What is another word for string along?
1125 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ stɹˈɪŋ ɐlˈɒŋ], [ stɹˈɪŋ ɐlˈɒŋ], [ s_t_ɹ_ˈɪ_ŋ ɐ_l_ˈɒ_ŋ]
String along is a commonly used colloquialism that means to lead someone on, deceive or manipulate. There are several synonyms for the term depending on the context or the situation. In some cases, people might use words like fool, dupe, or trick as synonyms. Others might use words like lead, mislead, or deceive. In more formal settings, people might use words like beguile, seduce, or lure. Each of these words has a slightly different connotation, and their use will depend on the intent of the speaker and the context of the situation. Ultimately, whether it is cheating on someone or playing them for a fool, leading someone on is never a good thing to do.
Synonyms for String along:
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v.
• accompany- associates with ,
- associating with ,
- hanged around with ,
- hanging around with ,
- hangs around with ,
- hung around with ,
- keeps company ,
- shlepped along ,
- shlepping along ,
- shleps along ,
- showed about ,
- showed around ,
- showing about ,
- showing around ,
- shows about ,
- shows around ,
- sticked to ,
- sticking to ,
- strung along ,
- tagged along ,
- tagging along ,
- tags along .
- be guile ,
- be guiles ,
- be tray ,
- be trays ,
- be-guile ,
- be-guiles ,
- be-tray ,
- be-trays ,
- imposed on ,
- imposes on ,
- imposing on ,
- mis lead ,
- mis leading ,
- mis leads ,
- mis-lead ,
- mis-leading ,
- mis-leads ,
- play for sucker ,
- played for a sucker ,
- played for sucker ,
- playing for a sucker ,
- playing for sucker ,
- plays for a sucker ,
- plays for sucker ,
- ropes in ,
- roping in ,
- sucking in ,
- sucks in .
- gold dig ,
- gold digging ,
- gold digs ,
- gold dug ,
- gold-digs ,
- gold-dug ,
- golddig ,
- golddigging ,
- golddigs ,
- golddug ,
- makes eyes at ,
- making eyes at ,
- winking at ,
- winks at .
- Illuded ,
- Illuding ,
- caboodled ,
- caboodles ,
- caboodling ,
- de lude ,
- de ludes ,
- de-lude ,
- de-ludes ,
- did a number on ,
- did number on ,
- didst a number on ,
- didst number on ,
- dis inform ,
- dis informed ,
- dis informing ,
- dis informs ,
- dis-inform ,
- dis-informed ,
- dis-informing ,
- dis-informs ,
- disinforming ,
- disinforms ,
- does a number on ,
- does number on ,
- doest a number on ,
- doest number on ,
- doeth a number on ,
- doeth number on ,
- doing a number on ,
- doing number on ,
- dost a number on ,
- dost number on ,
- doth a number on ,
- doth number on ,
- illudes ,
- lead garden path ,
- leading garden path ,
- leading up garden path ,
- leads garden path ,
- leads up garden path ,
- led garden path ,
- led up garden path ,
- mis guide ,
- mis guided ,
- mis guides ,
- mis guiding ,
- mis-guide ,
- mis-guided ,
- mis-guides ,
- mis-guiding ,
- misguides ,
- mousetrapped ,
- mousetrapping ,
- out fox ,
- out foxed ,
- out foxes ,
- out foxing ,
- out-fox ,
- out-foxed ,
- out-foxes ,
- out-foxing ,
- played trick on ,
- playing trick on ,
- plays trick on .
