play a trick on

Questions about play a trick on

What is another word for play a trick on?

It depends which play a trick on you mean. In the sense “deceive somebody”, the synonyms are flim-flam, play a joke on, play tricks, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on. Across all 1 sense there are 7 distinct synonyms, and they are not interchangeable with each other — this page lists them under the sense each one belongs to.

What is the opposite of play a trick on?

WordNet records no antonym for play a trick on. Antonymy in WordNet is a relation between specific word forms rather than between concepts, so it is recorded only where lexicographers judged the pairing direct. An absence here means none was recorded, not that none can be imagined.

Where do the synonyms for play a trick on come from?

From Princeton University's WordNet, a lexical database maintained by lexicographers since 1985. A synonym here means a word form that shares a synset with this word — a set of forms interchangeable in one recorded context. Nothing on this page is generated by a language model.

Other views of play a trick on

• Full entry for play a trick onAll 1 sense, with examples, usage labels, syllables and pronunciation.
• Rhymes for play a trick onWhether this word can be rhymed at all — it is not in the pronouncing dictionary.
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