'Mislead' definitions:
Definition of 'mislead'
(from WordNet)
verb
Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver" [syn: mislead, misdirect, misguide, lead astray]
verb
Give false or misleading information to [syn: misinform, mislead]
Definition of 'Mislead'
From: GCIDE
- Mislead \Mis*lead"\ (m[i^]s*l[=e]d"), v. t. [imp. & p. p. Misled (m[i^]s*l[e^]d"); p. pr. & vb. n. Misleading.] [AS. misl[=ae]dan. See Mis-, and Lead to conduct.] To lead into a wrong way or path; to lead astray; to guide into error; to cause to mistake; to deceive. [1913 Webster]
- Trust not servants who mislead or misinform you. --Bacon. [1913 Webster]
- To give due light To the mislead and lonely traveler. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
- Syn: To delude; deceive. See Deceive. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'mislead'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- abuse,
- bamboozle,
- be untruthful,
- beguile,
- betray,
- bluff,
- bowl a googly,
- bunk,
- con,
- corrupt,
- cozen,
- debauch,
- deceive,
- defile,
- deflower,
- delude,
- despoil,
- double-cross,
- draw the longbow,
- dupe,
- entice,
- equivocate,
- exaggerate,
- falsify,
- fib,
- flimflam,
- fool,
- force,
- gull,
- hoodwink,
- humbug,
- inveigle,
- juggle,
- lead astray,
- lie,
- lie flatly,
- lure,
- misadvise,
- misdirect,
- miseducate,
- misguide,
- misinform,
- misinstruct,
- misteach,
- mystify,
- obfuscate,
- obscure,
- outwit,
- pervert,
- prevaricate,
- rape,
- ravage,
- ravish,
- ruin,
- seduce,
- soil,
- speak falsely,
- story,
- stretch the truth,
- sully,
- take,
- take in,
- tell a lie,
- tempt,
- throw a curve,
- trick,
- violate