- adheres to ,
- adhering to ,
- am consistent with ,
- am devoted to ,
- am guided by ,
- am keeping ,
- are consistent with ,
- are devoted to ,
- are guided by ,
- are in keeping ,
- are interested in ,
- are keeping ,
- art consistent with ,
- art devoted to ,
- art guided by ,
- art in keeping ,
- art interested in ,
- art keeping ,
- be keeping ,
- being consistent with ,
- being devoted to ,
- being guided by ,
- being in keeping ,
- being interested in ,
- being keeping ,
- bring rear ,
- bring the rear ,
- bring up rear ,
- bringing rear ,
- bringing the rear ,
- brings rear ,
- brings the rear ,
- brings up rear ,
- brings up the rear ,
- brought rear ,
- brought the rear ,
- brought up rear ,
- did like ,
- didst like ,
- does like ,
- doest like ,
- doeth like ,
- dogged footsteps of ,
- dogged the footsteps of ,
- dogging footsteps of ,
- dogging the footsteps of ,
- dogs footsteps of ,
- dogs the footsteps of ,
- doing like ,
- dost like ,
- doth like ,
- following suit ,
- gave allegiance to ,
- gave chase ,
- gives allegiance to ,
- gives chase ,
- giving allegiance to ,
- giving chase ,
- held fast ,
- holding fast ,
- holds fast ,
- is consistent with ,
- is devoted to ,
- is guided by ,
- is in keeping ,
- is interested in ,
- is keeping ,
- keep eye on ,
- keeping abreast of ,
- keeping an eye on ,
- keeping eye on ,
- keeps abreast of ,
- keeps an eye on ,
- keeps eye on ,
- kept abreast of ,
- kept eye on ,
- live to ,
- lived to ,
- lived up to ,
- lives to ,
- lives up to ,
- living to ,
- living up to ,
- modeled on ,
- modeling on ,
- modelled on ,
- modelling on ,
- models on ,
- ontoed ,
- ontoes ,
- ontoing ,
- pattern oneself up on ,
- pattern up on ,
- pattern upon ,
- patterned oneself up on ,
- patterned oneself upon ,
- patterned up on ,
- patterned upon ,
- patterning oneself up on ,
- patterning oneself upon ,
- patterning up on ,
- patterning upon ,
- patterns oneself up on ,
- patterns oneself upon ,
- patterns up on ,
- patterns upon ,
- put tail on ,
- puts a tail on ,
- puts tail on ,
- putting a tail on ,
- putting tail on ,
- ran after ,
- re gards ,
- re-gard ,
- runs after ,
- schlepped along ,
- schlepping along ,
- schlepps along ,
- tagged after ,
- tagging after ,
- tags after ,
- take as example ,
- takes as an example ,
- takes as example ,
- takes out after ,
- taking as an example ,
- taking as example ,
- taking out after ,
- took as an example ,
- took as example ,
- took out after ,
- was consistent with ,
- was devoted to ,
- was guided by ,
- was in keeping ,
- was interested in ,
- was keeping ,
- wast consistent with ,
- wast devoted to ,
- wast guided by ,
- wast in keeping ,
- wast interested in ,
- wast keeping ,
- went after ,
- were consistent with ,
- were devoted to ,
- were guided by ,
- were in keeping ,
- were interested in ,
- were keeping ,
- wert consistent with ,
- wert devoted to ,
- wert guided by ,
- wert in keeping ,
- wert interested in ,
- wert keeping .
- co axed ,
- co axing ,
- co-axed ,
- co-axing ,
- de coy ,
- de coyed ,
- de coying ,
- de coys ,
- de-coy ,
- de-coyed ,
- de-coying ,
- de-coys ,
- gat around ,
- gets around ,
- gotten around ,
- laid it on thick ,
- laid it thick ,
- laid thick ,
- lay it thick ,
- lay thick ,
- laying it thick ,
- laying on thick ,
- laying thick ,
- lays it on thick ,
- lays it thick ,
- lays on thick ,
- lays thick ,
- overdid it ,
- overdoes it ,
- overdoing it ,
- play to ,
- played to ,
- played up to ,
- playing to ,
- playing up to ,
- plays to ,
- plays up to ,
- softened up ,
- softening up ,
- softens up ,
- works over ,
- wrought over .
- BSED ,
- BSES ,
- Overdrew ,
- am untruthful ,
- are untruthful ,
- art untruthful ,
- bare false witness ,
- beared false witness ,
- bears false witness ,
- being untruthful ,
- bore false witness ,
- brake promise ,
- breaking promise ,
- breaks promise ,
- broke promise ,
- bsing ,
- dis simulate ,
- dis simulated ,
- dis simulates ,
- dis simulating ,
- dis tort ,
- dis torts ,
- dis-simulate ,
- dis-simulated ,
- dis-simulates ,
- dis-simulating ,
- dis-tort ,
- dis-torts ,
- in vent ,
- in vented ,
- in venting ,
- in vents ,
- in-vent ,
- in-vented ,
- in-venting ,
- in-vents ,
- is untruthful ,
- mis instruct ,
- mis instructed ,
- mis instructing ,
- mis instructs ,
- mis represent ,
- mis represented ,
- mis representing ,
- mis represents ,
- mis speak ,
- mis speaking ,
- mis speaks ,
- mis spoke ,
- mis spoken ,
- mis state ,
- mis stated ,
- mis states ,
- mis stating ,
- mis-instruct ,
- mis-instructed ,
- mis-instructing ,
- mis-instructs ,
- mis-represent ,
- mis-represented ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-represents ,
- mis-speak ,
- mis-speaking ,
- mis-speaks ,
- mis-spoke ,
- mis-spoken ,
- mis-state ,
- mis-stated ,
- mis-states ,
- mis-stating ,
- misinstructing ,
- misinstructs ,
- misspoke ,
- over draw ,
- over drawing ,
- over drawn ,
- over draws ,
- over drew ,
- over-draw ,
- over-drawing ,
- over-drawn ,
- over-draws ,
- over-drew ,
- overdraws ,
- phonied ,
- phonying ,
- pro moting ,
- pro-mote ,
- pro-motes ,
- pro-moting ,
- put a front ,
- put front ,
- put up front ,
- puts a front ,
- puts front ,
- puts up a front ,
- puts up front ,
- putting a front ,
- putting front ,
- putting up a front ,
- putting up front ,
- soft soaped ,
- soft soaping ,
- soft-soaps ,
- softsoap ,
- softsoaped ,
- softsoaping ,
- softsoaps ,
- wast untruthful ,
- were untruthful ,
- wert untruthful .
