What is another word for Fooling?
1094 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ fˈuːlɪŋ], [ fˈuːlɪŋ], [ f_ˈuː_l_ɪ_ŋ]
The word "fooling" can be defined as making someone believe something that is not true, or acting in a way to deceive or trick someone. Some synonyms for the word fooling include "tricking," "deceiving," "duping," "hoodwinking," "bamboozling," "gulling," "misleading," "deluding," "beguiling," "hoaxing," "cheating," and "trifling." Each of these words expresses a different degree or style of deception, from simple misrepresentations to complex schemes aimed at exploiting or defrauding others. No matter how we describe it, fooling others is generally seen as an unethical or undesirable behavior, and should be avoided whenever possible.
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Synonyms for Fooling:
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n.
• joking, tricks -
v.
• deceiving • duping Other synonyms:
- joke .
Other relevant words:
- abduct ,
- abstemious ,
- abstract ,
- absurd ,
- ache ,
- acquire ,
- acting ,
- ad-lib ,
- adulterous ,
- affect ,
- aggregation ,
- agree ,
- aim ,
- alacrity ,
- alert ,
- alight ,
- alluring ,
- alter ,
- amaze ,
- ambidextrous ,
- amuse ,
- annoying ,
- antic ,
- arch ,
- arrest ,
- arrhythmic ,
- arrive ,
- assembling ,
- assimilative ,
- assimilatory ,
- assume ,
- assumed ,
- assumptive ,
- astound ,
- athletics ,
- backchat ,
- baffle ,
- bait ,
- baloney ,
- banteringly ,
- barb ,
- baronial ,
- barrack ,
- bearded darnel ,
- beat ,
- becharm ,
- become ,
- beget ,
- begin ,
- beguiler ,
- beleaguer ,
- bemuse ,
- besiege ,
- bewitch ,
- bewray ,
- bilgewater ,
- bird ,
- blackguard ,
- blackguardly ,
- blarney ,
- blind ,
- boast ,
- boloney ,
- boo ,
- bosh ,
- bothersome ,
- bright ,
- brightness ,
- brightness level ,
- bring ,
- bring down ,
- bring forth ,
- brisk ,
- briskness ,
- bugger off ,
- bunco ,
- bunk ,
- bunko ,
- bunko game ,
- burlesque ,
- buzz off ,
- cabbage ,
- cajole ,
- calorie-free ,
- caparison ,
- capriole ,
- captivate ,
- capture ,
- caricature ,
- carrefour ,
- catch ,
- cause ,
- caustic remark ,
- cavort ,
- central ,
- chance ,
- change ,
- charm ,
- cheat on ,
- cheater ,
- check ,
- chess ,
- chic ,
- chicane ,
- chicanery ,
- chichi ,
- chicness ,
- chisel ,
- chouse ,
- cinematography ,
- clarification ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- cleverness ,
- climb ,
- climbing ,
- coax ,
- cock-and-bull story ,
- cockeyed ,
- collection ,
- coltish ,
- comb-out ,
- come ,
- comedy ,
- commence ,
- commutation ,
- commute ,
- con ,
- con game ,
- confidence game ,
- confidence trick ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- constrain ,
- contract ,
- control ,
- convert ,
- convey ,
- cook ,
- correspond ,
- cozen ,
- craziness ,
- cross ,
- crossbreeding ,
- crossover ,
- crossroad ,
- crosswalk ,
- crossway ,
- cryptography ,
- cuckold ,
- dapper ,
- darnel ,
- dawdling ,
- day by day ,
- day-after-day ,
- day-by-day ,
- day-to-day ,
- deceiver ,
- deceptive ,
- denounce ,
- develop ,
- deviate ,
- devilish ,
- devilment ,
- devilry ,
- deviltry ,
- diddle ,
- dig ,
- dirty ,
- discombobulate ,
- discussion ,
- dismount ,
- disorderliness ,
- dispersion ,
- disport ,
- disproof ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulation ,
