All foxed synonyms
foxed
F f verb foxed
- cheat β When someone cheats, they do not obey a set of rules which they should be obeying, for example in a game or exam.
- pretend β to cause or attempt to cause (what is not so) to seem so: to pretend illness; to pretend that nothing is wrong.
- dupe β duplicate.
- deceive β If you deceive someone, you make them believe something that is not true, usually in order to get some advantage for yourself.
- hoodwink β to deceive or trick.
- delude β If you delude yourself, you let yourself believe that something is true, even though it is not true.
- total β constituting or comprising the whole; entire; whole: the total expenditure.
- eclipse β Astronomy. the obscuration of the light of the moon by the intervention of the earth between it and the sun (lunar eclipse) or the obscuration of the light of the sun by the intervention of the moon between it and a point on the earth (solar eclipse) a similar phenomenon with respect to any other planet and either its satellite or the sun. the partial or complete interception of the light of one component of a binary star by the other.
- outstrip β to outdo; surpass; excel.
- trifle β an article or thing of very little value.
- flimflam β a trick or deception, especially a swindle or confidence game involving skillful persuasion or clever manipulation of the victim.
- scam β a confidence game or other fraudulent scheme, especially for making a quick profit; swindle.
- diddle β If someone diddles you, they take money from you dishonestly or unfairly.
- gull β a person who is easily deceived or cheated; dupe.
- snow β Sir Charles Percy (C. P. Snow) 1905β80, English novelist and scientist.
- hoax β something intended to deceive or defraud: The Piltdown man was a scientific hoax.
- outfox β to outwit; outsmart; outmaneuver: Politics is often the art of knowing how to outfox the opposition.
- bluff β A bluff is an attempt to make someone believe that you will do something when you do not really intend to do it.
- spoof β a mocking imitation of someone or something, usually light and good-humored; lampoon or parody: The show was a spoof of college life.
- con β Con is the written abbreviation for constable, when it is part of a policeman's title.
- bamboozle β To bamboozle someone means to confuse them greatly and often trick them.
- kid β Thomas, 1558β94, English dramatist.
- chicane β a bridge or whist hand without trumps
- fox β Free Objects for Crystallography
- juke β to make a move intended to deceive (an opponent).
- jive β swing music or early jazz.
- transcend β to rise above or go beyond; overpass; exceed: to transcend the limits of thought; kindness transcends courtesy.
- best β Best is the superlative of good.
- better β Better is the comparative of good.
- outshine β to surpass in shining; shine more brightly than.
- overrun β to rove over (a country, region, etc.); invade; ravage: a time when looting hordes had overrun the province.
- clobber β You can refer to someone's possessions, especially their clothes, as their clobber.
- bash β A bash is a party or celebration, especially a large one held by an official organization or attended by famous people.
- outsmart β to get the better of (someone); outwit.
- gyp β a male college servant, as at Cambridge and Durham.
- outmanoeuvre β British. outmaneuver.
- surpass β to go beyond in amount, extent, or degree; be greater than; exceed.
- exceed β Be greater in number or size than (a quantity, number, or other measurable thing).
- excel β Microsoft Excel
- outwit β to get the better of by superior ingenuity or cleverness; outsmart: to outwit a dangerous opponent.
- make believe β the style or manner in which something is made; form; build.
- put on β a throw or cast, especially one made with a forward motion of the hand when raised close to the shoulder.
- take in β the act of taking.
- play-act β to engage in make-believe.
- lead on β to go before or with to show the way; conduct or escort: to lead a group on a cross-country hike.
- suck in β to draw into the mouth by producing a partial vacuum by action of the lips and tongue: to suck lemonade through a straw.
- baffle β If something baffles you, you cannot understand it or explain it.
- beat β If you beat someone or something, you hit them very hard.