- bait and switch ,
- bait switch ,
- baited and switch ,
- baited switch ,
- baiting and switch ,
- baiting switch ,
- baits and switch ,
- baits switch ,
- double talked ,
- double talking ,
- double-talked ,
- double-talking ,
- doublespeaked ,
- doublespeaking ,
- doublespeaks ,
- doubletalk ,
- doubletalked ,
- doubletalking ,
- leads astray ,
- mis direct ,
- mis directed ,
- mis directing ,
- mis directs ,
- mis inform ,
- mis informed ,
- mis informing ,
- mis informs ,
- mis-direct ,
- mis-directed ,
- mis-directing ,
- mis-directs ,
- mis-inform ,
- mis-informed ,
- mis-informing ,
- mis-informs ,
- put act ,
- put an act ,
- put false front ,
- put smoke screen ,
- puts false front ,
- puts on false front ,
- puts smoke screen ,
- puts up smoke screen ,
- putting false front ,
- putting on false front ,
- putting smoke screen ,
- putting up smoke screen ,
- wronged steer ,
- wronging steer .
- asservated ,
- asservates ,
- asservating ,
- be troth ,
- be troths ,
- be-troth ,
- be-troths ,
- crossed heart ,
- crosses heart ,
- crossing heart ,
- de clare ,
- de clares ,
- de-clare ,
- de-clares ,
- in sure ,
- in-sure ,
- pro fess ,
- pro fesses ,
- pro mise ,
- pro mises ,
- pro-fess ,
- pro-fesses ,
- pro-mise ,
- pro-mises ,
- said so ,
- saying so ,
- says so ,
- sub scribe ,
- sub scribed ,
- sub scribes ,
- sub scribing ,
- sub-scribed ,
- sub-scribes ,
- sub-scribing ,
- sware and down ,
- sware bible ,
- sware down ,
- sware on bible ,
- sware up and down ,
- sware up down ,
- swear and down ,
- swear bible ,
- swear down ,
- swear up down ,
- swearing and down ,
- swearing bible ,
- swearing down ,
- swearing on bible ,
- swearing up and down ,
- swearing up down ,
- swears and down ,
- swears bible ,
- swears down ,
- swears on bible ,
- swears up and down ,
- swears up down ,
- swore and down ,
- swore bible ,
- swore down ,
- swore on bible ,
- swore up and down ,
- swore up down ,
- takes an oath ,
- takes oath ,
- taking an oath ,
- taking oath ,
- took oath ,
- under take ,
- under taken ,
- under takes ,
- under taking ,
- under took ,
- under write ,
- under writes ,
- under writing ,
- under written ,
- under wrote ,
- under-taken ,
- under-takes ,
- under-taking ,
- under-write ,
- under-writes ,
- under-writing ,
- under-written ,
- under-wrote .
- blinked at ,
- blinking at ,
- blinks at ,
- consenting to ,
- consents to ,
- lived with ,
- putting with ,
- sat and take it ,
- sat still for ,
- sat take it ,
- sate and take it ,
- sate still for ,
- sate take it ,
- sit take it ,
- sits and take it ,
- sits still for ,
- sits take it ,
- sitting and take it ,
- sitting still for ,
- sitting take it ,
- staid course ,
- staid the course ,
- stay course ,
- stayed course ,
- staying course ,
- staying the course ,
- stays course ,
- stays the course ,
- submits to ,
- toughed out ,
- toughing out ,
- toughs out ,
- un derwent ,
- un-derwent ,
- under going ,
- under gone ,
- under went ,
- under-going ,
- under-gone ,
- under-went .
