lead one down the garden path

The phrase “lead one down the garden path” has 7 syllables: lead one down the gar-den path

It's pronounced as /liːd wʌn daʊn ðə ˈɡɑrdn ˌpæθ/


What is synonym and antonym for lead one down the garden path?

In the thesaurus, “lead one down the garden path” has 56 synonyms and 15 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for lead one down the garden path along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for lead one down the garden path

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • gull
  • gyp
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • put on
  • rook
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick

Antonyms for lead one down the garden path

Example Sentences

  • He tried to lead one down the garden path with promises he never intended to keep.
  • That email scam was designed to lead one down the garden path and steal personal information.
  • She warned her friend not to let appearances lead one down the garden path.
  • The company’s flashy ads can easily lead one down the garden path if you don’t read the fine print.
  • Don’t let his charm lead one down the garden path—he’s not as honest as he seems.

On this page you'll find 71 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to lead one down the garden path, such as: bamboozle, beguile, bleed, bluff, buffalo, burn, catch.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

gaff

  • accommodation
  • accoutrement
  • appliance
  • apprehend
  • apprehension
  • appropriation
  • bag
  • bamboozle
  • beat
  • beguile
  • betray
  • bilk
  • bitch
  • black box
  • bleed
  • bloomer
  • blooper
  • bluff
  • blunder
  • bobble
  • boner
  • boo boo
  • boo-boo
  • boob
  • booby trap
  • book
  • brace
  • breach
  • brick
  • buffalo
  • bungle
  • burn
  • bust
  • captivity
  • capture
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • chouse
  • clanger
  • clinker
  • clip
  • collar
  • commitment
  • con
  • confinement
  • constraint
  • contraption
  • cozen
  • crime
  • crimp
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • detain
  • detention
  • device
  • diddle
  • dingbat
  • discourtesy
  • do
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • doodad
  • doohickey
  • double-cross
  • drop
  • dupe
  • error
  • euchre
  • exploit
  • extort
  • failing
  • failure
  • fake out
  • fall
  • false step
  • familiarity
  • fast-talk
  • fault
  • faux pas
  • fiddle
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flub
  • fluff
  • foible
  • fool
  • foul-up
  • frailty
  • fumble
  • furnishings
  • gaffe
  • gammon
  • gear
  • get
  • gimcrack
  • gimmick
  • gizmo
  • glom
  • goof
  • goof-up
  • gouge
  • grab
  • grabber
  • gull
  • habiliments
  • have
  • have on
  • heat
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hook
  • hornswoggle
  • hose
  • howler
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • idiot box
  • implement
  • imprison
  • imprisonment
  • improperness
  • impropriety
  • imprudence
  • inaccuracy
  • incarcerate
  • incarceration
  • incivility
  • indecorum
  • indelicacy
  • indiscretion
  • infraction
  • jail
  • jailing
  • jigger
  • job
  • juggle
  • kick
  • kid
  • lapse
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • machine
  • machinery
  • means
  • mechanism
  • milk
  • misapprehension
  • miscalculation
  • miscomprehension
  • misconception
  • misconstruction
  • miscue
  • misdescription
  • misfire
  • misguide
  • misimpression
  • misinform
  • misinterpretation
  • misjudgment
  • mislead
  • misreading
  • misstatement
  • misstep
  • mistake
  • misunderstanding
  • mitt
  • muff
  • mulct
  • nab
  • nail
  • negligence
  • net
  • nick
  • nip
  • nobble
  • offence
  • offense
  • omission
  • outfit
  • overcharge
  • oversight
  • paraphernalia
  • pick up
  • pickle
  • pinch
  • pluck
  • pratfall
  • preventive custody
  • protective custody
  • provisions
  • pull
  • pull in
  • put on
  • put the arm on
  • put the cuffs on
  • ream
  • restraining
  • rip off
  • rook
  • round up
  • roust
  • run-in
  • screw
  • screwup
  • secure
  • seize
  • sell a bill of goods to
  • sequestering
  • setup
  • shake down
  • short
  • shortchange
  • sidetrack
  • sin
  • skin
  • skunk
  • slip
  • slip of the tongue
  • slipup
  • snafu
  • snag
  • snare
  • snooker
  • snow
  • soak
  • solecism
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • stiff
  • sting
  • string along
  • stuff
  • stumble
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • supplies
  • sweep
  • swindle
  • tab
  • tackle
  • tag
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • take prisoner
  • take to the cleaners
  • tease
  • thimblerig
  • thingamajig
  • tools
  • toss in jail
  • transgression
  • trespass
  • trick
  • trip
  • utensils
  • venial sin
  • vice
  • victimize
  • violation
  • whatchamacallit
  • whatsis
  • whosis
  • widget
  • wrench
  • wrest
  • wring

