Synonyms of deluding

deluding 1 of 2

adjective

as in misleading

tending or having power to deceive

the deluding appearance of the surface of the river, which is actually quite fast-moving

Synonyms & Similar Words

• misleading
• deceptive
• false
• deceiving
• delusive
• deceitful
• delusory
• specious
• beguiling
• fallacious
• incorrect
• ambiguous
• lying
• fraudulent
• trick
• inaccurate
• cunning
• subtle
• distracting
• confounding
• wily
• dishonest
• crafty
• subtile
• perplexing
• faithless
• wrong
• duplicitous
• devious
• mendacious
• puzzling
• crooked
• artful
• treacherous
• sneaky
• shifty
• untrustworthy
• untruthful
• tricky
• counterfeit
• sly
• slick
• insidious
• foxy
• underhand
• underhanded
• perfidious
• defrauding
• artificial
• guileful
• fake
• dissembling
• phony
• insincere
• shady
• evasive
• bewildering
• hypocritical
• trickish
• forged
• sneaking
• bogus
• knavish
• feigned
• spurious
• sham
• ambidextrous
• equivocal
• circuitous
• jive
• double-dealing
• backhanded
• fast
• two-faced
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• direct
• forthright
• plain
• open
• straightforward
• aboveboard
• illuminating
• frank
• candid
• straight
• nondeceptive
• outspoken
• explanatory
• clarifying
• revealing
• revelatory
• truthful
• honest
• openhearted
• free-spoken
• trustworthy
• plainspoken
• foursquare
• elucidative

deluding

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verb

present participle of delude

as in fooling

to cause to believe what is untrue

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fooling
• tricking
• deceiving
• kidding
• misleading
• misinforming
• hoodwinking
• duping
• gulling
• conning
• teasing
• misguiding
• bamboozling
• suckering
• hoaxing
• humbugging
• bluffing
• snookering
• cozening
• cheating
• juggling
• stinging
• snowing
• beguiling
• catching
• having
• spoofing
• gaffing
• stringing along
• burning
• sucking in
• having on
• faking out
• taking in
• gammoning
• hornswoggling
• buffaloing
• doing a number on
• leading one down the garden path
• defrauding
• pulling one's leg
• sticking
• shortchanging
• fleecing
• pulling the wool over one's eyes
• swindling
• rooking
• mulcting
• chiseling
• putting on
• hustling
• diddling
• bleeding
• squeezing
• flimflamming
• skinning
• euchring

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• exposing
• revealing
• uncovering
• telling
• disclosing
• debunking
• unmasking
• undeceiving
• showing up
• divulging
• disabusing
• disillusioning
• unveiling
• uncloaking
• disenchanting

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deluding

Verb

Put simply, Norwood is the epitome of the AI industry getting high off its own supply, deluding itself into thinking that watching lifeless AI agents going through the motions on screen is something that anybody actually wants. — Victor Tangermann, Futurism, 10 Sep. 2026

People are deluding themselves with the one-size-fits-all line of thinking. — Voice Of The People, New York Daily News, 13 July 2026

This might not be a circumstance where the AI would shine in aiding the mental health of the user (or, on the other side of the coin, deluding them and entrapping them). — Lance Eliot, Forbes.com, 31 May 2026

Or deluding themselves along with him. — Grant Brisbee, New York Times, 1 Feb. 2026