Synonyms for lead on

Most common

deceive · delude · cozen · blue-ball · drill · poke borak

All synonyms

Verb

Definitions

1. v. 1

   To mislead, to try to make someone believe a lie.

Example sentences

• deceive I assure you that I didn't intend to deceive you.
• delude I underestimated teenagers' ability to delude themselves.
• drill Tom can start a fire using just a bow and a drill.

By length

5 letters

drill¹, cozen

6 letters

delude²

7 letters

deceive²

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (delude² = 2 syllables).