LEAD ASTRAY
Dictionary entry overview: What does lead astray mean?
• LEAD ASTRAY (verb)
The verb LEAD ASTRAY has 3 senses:
1. teach immoral behavior to
2. lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
3. cause someone to believe an untruth
Familiarity information: LEAD ASTRAY used as a verb is uncommon.
Dictionary entry details
• LEAD ASTRAY (verb)
Meaning:
Teach immoral behavior to
Classified under:
Verbs of political and social activities and events
Synonyms:
lead astray; lead off
Context example:
It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):
corrupt; debase; debauch; demoralise; demoralize; deprave; misdirect; pervert; profane; subvert; vitiate (corrupt morally or by intemperance or sensuality)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
Classified under:
Verbs of walking, flying, swimming
Synonyms:
misguide; mislead; lead astray; misdirect
Context example:
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):
conduct; direct; guide; lead; take (take somebody somewhere)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
Meaning:
Cause someone to believe an untruth
Classified under:
Verbs of telling, asking, ordering, singing
Synonyms:
deceive; lead astray; betray
Context example:
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Hypernyms (to "lead astray" is one way to...):
misinform; mislead (give false or misleading information to)
Troponyms (each of the following is one way to "lead astray"):
impersonate; personate; pose (pretend to be someone you are not; sometimes with fraudulent intentions)
bamboozle; hoodwink; lead by the nose; play false; pull the wool over someone's eyes; snow (conceal one's true motives from especially by elaborately feigning good intentions so as to gain an end)
befool; cod; dupe; fool; gull; put on; put one across; put one over; slang; take in (fool or hoax)
Sentence frame:
Somebody ----s somebody
