Delude

//dɪˈluːd//

Synonyms for "delude" (63 found)

Ranked by relevance and common usage.

Closest matches (13)

deceive allure bamboozle befool beguile betray bitch bluff bunk cajole cheat cheat on

Verb(1 words)

Strong matches (19)

circumvent conjure decoy defraud diddle double cross double-cross dupe finesse foist fool forestall gammon get around gull hoax hocus-pocus hoodwink

Verb(1 words)

cozen

Related words (31)

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

victimise victimize

Synonyms

1 entries

deceive

Related terms

6 entries

allude deluded delusion delusional elude illude

derived

6 entries

deludable deludee deluder deludingly delusive undelude

etymologically related_to

1 entries

ludicrous

related to

10 entries

believing deceive deluded delusion delusional disappoint dupe error false frustrate

Translations

26 translations across 15 languages.

Bulgarian

1 entries

заблуждавам verb (to deceive)

Catalan

1 entries

enganyar verb (to deceive)

Czech

3 entries

oklamat verb (to deceive)
ošálit verb (to deceive)
šálit verb (to deceive)

Dutch

3 entries

bedriegen verb (to deceive)
begoochelen verb (to deceive)
misleiden verb (to deceive)

French

2 entries

tricher verb (to deceive)
tromper verb (to deceive)

German

2 entries

irreführen verb (to deceive)
täuschen verb (to deceive)

Gothic

1 entries

𐌰𐌹𐍂𐌶𐌾𐌰𐌽 verb (to deceive)

Hungarian

3 entries

becsap verb (to deceive)
félrevezet verb (to deceive)
megtéveszt verb (to deceive)

Italian

2 entries

illudere verb (to deceive)
ingannare verb (to deceive)

Malayalam

1 entries

കബളിപ്പിക്കുക verb (to deceive)

Nepali

1 entries

छक्याउनु verb (to deceive)

Occitan

1 entries

enganar verb (to deceive)

Romanian

2 entries

amăgi verb (to deceive)
înșela verb (to deceive)

Spanish

2 entries

deludir verb (to deceive)
engañar verb (to deceive)

Swedish

1 entries

vilseleda verb (to deceive)

Sample sentences

7 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Don't delude yourself.

Source: tatoeba (2245320)

I underestimated teenagers' ability to delude themselves.

Source: tatoeba (4264273)

It is an old strategy of tyrants to delude their victims into fighting their battles for them.

Source: tatoeba (5287369)

My life is a mess of numerous inchoate pursuits which I continuously delude myself into thinking I will complete.

Source: tatoeba (11125425)

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