Synonyms for faking out
| Grammar : Adj, verb |
| Spell : feyk |
| Phonetic Transcription : feɪk |
Top 10 synonyms for faking out Other synonyms for the word faking out
- abstain
- act
- affect
- allege
- artful
- baffle
- bamboozle
- bash
- be deceitful
- be first
- be hypocritical
- beat
- beguile
- best
- betray
- better
- bewilder
- blow away
- blow out of water
- bulldoze
- bunco
- bury
- cap
- cheat
- chicane
- circumlocute
- circumvent
- claim
- claim falsely
- clobber
- con
- confuse
- cook
- counterfeit
- cozen
- cream
- crooked
- deceive
- defeat
- deflect
- defraud
- delude
- desist
- diddle
- dissemble
- dissimulate
- ditch
- divert
- do in
- double-cross
- double-dealing
- down
- duck
- dupe
- elude
- end run
- end-run
- errant
- erring
- eschew
- evade
- evasive
- exceed
- excel
- fake
- fake out
- faking one out
- feign
- fend off
- figure out
- finagle
- fish
- fishy
- flee
- fleece
- flimflam
- fool
- fox
- foxy
- frame
- fraudulent
- fudge
- gammon
- give the slip
- go beyond
- go one better
- goose
- guileful
- gull
- gyp
- have
- hide
- hoax
- hold off
- hoodwink
- humbug
- illude
- impersonate
- indirect
- insidious
- insincere
- jazz
- jip
- jive
- juggle
- juke
- jump
- keep clear
- kid
- lay claim
- lay low
- lead astray
- lead on
- leave behind
- let on
- lick
- lie
- make a fool of
- make a monkey of
- make believe
- make out
- malinger
- masquerade
- mislead
- murphy
- not straightforward
- oblique
- obliquitous
- obviate
- outclass
- outdistance
- outdo
- outfox
- outgeneral
- outguess
- outgun
- outjockey
- outmaneuver
- outrival
- outshine
- outsmart
- outstrip
- outthink
- overreach
- overrun
- pass off
- pass oneself off as
- play a trick on
- play games with
- play-act
- playing games
- playing politics
- pretend
- profess
- psych out
- pull a fast one
- pull a fast one on
- pull one's leg
- purport
- put on
- put one over on
- put up a front
- recoil
- rook
- roundabout
- run a game on
- run circles around
- run for cover
- scam
- scheming
- set up
- shady
- shake
- shake and bake
- shake off
- sham
- shifty
- shirk
- shoot ahead
- shrewd
- shrink from
- shuck
- shuck and jive
- shuffle off
- shun
- shut out
- shy
- sidestep
- simulate
- skip
- skip out on
- skip town
- skirt
- sly
- sneaking
- sneaky
- snow
- spoof
- stay away
- stay out
- steer clear of
- step aside
- sting
- stonewall
- suck in
- sucker
- surpass
- surreptitious
- swindle
- take for a ride
- take in
- top
- total
- transcend
- trash
- treacherous
- trick
- tricky
- trifle
- turn aside
- underhanded
- ward off
- weave
- whitewash
- wily
- withdraw
- worst
Définition of faking out
Origin :- attested in London criminal slang as adjective (1775), verb (1812), and noun (1851, of persons 1888), but probably older. A likely source is feague "to spruce up by artificial means," from German fegen "polish, sweep," also "to clear out, plunder" in colloquial use. "Much of our early thieves' slang is Ger. or Du., and dates from the Thirty Years' War" [Weekley]. Or it may be from Latin facere "to do." Related: Faked; fakes; faking.
- As in devious : adj dishonest, crafty
- As in outdo : verb better, overcome
- As in outwit/outsmart : verb get the better of; figure out before another
- As in pretend : verb fake, falsify
- As in avoid : verb refrain or stay away from; prevent
- As in top : verb surpass
- As in bluff : verb deceive
- As in outwit : verb deceive
- As in outsmart : verb outwit
- As in outthink : verb outwit
- As in fool : verb trick, mislead
- As in hoax : verb trick
Antonyms for faking out
- abet
- add
- aid
- allow
- artless
- assist
- be honest
- clear up
- come clean
- deny
- descend
- direct
- drop
- encourage
- enlighten
- explain
- face
- fail
- fair
- fall
- fall behind
- forthright
- frank
- give
- give up
- guard
- help
- honest
- lose
- lower
- meet
- naive
- open
- permit
- protect
- replace
- reveal
- seek
- sincere
- stay
- straight
- straightforward
- support
- surrender
- take on
- tell truth
- trustworthy
- truthful
- want
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