- be dog ,
- be dogged ,
- be dogging ,
- be dogs ,
- be-dog ,
- be-dogged ,
- be-dogging ,
- be-dogs ,
- bedogged ,
- bedogging ,
- bedogs ,
- de lay ,
- de laying ,
- de lays ,
- de-lay ,
- de-laying ,
- de-lays ,
- dropped back ,
- dropping back ,
- drops back ,
- dropt back ,
- ex tend ,
- ex tended ,
- ex tending ,
- ex tends ,
- ex-tend ,
- ex-tended ,
- ex-tending ,
- ex-tends ,
- falls behind ,
- fell behind ,
- follow scent ,
- followed a scent ,
- followed scent ,
- following a scent ,
- following scent ,
- follows a scent ,
- follows scent ,
- hanged down ,
- hangs down ,
- hung down ,
- nosed out ,
- noses out ,
- nosing out ,
- poked along ,
- pokes along ,
- poking along ,
- spoored .
- are insincere ,
- art insincere ,
- being insincere ,
- dilly dally ,
- fooled with ,
- fooling with ,
- fools with ,
- fribbled ,
- fribbles ,
- futzed around ,
- futzes around ,
- futzing around ,
- indulged in ,
- indulges in ,
- indulging in ,
- is insincere ,
- lollygagged ,
- messed with ,
- messes with ,
- messing with ,
- mis used ,
- mis using ,
- mis-used ,
- mis-using ,
- monkeyed with ,
- monkeying with ,
- monkeys with ,
- played games with ,
- playing games with ,
- playing with ,
- plays games with ,
- plays with ,
- uses up ,
- was insincere ,
- wast insincere ,
- were insincere ,
- wert insincere .
Other synonyms:
- bilk ,
- diddle ,
- do out of ,
- ensnare ,
- entrap ,
- finagle ,
- graft off ,
- jerk around ,
- put over ,
- swindle ,
- wangle .
- take .
- make out .
- wind up .
Other relevant words:
- Bulled ,
- Illude ,
- Misguiding ,
- Misinstruct ,
- Misspeak ,
- Overdrawing ,
- Overdrawn ,
- Perjured ,
- Snowed ,
- Snowing ,
- Suckered ,
- Suckering ,
- Tolerated ,
- Tolerating ,
- Trailed ,
- amuse oneself ,
- be untruthful ,
- bear false witness ,
- bearing false witness ,
- bedog ,
- blink at ,
- break promise ,
- bulling ,
- caboodle ,
- consent to ,
- consented to ,
- coquet ,
- cover up ,
- covered up ,
- covering up ,
- covers up ,
- delude ,
- disinform ,
- disinformed ,
- do a number on ,
- do number on ,
- double cross ,
- doublecross ,
- doublespeak ,
- drop back ,
- entices ,
- fall back ,
- fall behind ,
- falling behind ,
- follow ,
- follow a scent ,
- forswear ,
- go along with ,
- go back on ,
- hang down ,
- hanging down ,
- hoodwinked ,
- humoring ,
- impose on ,
- inveigle ,
- jive ,
- jived ,
- jives ,
- jiving ,
- lay ,
- lead astray ,
- lead up garden path ,
- leading astray ,
- led astray ,
- lie ,
- lied ,
- live with ,
- living with ,
- misdirect ,
- misdirected ,
- misdirecting ,
- misdirects ,
- misguide ,
- misinform ,
- misinformed ,
- misinstructed ,
- misspeaking ,
- misspeaks ,
- misspoken ,
- misstate ,
- mousetrap ,
- mousetraps ,
- nose out ,
- overdraw ,
- phonies ,
- play for a sucker ,
- play games ,
- play trick on ,
- playing games ,
- poke along ,
- promise ,
- put on act ,
- put on false front ,
- put up a front ,
- put up smoke screen ,
- put up with ,
- put with ,
- putting up with ,
- rope in ,
- roped in ,
- scammed ,
- scamming ,
- seduce ,
- shaven ,
- sit and take it ,
- sit still for ,
- soft-soap ,
- soft-soaped ,
- soft-soaping ,
- spooring ,
- stay the course ,
- stayed the course ,
- string ,
- submit to ,
- submitted to ,
- submitting to ,
- suck in ,
- sucked in ,
- tolerate ,
- tolerates ,
- tough out ,
- toy ,
- trail ,
- trifle ,
- was untruthful ,
- wrong steer .
