fooler
One who dupes
A fooler is someone or something that deceives or tricks.
The word appears most often in compounds: a crowd-fooler entertains an audience, while a eye-fooler creates visual illusions.
In magic, a fooler is a trick good enough to deceive other magicians: That card routine is a real fooler.
Cunning deceiver in myth
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
swindler · hoaxer · scammer · grifter · cheat · phony · pretender · faker
Cutup or wild card
- comedianProfessional humor performer
- clownComedic performer in makeup
- teaseMock playfully
- kidderOne who jests
wag · cutup · practical joker · funster · comic · madcap · mischief-maker · goofball
Deliberate deception for effect
- ruseDeliberate act of deception
- ployCalculated deceptive tactic
- feintDeceptive mock attack
- subterfugeDeliberate deception to conceal
gimmick · stratagem · artifice · deception · con · scam · swindle · scheme
Atmospheric optical deception
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
- trompe l'oeilRealistic optical illusion art
- hologram3D image from light
- hallucinationPerception without external cause
phantasm · apparition · chimera · figment · decoy · simulacrum · red herring · false front
trickster
Cunning deceiver in myth
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- fraudsterCriminal deceiver for gain
- impostorOne feigning another's identity
charlatan · swindler · hoaxer · scammer · grifter · cheat · phony · pretender · faker · huckster
joker
Cutup or wild card
kidder · wag · cutup · practical joker · funster · comic · madcap · mischief-maker · goofball · wiseguy
hoax
Deliberate deception for effect
subterfuge · gimmick · stratagem · artifice · deception · con · scam · swindle · scheme · trap
mirage
Atmospheric optical deception
- optical illusionMisleading visual perception
- trompe l'oeilRealistic optical illusion art
- hologram3D image from light
hallucination · phantasm · apparition · chimera · figment · decoy · simulacrum · red herring · false front · smoke and mirrors
foolertruth-teller
One who speaks accurately
honest broker · straight shooter · revealer · enlightener · informer
- fooling aroundIdle playful behavior
- fool aroundAct without purpose
- fooled aroundActed without serious intent
- fool's errandHopeless, pointless task
- April Fools' DayHoliday for practical jokes
- make a fool out ofCause someone public humiliation
fool, foolish, fooled, fools, fooling, foolishness, foolhardy, foolery