lead on
English Thesaurus
1. entice or induce especially when unwise or mistaken (verb.communication)
| hypernym | : | entice, lure, tempt, |
| definition | : | provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion (verb.communication) |
2. be false to; be dishonest with (verb.social)
| hyponym | : | betray, sell, |
| definition | : | deliver to an enemy by treachery (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | cheat, chisel, |
| definition | : | engage in deceitful behavior; practice trickery or fraud (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | shill, |
| definition | : | act as a shill (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | befool, fool, gull, |
| definition | : | make a fool or dupe of (verb.social) |
| hyponym | : | humbug, |
| definition | : | trick or deceive (verb.social) |
| derivation | : | delusion, psychotic belief, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, misleading, shoddy, |
| definition | : | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, delusory, |
| definition | : | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | delusive, false, |
| definition | : | inappropriate to reality or facts (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | delusion, psychotic belief, |
| definition | : | (psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary (noun.state) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, misleading, shoddy, |
| definition | : | designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | deceptive, delusory, |
| definition | : | causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true (adj.all) |
| derivation | : | delusive, false, |
| definition | : | inappropriate to reality or facts (adj.all) |
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