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Synonyms for chouse

  • verb
  • noun

Most common

cheat gull defraud gouge

Synonyms by meaning

Verb

1. Cheat

cheat, trick, do, fool, gull, defraud, gouge, swindle, overreach, diddle, victimize, victimise UK, beguile, cozen, scam, deceive, circumvent, rook, dupe, humbug, gammon, outwit, delude

2. Screw

screw, jockey, shaft, chicane

Other

hood-wink

Noun

ruse, wile, artifice, stratagem, dodge, fetch, deception, deceit, finesse, chicanery, imposture

Definitions

  1. v. 1

    To handle roughly, as by chasing or scaring.

  2. v. 2

    To handle, to take care of.

Forms

Plural
chouses → ruses, wiles, artifices, stratagems…
Past participle
choused
e.g. choused → cheated, tricked, fooled, gulled…

Example sentences

  • cheat I felt like hitting him when he tried to cheat me.
  • gull A beautiful gull flies over the sea.
  • defraud It was an intricate scheme to defraud the rightful heirs.
  • gouge I will cut off his tongue and gouge out his eyes!

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
chouserising
cheatrising
gullsteady
defraudfalling
gougesteady

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

2 letters
do1
4 letters
fool1, scam1, ruse1, rook1, gull1, dupe1, wile1
5 letters
trick1, screw1, cheat1, shaft1, dodge1, fetch1, gouge1, cozen
6 letters
jockey2, deceit2, humbug2, gammon2, outwit2, delude2, diddle2
7 letters
deceive2, finesse2, defraud2, swindle2, chicane, beguile2
8 letters
artifice3
9 letters
deception3, overreach3, stratagem3, victimize3, chicanery4, imposture, victimise
10 letters
circumvent3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (jockey2 = 2 syllables).