What is another word for mislead?
Synonyms for mislead
mɪsˈlidmis·lead
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Wiktionary
misleadverb
To lead astray, in a false direction.
misleadverb
To deceive by telling lies or otherwise giving a false impression.
misleadverb
To deceptively trick into something wrong.
The preacher elaborated Satan's ways to mislead us into sin
Synonyms:
seduce
Princeton's WordNet
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, deceivemisinform, misleadverb
give false or misleading information to
Synonyms:
misinform, lead astray, misdirect, misguide
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Editors Contribution
beguile
beguile second meaning is cheating
Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "mislead":
deceive, misleading, disorientate, misinform, misled, delude, fool, cheat, confuse
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#6230 | cheat | |
#7585 | fool | |
#11969 | corrupt | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#20060 | confuse | |
#30329 | deceive | |
#31784 | misled | |
#32543 | profane | |
#34065 | mislead | |
#34734 | pervert | |
#35953 | seduce | |
#37100 | betray | |
#51579 | subvert | |
#104699 | delude | |
#121624 | vitiate | |
#145095 | beguile | |
#145312 | misguide | |
#162847 | debase | |
#163167 | demoralize | |
#212610 | debauch | |
#232391 | misdirect | |
#250105 | misinform |
How to use mislead in a sentence?
If someone says I said that, I don't recall saying it, that's the best I can say, I'm not trying to mislead anyone, I'm just being as honest as I can.
The video clip that surfaced on social media this weekend is a dishonest, politically motivated misrepresentation of my record on combating poverty, it was intentionally edited to mislead viewers.
It's taken my entire life to negotiate how to identify, and I've done a lot of research and a lot of studying, i could have a long conversation, an academic conversation about that. I don't know. I just feel like I didn't mislead anybody; I didn't deceive anybody.
This is a case about fraud, about lying and cheating to get money, out of time and out of money, the defendant decided to mislead.
The U.S. Government is sparing no effort to smear the company and mislead the public.
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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