Misleading synonyms
Category:
Part of speech:
To give a false impression:
Deceiving or intended to deceive
Tending to mislead; deceptive:
Sham means not real or fake.
The definition of deceitful is someone or something intentionally untruthful or intended to mislead.
Open to multiple interpretations.
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Simultaneously experiencing or expressing opposing or contradictory feelings, beliefs, or motivations.
Suffering from or characterized by delusions
A deceptive hope, goal, or influence; delusion
will-o'-the-wisp
honest (related)
The definition of honest is someone or something that is truthful, trustworthy or genuine.
delusionary
(Psychology) Delusional.
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The definition of equivocal is something having several different meanings.
Uttering falsehood; dishonest or deceitful.
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Producing, based on, or having the nature of, illusion; deceptive; unreal
The definition of inaccurate is something incorrect or wrong.
To deceive or cheat by trickery; dupe
Equivocate is defined as to use vague language in order to mislead or deceive.
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To give a wrong impression or lead toward a wrong conclusion, especially by intentionally deceiving.
truthful (antonym)
Corresponding to reality; true.
Tending to deceive; delusive.
Made of any cheap, inferior material
miseducative
misguiding
Present participle of misguide.
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To direct something wrongly
To misinform is to provide someone with incorrect data or information.
To seduce is to persuade someone to do something that is not considered proper conduct.
To manage an area of responsibility in a way which is inept, incompetent, or dishonest.
To lead on with deception; entice or trick into doing or giving something, going somewhere, etc.
To deceive or swindle by deception.
To fool is defined as to trick or lie to.
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(Intransitive) To use words of equivocal or doubtful signification; to express one's opinions in terms which admit of different senses, with intent to deceive; to use ambiguous expressions with a view to mislead; as, to equivocate is the work of duplicity.
To deceive by trickery; fool or cheat
(Informal) To be sexually unfaithful:
To try to mislead opponents in a card game by heavy betting on a poor hand or by little or no betting on a good one.
To cheat or swindle; defraud
To betray is to be disloyal, to reveal secrets, or to reveal your location to an enemy.
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To deceive or cheat by trickery; dupe
Bait means to upset through saying and/or doing something that will annoy or hurt another.
To deceive or trick.
To cheat or trick; dupe
To represent falsely; to inaccurately portray something.
To lure is defined as to purposely attract someone or tempt someone to do something, often using a reward.
To cheat or defraud.
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To entangle is defined as to become intertwined or wound up within, or cause to become involved in a difficulty.
To entangle or catch in or as if in a mesh.
To deceive or swindle
To outwit is to beat someone or defeat them because you are smarter or more clever.
To outwit or cheat others.
To cheat; defraud
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guarding (antonym)
Guard is defined as to keep safe, protect or cover.
counselling (antonym)
To give advice to; advise
leading (antonym)
To treat with lead or a lead compound:
lying (related)
To exist; reside:
erroneous (related)
incorrect (related)
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spurious (related)
untrue (related)
unhelpful (related)
dishonest (related)
real (related)
Free of pretense, falsehood, or affectation:
Defraud is defined as to use illegal means or deception to trick someone, usually to obtain money.
Find another word for misleading. In this page you can discover 76 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for misleading, like: deceive, deceptive, fallacious, deceiving, sham, deceitful, ambiguous, ambivalent, delusional, ignis fatuus and will-o'-the-wisp.