- distinguished ,
- distort ,
- dodge ,
- double cross ,
- double-dealing ,
- double-faced ,
- double-tongued ,
- draw ,
- drinking ,
- drive ,
- drollery ,
- drool ,
- duck ,
- dumbfound ,
- duplicitous ,
- easy ,
- elude ,
- enamor ,
- enamour ,
- enchant ,
- enforce ,
- engender ,
- engrossing ,
- enticing ,
- entrance ,
- episodic ,
- evade ,
- experience ,
- exploitation ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- extempore ,
- facetiously ,
- fail ,
- faint ,
- fairy story ,
- fairy tale ,
- fairytale ,
- faithlessness ,
- fake ,
- faker ,
- falderol ,
- fall ,
- fallacious ,
- false ,
- false belief ,
- falsification ,
- falsity ,
- fancy ,
- fantasy ,
- farce comedy ,
- fascinate ,
- fascinating ,
- fast one ,
- father ,
- faux ,
- feature ,
- feign ,
- festal ,
- festive ,
- fetch ,
- fickleness ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- filch ,
- find ,
- fire ,
- fire up ,
- fit ,
- fix ,
- fizzle ,
- flash ,
- flim-flam ,
- flirt ,
- flirt with ,
- flirting ,
- flout ,
- flummox ,
- fob ,
- folderal ,
- folly ,
- footling ,
- forcemeat ,
- ford ,
- foul ,
- fox ,
- frame ,
- fraudulence ,
- fraudulent ,
- fresh ,
- frill ,
- frisk ,
- frivolity ,
- frolicky ,
- frolicsome ,
- fuck off ,
- fudge ,
- funniness ,
- gag ,
- gallant ,
- galling ,
- gambol ,
- garble ,
- gay ,
- generate ,
- germination ,
- get down ,
- get off ,
- get under one's skin ,
- gibelike ,
- gimcrack ,
- gimcrackery ,
- give away ,
- glade ,
- go ,
- goldbrick ,
- grand ,
- grass ,
- gravel ,
- grin ,
- gripping ,
- grow ,
- guile ,
- guise ,
- guy ,
- hand job ,
- handful ,
- harbor ,
- harbour ,
- have ,
- head game ,
- hedge ,
- hem in ,
- hiss ,
- hive off ,
- hokum ,
- hold ,
- hollowness ,
- hook ,
- hoot ,
- hornswoggle ,
- housing ,
- huffing ,
- humourous ,
- hurt ,
- husk ,
- hustle ,
- hybridisation ,
- hybridization ,
- hybridizing ,
- idiotic ,
- idle ,
- idleness ,
- ignite ,
- igniter ,
- ignitor ,
- illume ,
- illuminate ,
- illumination ,
- illumine ,
- imagination ,
- imaginativeness ,
- imbibition ,
- impersonation ,
- impertinent ,
- implike ,
- imposter ,
- impression ,
- impromptu ,
- impudent ,
- inadvertent ,
- incidental ,
- inconstancy ,
- incur ,
- induce ,
- indulgence ,
- inflict ,
- inner light ,
- insincerity ,
- interbreeding ,
- interchange ,
- interpolate ,
- intersection ,
- irritating ,
- jacking off ,
- janus-faced ,
- jaunty ,
- jeer ,
- jerk ,
- jerky ,
- jest at ,
- jibe ,
- job ,
- jockey ,
- jocose ,
- jocosely ,
- jocularity ,
- jocund ,
- jokingly ,
- jolly ,
- jolt ,
- juggle ,
- keep in line ,
- kid ,
- kidnap ,
- lampoon ,
- lark ,
- lark about ,
- last word ,
- laugh ,
- laugh at ,
- laughable ,
- lead astray ,
- lead by the nose ,
- lead on ,
- legerdemain ,
- let ,
- let down ,
- leveling ,
- levy ,
- lift ,
- light source ,
- light up ,
- light within ,
- light-colored ,
- light-headed ,
- light-minded ,
- light-mindedness ,
- lighter ,
- lightheaded ,
- lighting ,
- lightly ,
- lightness ,
- lightsome ,
- lilliputian ,
- lite ,
- little ,
- lively ,
- loafing ,
- loose ,
- low-cal ,
- ludicrous ,
- luminance ,
- luminosity ,
- luminousness ,
- lunacy ,
- lure ,
- maculation ,
- magic ,
- magic trick ,
- magisterial ,
- make ,
- make fun ,
- make-believe ,
- mark ,
- marker ,
- match ,
