faking out
The phrase “faking out” has 3 syllables: fak-ing out
It's pronounced as /ˈfeɪkɪŋ aʊt/
What is synonym and antonym for faking out?
In the thesaurus, “faking out” has 66 synonyms and 15 antonyms.
Here are synonyms and antonyms for faking out along with examples of usage in sentences.
Synonyms for faking out
- bamboozling
- beguiling
- bleeding
- bluffing
- buffaloing
- burning
- catching
- cheating
- chiseling
- chiselling
- conning
- cozening
- deceiving
- defrauding
- dekeing
- deluding
- diddling
- dodging
- doing a number on
- duping
- euchring
- evading
- faking
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- fooling
- gaffing
- gammoning
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- juggling
- juking
- kidding
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- mulcting
- pump-faking
- putting on
- rooking
- shortchanging
- sidestepping
- skinning
- slipping
- snookering
- snowing
- spoofing
- squeezing
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- stutter-stepping
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- tricking
Antonyms for faking out
- debunking
- disabusing
- disclosing
- disenchanting
- disillusioning
- divulging
- exposing
- revealing
- showing up
- telling
- uncloaking
- uncovering
- undeceiving
- unmasking
- unveiling
Example Sentences
- The skilled illusionist is adept at faking out the audience with his incredible magic tricks.
- The quarterback executed a perfect play, successfully faking out the entire defense.
- The spy was expert at faking out surveillance cameras and slipping away unnoticed.
- The wildlife photographer spent hours patiently faking out elusive animals to capture them on film.
- The prankster took delight in faking out his friends with clever and unexpected practical jokes.
On this page you'll find 81 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to faking out, such as: bamboozling, beguiling, bleeding, bluffing, buffaloing, burning, catching.
Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.
Related Words
bamboozling
- abashing
- addling
- agitating
- baffling
- beating
- befogging
- befuddling
- beguiling
- bemusing
- bewildering
- bleeding
- bluffing
- bothering
- buffaloing
- burning
- catching
- chagrining
- cheating
- chiseling
- chiselling
- confounding
- confusing
- conning
- cozening
- deceiving
- defrauding
- deluding
- diddling
- discombobulating
- discomfiting
- discomforting
- discomposing
- disconcerting
- discountenancing
- dismaying
- disorienting
- disquieting
- distressing
- disturbing
- doing a number on
- duping
- embarrassing
- euchring
- faking out
- fazing
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- flummoxing
- flustering
- fooling
- foxing
- fuddling
- gaffing
- gammoning
- getting
- graveling
- gravelling
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- juggling
- kidding
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- mazing
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- mortifying
- muddling
- muddying
- mulcting
- mystifying
- nonplusing
- nonplussing
- perplexing
- perturbing
- posing
- putting on
- puzzling
- rattling
- rooking
- shortchanging
- skinning
- snookering
- snowing
- spoofing
- squeezing
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- stumping
- stunning
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- tricking
- unhinging
- unsettling
- upsetting
- vexing
- weirding out
deceiving
- Pecksniffian
- ambidextrous
- ambiguous
- apocryphal
- apostate
- apparent
- artful
- artificial
- astucious
- astute
- backbiting
- backhanded
- backstabbing
- bamboozling
- base
- beguiling
- belittling
- bent
- bewildering
- bigoted
- bleeding
- bluffing
- bogus
- buffaloing
- bum
- burning
- canting
- casuistic
- casuistical
- catching
- catchy
- cheating
- chimeric
- chimerical
- chiseling
- chiselling
- circuitous
- clandestine
- concocted
- confounding
- conning
- contrary to fact
- cooked-up
- corrupt
- counterfactual
- counterfeit
- coveting
- cozening
- crafty
- crooked
- cunning
- deceitful
- deception
- deceptive
- defaming
- defrauding
- degrading
- deluding
- delusive
- delusory
- demagogic
- designing
- devilish
- devious
- diddling
- dishonest
- dishonesty
- dishonorable
- dishonoring
- disingenuous
- disloyal
- disreputable
- dissembling
- distorted
- distracting
- doing a number on
- double-crossing
- double-dealing
- duping
- duplicitous
- elusive
- equivocal
- erroneous
- ersatz
- euchring
- evasive
- faithless
- fake
- faking out
- fallacious
- false
- falsehearted
- fanciful
- fantastic
- fast
- faulty
- feigned
- feline
- fictitious
- fishy
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- fooling
- forged
- forsworn
- foul
- foxy
- fraudulent
- furtive
- gaffing
- gammoning
- goody-goody
- groveling
- grudging
- guileful
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- holier-than-thou
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- hypocritical
- illogical
- illusive
- illusory
- imaginary
- impish
- impostrous
- imposturous
- improper
- inaccurate
- incorrect
- indirect
- inexact
- insidious
- insincere
- invalid
- irrational
- jive
- juggling
- kidding
- knavish
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- left-handed
