Synonyms of fooled

fooled

verb

past tense of fool

1

as in tricked

to cause to believe what is untrue

I fooled him into thinking that we were driving to the store, not to his surprise birthday party

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in joked

to make jokes

an edgy comedian fooling with an appreciative college audience

Synonyms & Similar Words

• joked
• quipped
• kidded
• bantered
• jested
• teased
• jollied
• amused
• ridiculed
• funned
• wisecracked
• yukked
• chaffed
• joshed
• japed
• cracked wise
• jeered
• gagged
• mocked
• ragged
• razzed
• jived
• entertained
• hazed
• gibed
• caricatured
• parodied
• satirized
• ribbed
• lampooned
• rallied
• diverted

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of fooled

But don’t be fooled by the fluidity, the tablet itself isn’t paper (or even E Ink). — Kelsey Fogarty, PC Magazine, 30 Sep. 2026

Trey Owens fooled the TCU defense with a 34-yard keeper on third-and-1 to get inside the 10-yard line. — ABC News, 19 Sep. 2026

Earlier in the game, he was fooled on a flea-flicker, and his pass-interference penalty set up the Patriots’ lone touchdown. — Jerry Brewer, New York Times, 10 Sep. 2026

Don’t be fooled by the film’s advertising, which features an image of Neeson’s scowling visage dwarfing Levi aiming an automatic weapon. — Frank Scheck, HollywoodReporter, 10 Sep. 2026

The Japanese icon fooled big league batters with a devastating splitter for 12 seasons before becoming an advisor to the Padres, and so Bednar suddenly had the perfect mentor to lean on. — Gary Phillips, New York Daily News, 6 Sep. 2026

The uncomfortable implication is that the most dangerous credibility failures are not the ones where we are obviously fooled by something implausible. — Big Think, 21 Aug. 2026

It’s bred to be versatile, so cover them with gravy and curds and even some seasoned potato experts could be fooled. — Courtney Crowder, Des Moines Register, 21 Aug. 2026

No case illustrates the ease with which they are fooled like the confirmation of Todd Blanche as attorney general. — David A. Graham, The Atlantic, 19 Aug. 2026