What is another word for pulling one's leg?
236 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ pˈʊlɪŋ wˈɒnz lˈɛɡ], [ pˈʊlɪŋ wˈɒnz lˈɛɡ], [ p_ˈʊ_l_ɪ_ŋ w_ˈɒ_n_z l_ˈɛ_ɡ]Table of Contents
Similar words for pulling one's leg:- facetious (adjective)
- other relevant words (adjective)
- tongue-in-cheek (adjective)
- cheat (verb)
- dupe (verb)
- extort (verb)
- joke (verb)
- ridicule (verb)
- satirize (verb)
- other synonyms
- other relevant words
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Pulling one's leg:
adj.
•facetious (adjective)- flip,
- satirical,
- merry,
- flippant,
- jocose,
- indecorous,
- ridiculous,
- jesting,
- comical,
- whimsical,
- blithe,
- funny,
- humorous,
- Capering,
- frivolous,
- jocular,
- gay,
- pleasant,
- clever,
- sprightly,
- comic,
- smart,
- waggish,
- sarcastic,
- amusing,
- dry,
- fanciful,
- joshing,
- droll.
v.
•cheat (verb) •dupe (verb)- overreach,
- hornswoggle,
- outwit,
- baffle,
- dust,
- kid,
- gull,
- hoax,
- pull something,
- chicane,
- betray,
- catch,
- circumvent,
- cheat,
- spoof.
- get,
- shake down,
- demand.
- travesty,
- make a laughing-stock,
- lampoon,
- rally,
- make fun of,
- cartoon,
- make a fool of,
- unmask,
- satirize,
- rail at,
- caricature,
- parody,
- RAZ,
- put down,
- scorn,
- pooh-pooh,
- show up,
- takeoff,
- humiliate,
- gibe,
- twit,
- haze,
- poke fun at,
- mimic,
- send up,
- pan,
- run down,
- sneer,
- quiz,
- jeer,
- laugh at,
- make a game of,
- deflate,
- expose,
- scoff,
- Fleer,
- ride.
Other synonyms:
•Other relevant words:- flimflam,
- rook,
- defraud,
- milk,
- mislead,
- victimize,
- obtain,
- deride,
- clip,
- sting,
- quip,
- fleece,
- fudge,
- finagle,
- fool,
- burlesque,
- coerce,
- frame,
- jape,
- josh,
- do a number on,
- squeeze,
- play,
- make merry,
- skin,
- fast talk,
- shaft,
- trim,
- put screws to,
- sandbag,
- frolic,
- jolly,
- hold up,
- needle,
- taunt,
- evince,
- give bum steer,
- soak,
- gyp,
- banter,
- sucker,
- bleed,
- bunco,
- sport,
- wrench,
- scam,
- diddle,
- rip off,
- hoodwink,
- deceive,
- ridicule,
- put on,
- bully,
- fake out,
- ice,
- make pay through nose,
- elicit,
- murphy,
- extract,
- shuck,
- play games with,
- bilk,
- put the arm on,
- burn,
- revel,
- scout,
- snow,
- bamboozle,
- short,
- mock,
- wisecrack,
- secure,
- stiff,
- horse around,
- gammon,
- gouge,
- dupe,
- two-time,
- cross,
- play tricks,
- jive,
- double-deal,
- cozen,
- take out,
- caboodle,
- ream,
- crib,
- fun,
- jerk around,
- chaff,
- rope in,
- gambol,
- swindle,
- pun,
- force,
- roast,
- exact,
- rib,
- jest,
- wring,
- double-cross,
- pinch,
- educe,
- laugh,
- set up,
- chisel,
- delude,
- rag,
- hose,
- stick,
- bluff,
- run a game on,
- poke fun,
- screw,
- wrest,
- beguile,
- trick,
- beat.
Antonyms for Pulling one's leg:
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adj.
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tongue-in-cheek
respectful, reverent.
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tongue-in-cheek
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v.
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dupe
support, be serious.
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joke
flatter, praise, compliment.
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ridicule
approve.
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dupe