hooked · duped · scammed · fooled · conned · bait · trap · hook · line · sinker · swindled · played · taken · bamboozled · hoodwinked · ruse · scheme · prank
IDEA.org / Words / falling for it
Related — gullible (Easily deceived); tricked (Misled by cunning); deceived (Misled into false belief); naive · sucker · hooked · duped · scammed · fooled · conned · bait · trap · hook
credulity/skepticismfalling for it ≠ not buying it Refusing to accept claims; smelling a rat · catching on
awareness/naivetyfalling for it ≠ catching on Beginning to understand; knowing better · figuring it out · staying alert
Word data: Linguabase (CC0) · www.idea.org/words/falling_for_it