- meaninglessness ,
- merriment ,
- mirthful ,
- mischief ,
- mischief-making ,
- mischievous ,
- mischievousness ,
- misdirect ,
- misguide ,
- misinform ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- modishness ,
- mother ,
- motion-picture photography ,
- mulct ,
- mundane ,
- mutant ,
- mutation ,
- natty ,
- negligible ,
- nettlesome ,
- niggling ,
- noble ,
- nonessential ,
- nonplus ,
- nonsensical ,
- nonsensicality ,
- nurse ,
- obliquity ,
- observance ,
- observation ,
- obtain ,
- off-the-cuff ,
- offhanded ,
- offhandedly ,
- outfox ,
- outsmart ,
- overbold ,
- overwhelming ,
- palaver ,
- paltry ,
- parody ,
- parry ,
- pasquinade ,
- passing ,
- pay back ,
- pay off ,
- perch ,
- performing ,
- periodic ,
- perplex ,
- pesky ,
- pestering ,
- pestiferous ,
- petty ,
- phantasy ,
- picayune ,
- piffling ,
- pilfer ,
- pinch ,
- pipage ,
- pipe ,
- pixilated ,
- plaguey ,
- plaguy ,
- play ,
- play a joke on ,
- play a trick on ,
- play false ,
- play tricks ,
- playacting ,
- playfulness ,
- poke fun ,
- pose ,
- postiche ,
- preposterous ,
- presumptuous ,
- pretence ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pretender ,
- pretension ,
- pretext ,
- printing process ,
- pro forma ,
- produce ,
- promiscuous ,
- pseud ,
- pseudo ,
- psychotic belief ,
- puckish ,
- puffing ,
- pull a fast one on ,
- pull someone's leg ,
- pull strings ,
- pull the wool over someone's eyes ,
- pull wires ,
- purloin ,
- put off ,
- put on ,
- put-on ,
- puzzle ,
- questioning ,
- quotidian ,
- raffish ,
- rag ,
- rail ,
- rakish ,
- rally ,
- rascality ,
- rascally ,
- raspberry ,
- rat ,
- rattling ,
- razz ,
- receive ,
- reciprocation ,
- refutation ,
- replace ,
- rib ,
- ride ,
- ridiculous ,
- rig ,
- rip ,
- riveting ,
- roast ,
- roguery ,
- roguishness ,
- role player ,
- rollick ,
- rollicking ,
- romp ,
- rook ,
- roughness ,
- routine ,
- rowdyism ,
- run around ,
- sarcasm ,
- sassy ,
- satire ,
- saucy ,
- scaling ,
- scam ,
- scant ,
- scatter ,
- scoff ,
- scoundrelly ,
- scram ,
- scrape ,
- scratch ,
- screening ,
- screw ,
- scud ,
- secret writing ,
- self-deceit ,
- sell ,
- semblance ,
- send-up ,
- sendup ,
- set about ,
- set out ,
- set up ,
- shaft ,
- shammer ,
- shiftiness ,
- shit ,
- shop ,
- short ,
- short-change ,
- shot ,
- showing ,
- shuck ,
- sibilation ,
- sidestep ,
- sight ,
- sign language ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- simulation ,
- sire ,
- skirt ,
- skylark ,
- slam ,
- slicker ,
- slipperiness ,
- sluttish ,
- smarting ,
- smile ,
- smiling ,
- snake oil ,
- snappy ,
- snare ,
- snarf ,
- snatch ,
- sneak ,
- snide ,
- snitch ,
- snort ,
- snow ,
- spanking ,
- spark ,
- sparkle ,
- spiffy ,
- spoof ,
- sportsman ,
- sportswoman ,
- spotting ,
- sprinkle ,
- sprinkling ,
- spruce ,
- stag ,
- stalk ,
- start ,
- start out ,
- stately ,
- steal ,
- steaming ,
- stick ,
- stigmatisation ,
- stigmatization ,
- stimulate ,
- sting ,
- straw ,
- strewing ,
- stubble ,
- stuff ,
- stultification ,
- stupefy ,
- stylishness ,
- substitute ,
- substitution ,
- suck ,
- suction ,
- suffer ,
- summercater ,
- supercilious ,
- superficial ,
- surround ,
- sustain ,
- swank ,
- sweet-talk ,
- swindle ,
- swing ,
- swing music ,
- swipe ,
- switch ,
- switch over ,
- swooning ,
- take ,
- takeoff ,
