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

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

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

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

garotte

  • abolish
  • asphyxiate
  • assassinate
  • behead
  • blot out
  • bump off
  • butcher
  • chill
  • choke
  • cool
  • decapitate
  • defeat
  • destroy
  • dispatch
  • do in
  • drub
  • electrocute
  • eliminate
  • eradicate
  • execute
  • exterminate
  • extinguish
  • finish
  • guillotine
  • hang
  • hit
  • knife
  • knock off
  • liquidate
  • lynch
  • mangle
  • mar
  • massacre
  • misuse
  • off
  • put away
  • rub out
  • ruin
  • scrag
  • shoot
  • slaughter
  • slay
  • smother
  • snuff
  • spoil
  • stifle
  • strangle
  • suffocate
  • take a life
  • take for a ride
  • take out
  • thrash
  • throttle
  • waste

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

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