leading astray

1. 1.

   the act of enticing others into sinful ways

   Synonymsleading off

   Broaderenticement

Questions about leading astray

What does leading astray mean?

leading astray means "the act of enticing others into sinful ways".

What is another word for leading astray?

Close synonyms include leading off. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is leading astray a common word?

leading astray is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.