fake out

  • aberration
  • abstain
  • act
  • affect
  • allege
  • alteration
  • assume
  • avert
  • baffle
  • bamboozle
  • bash
  • be deceitful
  • be first
  • be hypocritical
  • beat
  • beguile
  • best
  • betray
  • better
  • bewilder
  • bleed
  • blow away
  • blow out of water
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • bulldoze
  • bunco
  • burn
  • bury
  • bypass
  • cap
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • circumlocute
  • circumvent
  • claim
  • claim falsely
  • clobber
  • cold-shoulder
  • con
  • confuse
  • cook
  • counterfeit
  • cozen
  • cream
  • deceive
  • defeat
  • deflect
  • deflection
  • defraud
  • deke
  • delude
  • departure
  • desist
  • detour
  • deviation
  • diddle
  • digression
  • dissemble
  • dissimulate
  • ditch
  • divergence
  • divert
  • do a number on
  • do in
  • dodge
  • double-cross
  • down
  • duck
  • dupe
  • eclipse
  • elude
  • end-run
  • escape
  • eschew
  • euchre
  • evade
  • exceed
  • excel
  • fake
  • feign
  • fend off
  • figure out
  • finagle
  • fish
  • flee
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • fox
  • frame
  • fudge
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • give the slip
  • go beyond
  • go one better
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hide
  • hoax
  • hold off
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • illude
  • impersonate
  • jazz
  • jive
  • juggle
  • juke
  • jump
  • keep clear
  • kid
  • lay claim
  • lay low
  • lead astray
  • lead on
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • leave behind
  • let on
  • lick
  • lie
  • make a fool of
  • make a monkey of
  • make believe
  • make out
  • malinger
  • masquerade
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • obviate
  • outclass
  • outdistance
  • outdo
  • outfox
  • outgeneral
  • outguess
  • outgun
  • outjockey
  • outmaneuver
  • outrival
  • outshine
  • outsmart
  • outstrip
  • outthink
  • overreach
  • overrun
  • pass off
  • pass oneself off as
  • play a trick on
  • play games with
  • play-act
  • pretend
  • profess
  • psych out
  • pull a fast one
  • pull a fast one on
  • pump-fake
  • purport
  • put on
  • put one over on
  • put up a front
  • recoil
  • red herring
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • run circles around
  • run for cover
  • scam
  • set up
  • shake
  • shake and bake
  • shake off
  • sham
  • shirk
  • shoot ahead
  • shortchange
  • shrink from
  • shuck
  • shuffle off
  • shun
  • shut out
  • shy
  • sidestep
  • simulate
  • skin
  • skip
  • skip out on
  • skip town
  • skirt
  • slip
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stay away
  • stay out
  • steer clear of
  • step aside
  • stick
  • sting
  • stonewall
  • string along
  • stutter-step
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • surpass
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • top
  • total
  • transcend
  • trash
  • trick
  • trifle
  • turn aside
  • turning
  • variation
  • ward off
  • weave
  • whitewash
  • withdraw
  • worst

gammon

  • bamboozle
  • beguile
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • cheat
  • chicane
  • chisel
  • con
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • femur
  • flank
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • fool
  • frame
  • gaff
  • groin
  • gull
  • ham
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hock
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • loins
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mulct
  • murphy
  • pancetta
  • play games with
  • pork
  • pork slab
  • porkbellies
  • put on
  • rasher
  • rook
  • run a game on
  • set up
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • sowbelly
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take for a ride
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick

take in

bamboozle

  • abash
  • addle
  • agitate
  • baffle
  • beat
  • befog
  • befuddle
  • beguile
  • bemuse
  • bewilder
  • bilk
  • bleed
  • bluff
  • bother
  • buffalo
  • burn
  • catch
  • chagrin
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • con
  • confound
  • confuse
  • cozen
  • deceive
  • defraud
  • delude
  • diddle
  • discombobulate
  • discomfit
  • discomfort
  • discompose
  • disconcert
  • discountenance
  • dismay
  • disorient
  • disquiet
  • distress
  • disturb
  • do a number on
  • dupe
  • embarrass
  • euchre
  • fake out
  • faze
  • fleece
  • flimflam
  • flummox
  • fluster
  • fool
  • fox
  • fuddle
  • gaff
  • gammon
  • get
  • gravel
  • gull
  • have
  • have on
  • hoax
  • hoodwink
  • hornswoggle
  • humbug
  • hustle
  • juggle
  • kid
  • lead one down the garden path
  • lead one up the garden path
  • maze
  • misguide
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • mortify
  • muddle
  • muddy
  • mulct
  • mystify
  • nonplus
  • perplex
  • perturb
  • pose
  • put on
  • puzzle
  • rattle
  • rook
  • shortchange
  • skin
  • snooker
  • snow
  • spoof
  • squeeze
  • stick
  • sting
  • string along
  • stump
  • stun
  • suck in
  • sucker
  • swindle
  • take in
  • tease
  • trick
  • unhinge
  • unsettle
  • upset
  • vex
  • weird out

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