Synonyms of tricking

tricking

verb

present participle of trick

as in fooling

to cause to believe what is untrue

you tricked me into thinking my ex wasn't coming to the party tonight

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of tricking

San Francisco District Attorney Brooke Jenkins and Santa Cruz County District Attorney Jeff Rosell issued a joint consumer alert on Wednesday describing the scheme, which appears to be part of a nationwide scam tricking people into making payments. —Aldo Toledo, San Francisco Chronicle, 18 Mar. 2026

The peach-plum gradient gown is the creation of Dutch fashion designer Iris van Herpen, whose high-fantasy sculptural gowns emphasize movement and eye-tricking form, often to gravity-defying effect. —Jacqui Palumbo, CNN Money, 5 Mar. 2026

Or, in other words, tricking them by holding up a sign. —Adam Ismail, The Drive, 26 Feb. 2026

Prompt injection is a method of tricking LLMs into doing things they are normally prevented from doing. —Bruce Schneier, IEEE Spectrum, 21 Jan. 2026

While cold can damage plants, weather that’s too warm too soon can also have a negative effect on bulbs by tricking them into sprouting early. —Andrea Beck, Better Homes & Gardens, 9 Jan. 2026

Ukraine orchestrated a fake hit on one of Russia's enemies who has fought alongside Ukrainian forces, tricking the Kremlin into paying out a $500,000 bounty Kyiv used to fund its war effort. —Louis Casiano, FOXNews.com, 2 Jan. 2026

To pull off his human heist, Mendez must develop and try to sell a Star Wars-esque sci-fi film, in the hopes of tricking the Iranians into believing the American hostages are part of a Canadian film crew. —Declan Gallagher, Entertainment Weekly, 26 Dec. 2025

Ramona refuses to introduce them to Noah, so Emily finds a work-around, which is tricking Chauncey the dog into licking her by using the meat from a cheeseburger slider. —Jessica M. Goldstein, Vulture, 19 Dec. 2025