceive
• trick
• fool
• string along
• sucker
• tease
• kid
• take in
• mislead
• have on
• fake out
• delude
• juggle
• snow
• pull one's leg
• pull the wool over one's eyes
• bluff
• hoax
• buffalo
• lead one up the garden path
• cheat
• misinform
• humbug
• dupe
• do a number on
• con
• sting
• burn
• misguide
• put on
• bamboozle
• spoof
• gull
• catch
• lead one down the garden path
• beguile
• gaff
• have
• hoodwink
• snooker
• hornswoggle
• cozen
• gammon
• stick
• shortchange
• defraud
• bleed
• swindle
• hustle
• squeeze
• fleece
• skin
• rook
• euchre
• chisel
• diddle
• mulct
• flimflam

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• show up
• undeceive
• reveal
• expose
• uncover
• unmask
• disclose
• debunk
• tell
• divulge
• unveil
• disabuse
• disillusion
• uncloak
• disenchant

Examples of suck in in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

The district has for years preached the importance of installing grates on some inlets to prevent people from getting sucked in when areas flood and stormwater rushes toward open drainage pipes, which are often out of sight below the waterline. —Topher Sanders, ProPublica, 23 July 2024

Sudan’s civil war is sucking in waves of young men from around the increasingly unstable region. —Hafiz Haroun, Washington Post, 19 July 2024

With the strongest storms, the inflow can be sucked in at 50-60-plus miles per hour. —Megan McCluskey, TIME, 19 July 2024

Civil wars also have a bad habit of sucking in neighboring countries. —Kenneth M. Pollack, Foreign Affairs, 16 Feb. 2016