Synonyms for Lead on:

• n.

  •delude (noun)
  • delude.

• v.

  •allure (verb)
  • charm,
  • draw,
  • captivate,
  • attract,
  • enchant,
  • wile,
  • cajole,
  • coax,
  • pull,
  • turn on,
  • beguile,
  • fascinate,
  • hook,
  • come on,
  • bewitch,
  • persuade.
  •bait (verb)
  • bedevil.
  •communication (verb)
  • lead on.
  •coquet (verb)
  • titillate,
  • gold-dig,
  • fool,
  • philander,
  • wanton,
  • vamp,
  • make eyes at,
  • operate,
  • wink at.
  •dally/dally with (verb)
  • cosset,
  • carry on,
  • rollick,
  • tamper,
  • frolic,
  • fool around,
  • gambol,
  • play around.
  •decoy (verb)
  • steer,
  • ensorcell,
  • egg one on,
  • rope in,
  • mousetrap,
  • toll,
  • lead up garden path,
  • trap,
  • shill,
  • tout.
  •draw out (verb)
  • lengthen,
  • spin,
  • elongate,
  • protract,
  • drag out,
  • spin out,
  • stretch,
  • Prolongate,
  • continue,
  • make longer,
  • tug,
  • string out,
  • extend,
  • drag.
  •entangle (verb)
  • compromise,
  • unsettle,
  • embarrass,
  • muddle,
  • perplex,
  • enmesh,
  • tangle,
  • trammel,
  • complicate,
  • corner,
  • snarl,
  • mat,
  • embrangle,
  • impede,
  • ravel,
  • implicate,
  • embroil,
  • fetter,
  • intertwine,
  • confuse,
  • hamper,
  • puzzle,
  • snag,
  • snare,
  • clog,
  • bewilder,
  • twist,
  • catch,
  • knot,
  • interweave,
  • dishevel,
  • jumble,
  • burden,
  • set up.
  •entice (verb)
  • prevail on.
  •entrap (verb)
  • bag,
  • net.
  •flirt (verb)
  • disport,
  • pick up,
  • banter,
  • proposition,
  • pitch.
  •fool (verb)
  • kid,
  • outfox,
  • Juke,
  • chicane,
  • diddle,
  • put one over on,
  • spoof,
  • flimflam,
  • pretend,
  • fox,
  • bluff,
  • fake out,
  • play-act,
  • snow,
  • play a trick on,
  • make believe,
  • jive.
  •inveigle (verb)
  • jolly,
  • blandish,
  • work over,
  • play up to,
  • egg on,
  • overdo it,
  • urge,
  • butter,
  • oil,
  • influence,
  • soap,
  • lay it on thick,
  • massage,
  • soften up,
  • maneuver,
  • get around,
  • sweet talk,
  • stroke,
  • honey.
  •kid around (verb)
  • harass,
  • bother,
  • josh,
  • rag,
  • ridicule,
  • chaff,
  • mock,
  • goad,
  • dog,
  • ride,
  • disturb,
  • annoy,
  • razz,
  • taunt,
  • needle,
  • rib,
  • nudge,
  • pester,
  • badger,
  • roast.
  •lure (verb)
  • train,
  • beckon,
  • rope,
  • capture,
  • haul,
  • invite.
  •mislead (verb)
  • lie,
  • overreach,
  • shaft,
  • hose,
  • misrepresent,
  • rip off,
  • juggle,
  • rook,
  • pervert,
  • bunk,
  • misinform,
  • fudge.
  •seduce (verb)
  • bribe,
  • sucker,
  • induce.
  •string along (verb)
  • take for a ride.
  •tantalize (verb)
  • harry,
  • torment,
  • keep hanging,
  • frustrate,
  • thwart,
  • make mouth water,
  • gnaw,
  • worry,
  • torture,
  • baffle,
  • plague,
  • beleaguer.
  •tease (verb)
  • slam,
  • Importune,
  • put down,
  • hector,
  • gibe,
  • snap,
  • devil,
  • vex,
  • rally,
  • sound.
  •tempt (verb)
  • move,
  • promote,
  • stimulate,
  • court,
  • dare,
  • whet,
  • solicit,
  • incite,
  • risk,
  • instigate,
  • butter up,
  • woo,
  • try,
  • rouse,
  • provoke,
  • test,
  • motivate.
  •toy (verb)
  • jest,
  • mess around,
  • sport,
  • play,
  • dandle,
  • pet,
  • fiddle.
  •trifle (verb)
  • lounge,
  • be insincere,
  • dabble,
  • dawdle,
  • monkey,
  • potter,
  • twiddle,
  • indulge in,
  • use up,
  • loiter,
  • waste time,
  • squander,
  • waste,
  • horse around,
  • dilly-dally,
  • idle,
  • play with,
  • mess with,
  • fritter,
  • Fribble,
  • misuse,
  • palter,
  • futz around,
  • play games with,
  • monkey with,
  • doodle,
  • lollygag,
  • putter,
  • fidget,
  • fool with.

