What is another word for mislead?
Synonyms for mislead
mɪsˈlidmis·lead
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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
ranking | word | |
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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?
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.
What we are saying, and the law demands, is that Exxon not mislead its investors.
Blinding ignorance does mislead us. O! Wretched mortals, open your eyes!
We are disappointed and offended, it's completely inappropriate for any campaign to attempt to mislead Culinary Union members, especially at their place of work.
Transparency continues to be the most effective tool in combating the malign behavior of foreign adversaries who intend to mislead and divide the American public through social media, ..., Facebooks takedown of Iran-linked malign influence pages and accounts is further evidence that such deceptive campaigns are worldwide in ambition. This requires a level of vigilance about disinformation operations that we could not have predicted only a few years ago.
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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