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Synonyms for mislead
mɪsˈlidmis·lead

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  1. misleadverb

    To lead astray, in a false direction.

    Synonyms:
    misinform, misguide

  2. misleadverb

    To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.

    Synonyms:
    cheat, deceive, delude, beguile

  3. misleadverb

    To deceptively trick into something wrong.

    The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin

    Synonyms:
    seduce

Princeton's WordNet3.0 / 1 vote

  1. mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astrayverb

    lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions

    "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"

    Synonyms:
    misaddress, debauch, pervert, vitiate, deprave, misguide, lead off, betray, subvert, profane, corrupt, debase, misdirect, demoralise, lead astray, misinform, demoralize, misadvise, deceive

  2. misinform, misleadverb

    give false or misleading information to

    Synonyms:
    misinform, lead astray, misdirect, misguide

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Editors Contribution0.0 / 0 votes

  1. beguile

    beguile second meaning is cheating

    Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

PPDB, the paraphrase database2.0 / 1 vote

  1. List of paraphrases for "mislead":

    deceive, misleading, disorientate, misinform, misled, delude, fool, cheat, confuse

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How to use mislead in a sentence?

  1. David Schoen:

    Ultimately Professor Kalt did not agree with our position, but he did explain it well and we wanted to give him credit for that, i can assure you that it was never our intention to in any way mislead as to Professor Kalt’s position.

  2. Ivy Choi:

    Our Community Guidelines prohibit content misleading viewers about voting, for example content aiming to mislead voters about the time, place, means or eligibility requirements for voting, or false claims that could materially discourage voting. The content of this video doesn't rise to that level.

  3. Xu Hong:

    Some people are trying to change the concept stealthily to confound right and wrong and black and white. They may be able to mislead public opinion for some time but eventually lies are lies and even repeated a thousand times will not become truth.

  4. Erin Perrine:

    We have publicly condemned any group that misuses President Trump's likeness, or otherwise implies an affiliation with Donald Trump reelection campaign, in order to confuse people and mislead donors, it is dishonest to trick people into thinking they are directly supporting the President's re-election when they are not.

  5. Nicole Collier:

    There's no widespread voter fraud. And so for them to mislead all of Texas into believing that there's an issue -- we're going to call them out for that, we may have won the war tonight, but the battle is not over.


Translations for mislead

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  • klamat, svéstCzech
  • vildledeDanish
  • in die Irre führen, irreführenGerman
  • propiciar equivocarseSpanish
  • johtaa harhaan, harhauttaa, vietellä, viekotella, vedättääFinnish
  • mésinformer, induire en erreur, égarerFrench
  • ingannare, disinformare, sviare, raggirare, portare sulla cattiva strada, truffareItalian
  • rūpahu, tuapeka, whakatuapekaMāori
  • misleiden, verlokken, bedotten, verleiden, bedriegenDutch
  • вводи́ть в заблужде́ние, обману́ть, ввести́ в заблужде́ние, обма́ныватьRussian
  • завести, обманути, zavesti, obmanutiSerbo-Croatian
  • zavêstiSlovene
  • vilseleda, förledaSwedish

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