- lying
- mad
- malevolent
- malicious
- mean
- mendacious
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- misrepresentative
- mistaken
- mock
- mulcting
- mythomaniac
- naughty
- oblique
- off
- off the mark
- ostensible
- perfidious
- perjured
- perplexing
- pharisaical
- phoney
- phony
- pietistic
- pious
- plausible
- playful
- preachy
- puckish
- putting on
- puzzling
- quarreling
- quixotic
- rascal
- rascally
- reasonless
- recreant
- renegade
- roguish
- rooking
- scheming
- scolding
- scoundrelly
- seeming
- self-satisfied
- serpentine
- shady
- sham
- shaming
- shifty
- shortchanging
- sinister
- skinning
- slick
- slippery
- sly
- smug
- sneaking
- sneaky
- snide
- snookering
- snowing
- sophistic
- sophistical
- specious
- spoofing
- spurious
- squeezing
- stealthy
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- stuffy
- subtile
- subtle
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- traitorous
- treacherous
- treasonable
- trick
- tricking
- trickish
- tricky
- trumped-up
- two-faced
- two-timing
- unctuous
- underhand
- underhanded
- unfair
- unfaithful
- unfounded
- ungrounded
- unprincipled
- unreal
- unreasonable
- unreasoned
- unreliable
- unscrupulous
- unsound
- untrue
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- venal
- villainous
- visionary
- way-off
- wicked
- wily
- wrong
faking
- act
- acting
- ad-libbing
- adulterating
- affectation
- affecting
- appearance
- artifice
- assuming
- beard
- blind
- bluffing
- bogus
- camouflage
- camouflaging
- carbon
- carbon copy
- charade
- cheat
- claim
- cloak
- coining
- color
- coloring
- concealing
- concealment
- concocting
- contriving
- copy
- costume
- counterfeit
- counterfeiting
- cover
- cover-up
- coverup
- cribbing
- deceit
- deception
- deceptive marking
- dekeing
- devising
- disguise
- disguising
- display
- dissembling
- dissimulating
- dissimulation
- doctoring
- dodging
- double-dealing
- dress
- dumb act
- duplicating
- evading
- evasion
- excuse
- extemporizing
- fabricating
- fabrication
- facade
- face
- fake
- fakery
- faking out
- false appearance
- false front
- falsification
- feigning
- feinting
- fig leaf
- forging
- fraudulence
- front
- fudging
- gag
- getup
- guise
- hatching
- illusion
- imitating
- imitation
- impersonating
- imposition
- imposture
- improvising
- insincerity
- inventing
- invention
- juggling
- juking
- letting on
- lookalike
- make believe
- making believe
- making up
- malingering
- manipulating
- manufacturing
- mask
- masking
- masquerade
- masquerading
- mimicry
- misrepresentation
- misstatement
- ostentation
- pageant
- paint
- pen name
- phony
- phonying
- plagiarizing
- plain brown wrapper
- playacting
- playing
- posing
- posturing
- pretending
- pretense
- pretension
- pretentiousness
- pretext
- professing
- protective coloring
- pseudo
- pseudonym
- pump-faking
- put on
- putting on
- red herring
- reduplicating
- replicating
- reproducing
- routine
- ruse
- schtick
- screen
- semblance
- shade
- sham
- shamming
- shroud
- shuffling
- sidestepping
- simulating
- simulation
- slipping
- smokescreen
- stall
- stunt
- stutter-stepping
- subterfuge
- trickery
- twin
- veil
- veneer
- wile
- workalike
gaffing
- bamboozling
- beating
- beguiling
- betraying
- bilking
- bitching
- bleeding
- bluffing
- buffaloing
- burning
- catching
- cheating
- chiseling
- chiselling
- chousing
- clipping
- conning
- cozening
- deceiving
- defrauding
- deluding
- diddling
- doing
- doing a number on
- doing in
- double-crossing
- duping
- euchring
- exploiting
- extorting
- faking out
- fast-talking
- fiddling
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- fooling
- gammoning
- gouging
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- hosing
- humbugging
- hustling
- juggling
- kidding
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- milking
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- mulcting
- nicking
- nobbling
- overcharging
- plucking
- putting on
- reaming
- ripping off
- rooking
- screwing
- selling a bill of goods to
- shaking down
- shortchanging
- shorting
- skinning
- skunking
- snookering
- snowing
- soaking
- spoofing
- squeezing
- sticking
- stiffing
- stinging
- stringing along
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking for a ride
- taking in
- taking to the cleaners
- teasing
- thimblerigging
- tricking
- victimizing
- wrenching
- wresting
- wringing
gammoning
- bamboozling
- beguiling
- bleeding
- bluffing
- buffaloing
- burning
- catching
- cheating
- chiseling
- chiselling
- conning
- cozening
- deceiving
- defrauding
- deluding
- diddling
- doing a number on
- duping
- euchring
- faking out
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- fooling
- gaffing
- gulling
- having
- having on
- hoaxing
- hoodwinking
- hornswoggling
- humbugging
- hustling
- juggling
- kidding
- leading one down the garden path
- leading one up the garden path
- misguiding
- misinforming
- misleading
- mulcting
- putting on
- rooking
- shortchanging
- skinning
- snookering
- snowing
- spoofing
- squeezing
- sticking
- stinging
- stringing along
- suckering
- sucking in
- swindling
- taking in
- teasing
- tricking