- Escorted ,
- associate with ,
- associated with ,
- guard ,
- guarding ,
- hang around with ,
- hang out ,
- keep company ,
- keeping company ,
- kept company ,
- lead ,
- look after ,
- looked after ,
- looking after ,
- looks after ,
- shadowed ,
- shlep along ,
- show about ,
- show around ,
- stick to ,
- sticks to ,
- stuck to ,
- tag along ,
- tailgate ,
- tailgated ,
- tailgates ,
- tailgating ,
- take out ,
- takes out ,
- taking out ,
- took out .
- Gold-digging ,
- Wantoned ,
- Wantoning ,
- gold-dig ,
- lead on ,
- leading on ,
- leads on ,
- led on ,
- made eyes at ,
- make eyes at ,
- wink at ,
- winked at .
- Catenated ,
- Catenating ,
- Emulated ,
- Followed ,
- adhere to ,
- adhered to ,
- be consistent with ,
- be devoted to ,
- be guided by ,
- be in keeping ,
- be interested in ,
- bring up the rear ,
- bringing up rear ,
- bringing up the rear ,
- brought up the rear ,
- catenate ,
- catenates ,
- come with ,
- do like ,
- dog footsteps of ,
- dog the footsteps of ,
- give allegiance to ,
- give chase ,
- go after ,
- go with ,
- goes after ,
- going after ,
- hold fast ,
- keep abreast of ,
- keep an eye on ,
- kept an eye on ,
- live up to ,
- model on ,
- obey ,
- obeys ,
- pattern oneself upon ,
- put a tail on ,
- run after ,
- running after ,
- schlepp along ,
- shag ,
- shagged ,
- shagging ,
- shags ,
- tag after ,
- take as an example ,
- take out after .
- Buttered ,
- Buttering ,
- Honeying ,
- Inveigling ,
- Jollies ,
- Soaped ,
- Soaping ,
- get around ,
- getting around ,
- honied ,
- jollied ,
- jollying ,
- laid on thick ,
- lay it on thick ,
- lay on thick ,
- laying it on thick ,
- overdo it ,
- play up to ,
- soap ,
- soften up ,
- work over ,
- worked over .
- accompany ,
- act with ,
- agree ,
- align with ,
- appease ,
- bamboozle ,
- betray ,
- blarney ,
- bluff ,
- butter ,
- butter up ,
- cajole ,
- chase ,
- circumvent ,
- collaborate ,
- come after ,
- come next ,
- con ,
- concur ,
- conjure ,
- dally ,
- defraud ,
- dog ,
- flirt ,
- fool ,
- forestall ,
- gammon ,
- go along ,
- go behind ,
- go in with ,
- go next ,
- heel ,
- hocus-pocus ,
- honey ,
- hoodwink ,
- hound ,
- humbug ,
- humour ,
- join ,
- join up with ,
- join with ,
- jolly ,
- jolly along ,
- juggle ,
- lay it on ,
- let down ,
- line up with ,
- mislead ,
- mock ,
- move behind ,
- oil ,
- outmaneuver ,
- outreach ,
- outsmart ,
- outwit ,
- overreach ,
- pigeon ,
- play one false ,
- pursue ,
- put one over on ,
- rally round ,
- range with ,
- rook ,
- shadow ,
- side with ,
- snow ,
- stand in with ,
- string along with ,
- stroke ,
- tag ,
- tail ,
- take for a ride ,
- take sides with ,
- team up with ,
- throw in with ,
- two-time ,
- unite with ,
- wanton .
- Affiancing ,
- Mortgaging ,
- Pawned ,
- Plighted ,
- Plighting ,
- affiance ,
- affiances ,
- asservate ,
- cross heart ,
- ensure ,
- ensures ,
- mortgaged ,
- say so ,
- swear on bible ,
- swear up and down ,
- take an oath ,
- take oath ,
- took an oath .
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How to use "String along" in context?
String along is a lively, upbeat, and nostalgic traditional folk song that dates back to the early 1800s. The song has a simple melody and a fairly common refrain, "Oh, I wish I was on the string along."
The song is about a trips down a lazy river with a group of friends. The lyrics are simple and not too complex, allowing anyone to sing and enjoy the song. The song is a perfect way to relax and have fun.
Some people believe that the song originated from an opportunity for country people to travel along the railroad lines, since the strings of the trains were often used for entertainment.
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- Synonyms:
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