lead astray
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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- core relation
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- substance, domain or see-also
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
teach immoral behavior to
It was common practice to lead off the young ones, and teach them bad habits
Types & categories
- debauch hypernym
Sense 2 verb
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver
Types & categories
- lead hypernym
Related & opposite
- misdirection derivation
- misleader derivation
Sense 3 verb
cause someone to believe an untruth
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- undeceive antonym
- dissimulation derivation
- beguiler derivation
- double-crosser derivation
- misleading derivation
- deceptive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | debauch |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misdirection |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleader |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | lead |
| 3 | antonym | Related & opposite | undeceive |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulation |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | beguiler |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | double-crosser |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleading |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceptive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | misinform |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | personate |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | bamboozle |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | cod |