- tally ,
- tantalise ,
- tantalize ,
- taradiddle ,
- tare ,
- tarradiddle ,
- taunt ,
- tear away ,
- tear off ,
- tease ,
- telephone exchange ,
- tell on ,
- tempt ,
- tempting ,
- think about ,
- think of ,
- throw ,
- tommyrot ,
- tosh ,
- toy with ,
- trammel ,
- trance ,
- trap ,
- travesty ,
- trickery ,
- trickster ,
- tripping ,
- trivial ,
- trumpery ,
- twaddle ,
- twerp ,
- twinkle ,
- twirp ,
- two-faced ,
- two-timing ,
- unaccented ,
- unclouded ,
- unhorse ,
- unrehearsed ,
- unremarkable ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- untruth ,
- using ,
- variation ,
- vaulting ,
- vex ,
- vexatious ,
- vexing ,
- victimisation ,
- visible light ,
- visible radiation ,
- visit ,
- visual modality ,
- visual sensation ,
- visual sense ,
- voguish ,
- wake ,
- wakeful ,
- wander ,
- wangle ,
- wank ,
- wanton ,
- warp ,
- weak ,
- web ,
- weisenheimer ,
- wheedle ,
- whoremaster ,
- whoremonger ,
- wicked ,
- wile ,
- wise ,
- wise guy ,
- wiseacre ,
- wisenheimer ,
- word ,
- workaday ,
- zippy .
- Frolicking ,
- Kidding ,
- bantering ,
- deceitful ,
- droll ,
- facetious ,
- feigning ,
- flippant ,
- frivolous ,
- humorous ,
- impish ,
- insincere ,
- jesting ,
- jiving ,
- jocular ,
- jollying ,
- joshing ,
- jovial ,
- merry ,
- playful ,
- prankish ,
- pretending ,
- putting one on ,
- roguish ,
- smart ,
- spoofing ,
- sportive ,
- teasing ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- trifling ,
- waggish .
- Adopting ,
- Applying ,
- Bamboozling ,
- Bluffing ,
- Bucking ,
- Chaffing ,
- Charging ,
- Clownishness ,
- Countenancing ,
- Cozening ,
- Dabbling ,
- Dallying ,
- Dispelling ,
- Dispersing ,
- Dissipating ,
- Donning ,
- Earning ,
- Fleering ,
- Frittering ,
- Gaining ,
- Germinating ,
- Gouging ,
- Gulling ,
- Hazing ,
- High Jinks ,
- Hoaxing ,
- Hooting ,
- Injecting ,
- Jockeying ,
- Loitering ,
- Madding ,
- Panning ,
- Phantasm ,
- Photographing ,
- Pottering ,
- Puttering ,
- Ragging ,
- Realizing ,
- Receiving ,
- Ridiculing ,
- Sapping ,
- Scaring ,
- Scarring ,
- Skylarking ,
- Slanging ,
- Smirking ,
- Snickering ,
- Suckering ,
- Tinkering ,
- Twitting ,
- absorbing ,
- accepting ,
- accidental ,
- assimilating ,
- assing ,
- assuming ,
- astonish ,
- badinage ,
- bamboozle ,
- bamboozlement ,
- banter ,
- be mistaken ,
- be unfaithful ,
- be wrong ,
- befooling ,
- beguile ,
- beguiling ,
- betray ,
- bewilder ,
- booing ,
- branding ,
- buffoonery ,
- calculated deception ,
- caper ,
- catcalling ,
- chaff ,
- cheat ,
- chumping ,
- circumvent ,
- circumvention ,
- clearing ,
- clowning ,
- coding ,
- collecting ,
- commit adultery ,
- consuming ,
- coquetry ,
- coshing ,
- crisscrossing ,
- crossing ,
- cursory ,
- dalliance ,
- darting ,
- dashing ,
- deceit ,
- deceive ,
- deceivingly ,
- deception ,
- deceptively ,
- deceptiveness ,
- defraud ,
- delude ,
- delusion ,
- delusiveness ,
- derision ,
- derisive ,
- derisory ,
- diddling ,
- disappoint ,
- divert ,
- dumbing ,
- dummying ,
- dupery ,
- effortless ,
- enmeshment ,
- ensnare ,
- ensnarement ,
- entanglement ,
- entertain ,
- entice ,
- entrap ,
- entrapment ,
- espieglerie ,
- everyday ,
- exchange ,
- fallaciousness ,
- fallacy ,
- falsehood ,
- falseness ,
- falsify ,
- farce ,
- feint ,
- fiddling ,
- filming ,
- flashing ,
- flimflam ,