• Other synonyms:

  •coquet
  • Wantoning,
  • made eyes at,
  • Wantoned,
  • winked at,
  • Gold-digging.
  •deceive
  • scamming,
  • imposes upon,
  • buffalo,
  • out wit,
  • double cross,
  • beat out of,
  • buffaloed,
  • doublecross,
  • cross up,
  • pull fast one,
  • Gouging,
  • imposed upon,
  • impose upon,
  • Buffaloes,
  • take for ride,
  • take to cleaners,
  • ensnared,
  • Humbugging,
  • play joke on,
  • Humbugged,
  • hoodwinked,
  • outwitting,
  • take for,
  • taking for ride,
  • scammed.
  •decoy
  • roped in,
  • ensorcelled,
  • ensorcelling,
  • shilling,
  • mousetraps,
  • shills.
  •draw out
  • made longer,
  • spun out,
  • strung out,
  • stringing out.
  •fool
  • spoofed,
  • Foxed,
  • spoofing,
  • chicaned,
  • play trick on,
  • Foxing,
  • jiving,
  • fools,
  • Snowing,
  • play act,
  • Snowed,
  • playact,
  • faked out,
  • jived,
  • Jukes,
  • jives,
  • chicaning,
  • chicanes,
  • Foxes,
  • put over on.
  •inveigle
  • Inveigling,
  • Buttering,
  • Soaped,
  • Buttered,
  • worked over,
  • Jollies,
  • Honeying,
  • laid on thick,
  • laying it on thick,
  • Soaping,
  • getting around,
  • lay on thick,
  • jollying,
  • jollied,
  • honied.
  •seduce
  • seduced,
  • Suckering,
  • Suckered.
  •trifle
  • Trifled,
  • lollygags,
  • played with,
  • Fribbling,
  • Pottering,
  • used up,
  • Idled,
  • lollygagging,
  • potters,
  • trifling,
  • Pottered,
  • using up.

Antonyms for Lead on:

• v.

  • allure
    push, release, disgust, disenchant, repel, discourage, warn, prevent, turn off, repulse, threaten, deter, dissuade.
  • coquet
    be shy.
  • deceive
    help, be honest, aid, give, offer, let go, support, assist, protect.
  • draw out
    clip, shorten.
  • entangle
    enlighten, clear up, explain, clarify, uncomplicate, exclude, disentangle, organize, untwist, explicate, order, untangle, free, liberate, allow.
  • entice
    turn away.
  • entrap
    clear, lose.
  • flirt
    be faithful.
  • intrigue
    depress, bore, refuse, tire, forget, displease, neglect, offend.
  • lure
    antagonize, reject.
  • mislead
    counsel, advise, lead, guard.
  • tantalize
    encourage, please, make happy.
  • tease
    soothe, delight, reassure, flatter, praise, quiet.
  • tempt
    dull, stop, dishearten, hinder, halt.
  • toy
    work.
  • trifle
    hoard, save, hasten, rush, hurry.
  • Other antonyms:
    caution, alert, ward, drive.

Homophones for Lead on:

• leiden, laden, lodine, latten, load down, Ladino, latium, LTM, lotion, low-down, litany, lallation, lay down, lawton, ledum, let in, ladanum, lithotomy, laotian, loaded down, lateen, let on, lutein, lithane, latin, letdown, leyden, latino, let down, lead-in, louden, lithuanian, lithium, lie down, Low Latin, latona, lydian, laudanum, Ladin, leaden, lead time, ludian, lithuania, lutetium, lytton.

Hyponym for Lead on:

• v.

  • communication
    entice, tempt, lure.