take for a ride

The phrase “take for a ride” has 4 syllables: take for a ride

It's pronounced as /teɪk fɔr ə raɪd/


What is synonym and antonym for take for a ride?

In the thesaurus, “take for a ride” has 178 synonyms and 20 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for take for a ride along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for take for a ride

  • abolish
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beat out of
  • beguile
  • behead
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • bleed
  • blot out
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bump off
  • bunco
  • burn
  • butcher
  • caboodle
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chill
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clip
  • con
  • cool
  • coquet
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • dally
  • decapitate
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delude
  • destroy
  • diddle
  • disinform
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • drub
  • dupe
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • euchre
  • execute
  • exploit
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • extort
  • fake
  • fake out
  • fast talk
  • fast-talk
  • fiddle
  • finagle
  • finish
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flirt
  • fool
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • garotte
  • give bum steer
  • gouge
  • guillotine
  • gull
  • gyp
  • hang
  • hit
  • hoax
  • hocus-pocus
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hustle
  • impose upon
  • jerk around
  • jive
  • kid
  • knife
  • knock off
  • lead on
  • liquidate
  • lynch
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • milk
  • mislead
  • misuse
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • nick
  • nobble
  • off
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • play for a fool
  • play games with
  • pluck
  • pull a fast one
  • pull wool over
  • put away
  • put one over on
  • ream
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • set up
  • shaft
  • shake down
  • shoot
  • short
  • shortchange
  • shuck
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smother
  • snow
  • snuff
  • soak
  • spoil
  • squeeze
  • steal
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • strangle
  • strip
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take a life
  • take advantage of
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • thimblerig
  • thrash
  • toy
  • trap
  • trick
  • trifle
  • trim
  • two-time
  • victimize
  • wanton
  • waste
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

Antonyms for take for a ride

  • aid
  • assist
  • be honest
  • be serious
  • bear
  • create
  • destroy
  • donate
  • give
  • give birth
  • guard
  • heal
  • help
  • let go
  • lose
  • offer
  • preserve
  • protect
  • release
  • save

Example Sentences

  • She suspected the mechanic was trying to take for a ride with the high repair estimate.
  • Don't trust those smooth-talking salespeople, they might try to take for a ride.
  • The con artist managed to take for a ride, convincing them to invest in a fake scheme.
  • After the first few dates, she realized he was only interested in take for a ride, not a serious relationship.
  • The salesman tried to take for a ride by charging double the usual price for the car.

On this page you'll find 198 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to take for a ride, such as: abolish, aid, asphyxiate, assassinate, assist, bamboozle, be honest.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaff

  • accommodation
  • accoutrement
  • appliance
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • black box
  • bleed
  • bloomer
  • blooper
  • bluff
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boner
  • boo boo
  • boo-boo
  • boob
  • booby trap
  • book
  • brace
  • breach
  • brick
  • buffalo
  • bungle
  • burn
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clanger
  • clinker
  • clip
  • collar
  • commitment
  • con
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • contraption
  • cozen
  • crime
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • detain
  • detention
  • device
  • diddle
  • dingbat
  • discourtesy
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • double-cross
  • drop
  • dupe
  • error
  • euchre
  • exploit
  • extort
  • failing
  • failure
  • fake out
  • fall
  • false step
  • familiarity
  • fast-talk
  • fault
  • faux pas
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foible
  • fool
  • foul-up
  • frailty
  • fumble
  • furnishings
  • gaffe
  • gammon
  • gear
  • get
  • gimcrack
  • gimmick
  • gizmo
  • glom
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gouge
  • grab
  • grabber
  • gull
  • habiliments
  • have
  • have on
  • heat
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hook
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • howler
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • idiot box
  • implement
  • imprison
  • imprisonment
  • improperness
  • impropriety
  • imprudence
  • inaccuracy
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • incivility
  • indecorum
  • indelicacy
  • indiscretion
  • infraction
  • jail
  • jailing
  • jigger
  • job
  • juggle
  • kick
  • kid
  • lapse
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • machine
  • machinery
  • means
  • mechanism
  • milk
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • miscue
  • misdescription
  • misfire
  • misguide
  • misimpression
  • misinform
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • mislead
  • misreading
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • mitt
  • muff
  • mulct
  • nab
  • nail
  • negligence
  • net
  • nick
  • nip
  • nobble
  • offence
  • offense
  • omission
  • outfit
  • overcharge
  • oversight
  • paraphernalia
  • pick up
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • pluck
  • pratfall
  • preventive custody
  • protective custody
  • provisions
  • pull
  • pull in
  • put on
  • put the arm on
  • put the cuffs on
  • ream
  • restraining
  • rip off
  • rook
  • round up
  • roust
  • run-in
  • screw
  • screwup
  • secure
  • seize
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • sequestering
  • setup
  • shake down
  • short
  • shortchange
  • sidetrack
  • sin
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • snafu
  • snag
  • snare
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak
  • solecism
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • string along
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • supplies
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • tab
  • tackle
  • tag
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take prisoner
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • thimblerig
  • thingamajig
  • tools
  • toss in jail
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • trick
  • trip
  • utensils
  • venial sin
  • vice
  • victimize
  • violation
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatsis
  • whosis
  • widget
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

