have on
verb
had on; having on; has on
transitive verb
1
: wear
has on a new suit
2
chiefly British : to trick or deceive intentionally : put on sense 5
3
: to have plans for
what do you have on for tomorrow
Synonyms
- bamboozle
- beguile
- bluff
- buffalo
- burn
- catch
- con
- cozen
- deceive
- delude
- dupe
- fake out
- fool
- gaff
- gammon
- gull
- have
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hornswoggle
- humbug
- juggle
- misguide
- misinform
- mislead
- snooker
- snow
- spoof
- string along
- suck in
- sucker
- take in
- trick
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Example Sentences
you're having me on, aren't you, mate?
Word History
First Known Use
before the 12th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
has on
verb
as in tricks
to cause to believe what is untrue you're having me on, aren't you, mate? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tricks
- fools
- deceives
- kids
- takes in
- pulls one's leg
- strings along
- teases
- sucks in
- has
- cozens
- misleads
- suckers
- puts on
- leads one up the garden path
- does a number on
- humbugs
- deludes
- snows
- bluffs
- stings
- dupes
- cons
- gulls
- hoaxes
- misguides
- gammons
- leads one down the garden path
- misinforms
- spoofs
- juggles
- fakes out
- buffaloes
- catches
- cheats
- gaffs
- beguiles
- burns
- hoodwinks
- hornswoggles
- pulls the wool over one's eyes
- snookers
- bamboozles
- sticks
- swindles
- mulcts
- skins
- shortchanges
- chisels
- rooks
- defrauds
- fleeces
- flimflams
- bleeds
- hustles
- diddles
- squeezes
- euchres
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- reveals
- shows up
- undeceives
- exposes
- tells
- uncovers
- debunks
- divulges
- discloses
- unveils
- unmasks
- disabuses
- uncloaks
- disillusions
- disenchants