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
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
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
having on
verb
as in tricking
to cause to believe what is untrue you're having me on, aren't you, mate? Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- tricking
- deceiving
- fooling
- sucking in
- taking in
- stringing along
- kidding
- faking out
- doing a number on
- gammoning
- pulling one's leg
- leading one up the garden path
- pulling the wool over one's eyes
- leading one down the garden path
- teasing
- misleading
- putting on
- hornswoggling
- juggling
- stinging
- having
- buffaloing
- deluding
- humbugging
- duping
- snowing
- conning
- hoaxing
- misguiding
- suckering
- gulling
- misinforming
- catching
- bluffing
- cheating
- hoodwinking
- beguiling
- cozening
- spoofing
- burning
- bamboozling
- gaffing
- snookering
- sticking
- euchring
- bleeding
- rooking
- defrauding
- mulcting
- shortchanging
- swindling
- fleecing
- flimflamming
- hustling
- chiseling
- skinning
- diddling
- squeezing
- chiselling
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- showing up
- revealing
- exposing
- uncovering
- debunking
- disclosing
- unmasking
- undeceiving
- telling
- divulging
- unveiling
- uncloaking
- disabusing
- disillusioning
- disenchanting