gammon

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • femur
  • flank
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • frame
  • gaff
  • groin
  • gull
  • ham
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hock
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • loins
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • pancetta
  • play games with
  • pork
  • pork slab
  • porkbellies
  • put on
  • rasher
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • set up
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • sowbelly
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick

jerk around

  • abuse
  • annoy
  • attack
  • baffle
  • bait
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • bedevil
  • beguile
  • beleaguer
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bother
  • bug
  • bullyrag
  • bunco
  • burn
  • caboodle
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumvent
  • clip
  • commercialize
  • commodify
  • con
  • cozen
  • crib
  • cross
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • despoil
  • devil
  • diddle
  • distress
  • disturb
  • do
  • do a number on
  • double-cross
  • double-deal
  • dupe
  • dust
  • eat
  • exasperate
  • exhaust
  • exploit
  • fast talk
  • fatigue
  • finagle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • foray
  • fudge
  • get to
  • give a bad time
  • give a hard time
  • give bum steer
  • gnaw
  • gouge
  • gull
  • harry
  • hassle
  • heckle
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • hound
  • hustle
  • intimidate
  • irk
  • irritate
  • kid
  • leverage
  • macerate
  • manipulate
  • maraud
  • milk
  • mislead
  • mistreat
  • mulct
  • noodge
  • outwit
  • overcharge
  • overreach
  • pain
  • perplex
  • persecute
  • pester
  • pimp
  • plague
  • pluck
  • pull something
  • raid
  • ream
  • ride
  • rifle
  • rip off
  • rob
  • rook
  • rope in
  • run a game on
  • sandbag
  • scam
  • screw
  • sell a bill of goods
  • shaft
  • short
  • shuck
  • skin
  • snow
  • soak
  • spoof
  • stick
  • stiff
  • strain
  • stress
  • strip
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take out
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • tire
  • torment
  • trick
  • trim
  • trouble
  • try
  • two-time
  • use
  • vex
  • victimize
  • weary
  • work
  • work on
  • worry