- flimflammery ,
- flippancy ,
- flirtation ,
- fond illusion ,
- foolery ,
- fooling around ,
- fraud ,
- frolic ,
- fun ,
- funning ,
- gawking ,
- get ,
- get round ,
- gibe ,
- give and take ,
- goofing ,
- goosing ,
- grading ,
- grinning ,
- hallucination ,
- harlequinade ,
- hissing ,
- hoax ,
- hoodwink ,
- horseplay ,
- humbug ,
- idling ,
- illusion ,
- imbibing ,
- imitation ,
- impose ,
- imposing ,
- impostor ,
- ingesting ,
- insouciant ,
- inveigle ,
- inviting ,
- irony ,
- jape ,
- jeering ,
- jerking ,
- jerking off ,
- jest ,
- jive ,
- joking ,
- josh ,
- kidding around ,
- leering ,
- levity ,
- lolling ,
- making light ,
- manipulate ,
- marking ,
- messing around ,
- mirage ,
- mislead ,
- misleadingly ,
- mockery ,
- mocking ,
- monkeying ,
- monkeying around ,
- monkeyshines ,
- mounting ,
- mugging ,
- mystify ,
- nobble ,
- nonchalant ,
- occasional ,
- offhand ,
- outwit ,
- outwitting ,
- overreach ,
- overreaching ,
- perfunctory ,
- persiflage ,
- piddling ,
- piping ,
- playing ,
- playing around ,
- pleasantry ,
- prank ,
- printing ,
- pullulating ,
- quizzical ,
- railing ,
- raillery ,
- rallying ,
- razzing ,
- realising ,
- ribbing ,
- ridicule ,
- rip off ,
- roasting ,
- roughhouse ,
- rowdiness ,
- scattering ,
- scoffing ,
- scooting ,
- scoring ,
- scraping ,
- scratching ,
- scudding ,
- self-deception ,
- sham ,
- shenanigan ,
- shenanigans ,
- signing ,
- smart aleck ,
- smart-alecky ,
- smart-ass ,
- smartness ,
- smattering ,
- snapping ,
- sneering ,
- sniggering ,
- snorting ,
- snow job ,
- song and dance ,
- sport ,
- sprouting ,
- staining ,
- subterfuge ,
- sucking ,
- taunting ,
- tomfoolery ,
- toying ,
- trapping ,
- trick ,
- trickiness ,
- tricks ,
- twit ,
- victimise ,
- victimization ,
- victimize ,
- viewing ,
- vision ,
- watching ,
- wishful thinking ,
- witty .
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How to use "Fooling" in context?
"Fooling" is a term that is used to describe the act of deception. Deception can take many different forms, from simple misdirection to outright lies. It can be used to deceive others about what is true, what is happening, or what should happen.
Deception can have a number of purposes. It can be used to avoid conflicts or to secure advantages. It can be used to manipulate others or to conceal one's own intentions. It can be used to deceive oneself as well as others.
There are many different types of deception. The most common forms of deception are lies and half-truths.
Paraphrases for Fooling:
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Equivalence
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Noun, singular or mass
Kidding.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Deluding.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Independent
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Other Related
Homophones for Fooling:
- FLNC, feebleness, fling, fluency, flying gecko, film-make, fullness, fueling, flunk, foulness, feelings, fleming, filling, falange, flinch, flange, Flense, felonious, flemish, flamingo, feeling, fhlmc, failing, flaming, flunky, flunkey, flummox, foiling, flaminius, flamenco, falanga, flank, flying, flimsy, falling, filming, filing, flowing, flounce, following.
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