take

  • OK
  • abduct
  • abide
  • absorb
  • abstract
  • accept
  • accommodate
  • account
  • accredit
  • accroach
  • acquiesce
  • acquire
  • act
  • adaptation
  • address
  • admit
  • adopt
  • affect
  • allotment
  • allow
  • allowance
  • allure
  • annex
  • annihilate
  • answer
  • appoint
  • apprehend
  • appropriate
  • appropriation
  • arrest
  • arrogate
  • ask
  • assassinate
  • assume
  • attain
  • attend
  • attract
  • back
  • backlash
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • be aware of
  • be efficacious
  • be seized
  • bear
  • bear with
  • beat
  • become popular
  • beg
  • behave
  • believe
  • best
  • better
  • bewitch
  • bid
  • bide
  • bilk
  • blot out
  • blow away
  • blow out
  • bomb
  • book
  • booty
  • borrow
  • bounty
  • brave
  • break
  • bring
  • bring off
  • brook
  • buck
  • bump off
  • bury
  • butcher
  • buy
  • call for
  • cap
  • capitulate
  • capture
  • carry
  • carry off
  • carry out
  • cart
  • carve out
  • catch
  • catching
  • challenge
  • charm
  • charter
  • cherry-pick
  • choose
  • claim
  • clasp
  • clench
  • clobber
  • clutch
  • collar
  • collect
  • collection
  • come down with
  • come to grips with
  • command
  • commandeer
  • commission
  • compass
  • comprehend
  • con
  • conclude
  • conduct
  • confirm
  • confiscate
  • conquer
  • consider
  • contain
  • contract
  • control
  • convey
  • convoy
  • cop
  • countenance
  • counterreaction
  • counterresponse
  • cozen
  • crave
  • cream
  • credit
  • croak
  • crush
  • cull
  • cut
  • cut down
  • deal with
  • decide on
  • decimate
  • deduce
  • deduct
  • deem
  • defeat
  • defraud
  • delight
  • delight in
  • demand
  • derive
  • designate
  • destroy
  • devour
  • direct
  • discount
  • dispatch
  • do
  • do away with
  • do down
  • do for
  • do in
  • do the trick
  • down
  • draw
  • draw back
  • drink
  • drive
  • drub
  • dupe
  • earn
  • earnings
  • eat
  • eclipse
  • effect
  • elect
  • eliminate
  • embrace
  • enclose
  • encompass
  • end
  • endure
  • enfold
  • engage
  • engineer
  • enjoin
  • enjoy
  • ensnare
  • entail
  • enter
  • enter upon
  • entertain
  • entrap
  • escort
  • espouse
  • euthanatize
  • euthanize
  • exact
  • exceed
  • excel
  • execute
  • exercise
  • exert
  • expect
  • experience
  • expropriate
  • fail
  • fascinate
  • feed
  • feed on
  • feel
  • fell
  • fellowship
  • ferry
  • fetch
  • fiddle
  • field
  • filch
  • finance
  • finesse
  • finish
  • fit
  • fix
  • flatten
  • flimflam
  • flourish
  • follow
  • function
  • gain
  • gain possession
  • garner
  • gate
  • gather
  • gather up
  • get
  • get around
  • get hold of
  • get off
  • get the better of
  • give access
  • go
  • go through
  • go with
  • grab
  • grasp
  • grin and bear it
  • grip
  • gross
  • guide
  • gull
  • gun
  • hack
  • handle
  • handpick
  • hang in
  • hang on
  • hang on to
  • hang tough
  • harbor
  • haul
  • haul in
  • have
  • have a grip on
  • have effect
  • heel
  • hire
  • hold
  • holding
  • hoodwink
  • house
  • ice
  • imagine
  • imbibe
  • inclose
  • include
  • income
  • infer
  • influence
  • ingest
  • inhale
  • insist
  • interpret as
  • interpretation
  • involve
  • jag
  • jockey
  • journey
  • kickback
  • kill
  • kill off
  • knock for a loop
  • knock off
  • knock over
  • know
  • lack
  • languish
  • lay hold of
  • lead
  • lease
  • let in
  • liberate
  • lick
  • lift
  • like
  • live with
  • look upon
  • loot
  • lot
  • lug
  • luxuriate in
  • magnetize
  • make
  • make away with
  • manage
  • maneuver
  • manipulate
  • mark
  • martyr
  • massacre
  • master
  • meal
  • meet
  • member
  • micromanage
  • misappropriate
  • move
  • mow
  • murder
  • nab
  • nail
  • name
  • necessitate
  • need
  • negotiate
  • net
  • neutralize
  • nip
  • nominate
  • nose out
  • observe
  • obtain
  • off
  • offer
  • okay
  • operate
  • opt for
  • optate
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfight
  • outshine
  • outstrip
  • overbear
  • overcome
  • overmatch
  • overpower
  • overtake
  • overthrow
  • overtop
  • overwhelm
  • pack
  • pan out
  • part
  • partake of
  • partition
  • pay for
  • payoff
  • perceive
  • percentage
  • perform
  • permit
  • pick
  • pick up
  • piece
  • piece of the action
  • piggyback
  • pilot
  • pinch
  • pip
  • play
  • please
  • pluck
  • plunder
  • pocket
  • portion
  • practice
  • preempt
  • prefer
  • prehend
  • preselect
  • press
  • presume
  • prevail
  • proceeds
  • procure
  • profit
  • proportion
  • pull
  • pull a fast one
  • pull in
  • purchase
  • purloin
  • put away
  • put down
  • put in practice
  • put up with
  • quest
  • quota
  • ratify
  • ration
  • reach
  • react
  • reaction
  • reap
  • rebound
  • rebuy
  • receipts
  • receive
  • reckon
  • recoil
  • redound
  • reflex
  • regard
  • regulate
  • relish
  • remove
  • rent
  • reply
  • repurchase
  • require
  • respect
  • respond
  • response
  • result
  • return
  • returns
  • revenue
  • revulsion
  • ride
  • ride out
  • riff
  • rip off
  • rise
  • rout
  • rub out
  • run
  • run off with
  • salvage
  • sanction
  • schlepp
  • score
  • scrag
  • seat
  • section
  • secure
  • see
  • see as
  • segment
  • seize
  • select
  • sense
  • sequester
  • serve
  • set
  • set store by
  • set store on
  • share
  • shellac
  • shoulder
  • sicken with
  • single out
  • sink
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • slice
  • smite
  • smoke
  • snag
  • snare
  • snatch
  • snitch
  • snow under
  • snuff
  • spoils
  • stand
  • stand for
  • steer
  • stick it out
  • stick out
  • stipulate
  • stomach
  • stop
  • strike
  • subdue
  • subjugate
  • submit to
  • succeed
  • suffer
  • suicide
  • support
  • suppose
  • surmount
  • surpass
  • suspect
  • sustain
  • swag
  • swallow
  • sway
  • sweat out
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • swing
  • swipe
  • tab
  • tag
  • take away
  • take effect
  • take for a ride
  • take hold
  • take hold of
  • take in
  • take it
  • take it lying down
  • take it on the chin
  • take off
  • take out
  • take sick with
  • takings
  • tap
  • terminate
  • think
  • think of as
  • thrash
  • tolerate
  • top
  • tote
  • tough it out
  • tour
  • transcend
  • translation
  • treat
  • trek
  • trick
  • trim
  • triumph
  • trounce
  • truck
  • trust
  • undergo
  • understand
  • undertake
  • unseat
  • upend
  • upset
  • usher
  • utilize
  • vanquish
  • variation
  • version
  • wallop
  • want
  • warrant
  • waste
  • wax
  • weaken
  • wear
  • weather
  • welcome
  • whack
  • whip
  • wile
  • wilt
  • win
  • win favor
  • winnings
  • wither
  • withstand
  • work
  • worsen
  • worst
  • yield

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