Meanings
present singular third person leads astray · participle present leading astray · participle past led astray · past led astray
- transitiveTo influence (someone) to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegally.
She was led astray by questionable companions.
Synonyms: corrupt, demoralize, seduce, adulterate, corrupt, debauch, demoralize, detort
Synonyms & antonyms
verbTo cause (someone) to believe an untruth.
verbTo influence (someone) to have bad habits or to behave improperly or illegally.
More synonyms by meaning
verblead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Translations
Ancient Greek πλανάω, ἀποβουκολέω
- πλανάω (planáō)to cause to believe untruth
- ἀποβουκολέω (apoboukoléō)to misguide or misdirect
- ἀποβουκολέω (apoboukoléō)to influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Arabic أَضَلَّ, أَضَلَّ
- أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla)to cause to believe untruth
- أَضَلَّ (ʔaḍalla)to misguide or misdirect
Finnish johtaa harhaan, johtaa harhaan
- johtaa harhaanto cause to believe untruth
- johtaa harhaanto misguide or misdirect
French induire en erreur
- induire en erreurto misguide or misdirect
German irreführen, in die Irre führen
- irreführento cause to believe untruth
- in die Irre führento cause to believe untruth
- irreleitento cause to believe untruth
- in die Irre leitento cause to believe untruth
- auf Abwege führento misguide or misdirect
- auf Abwege bringento misguide or misdirect
- verleitento influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Greek παρασύρω, ξελογιάζω
- παρασύρω (parasýro)to misguide or misdirect
- ξελογιάζω (xelogiázo)to misguide or misdirect
Latin sēdūcō, sēdūcō
- sēdūcōto misguide or misdirect
- sēdūcōto influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Māori ngungu, whakapōhēhē
- ngunguto misguide or misdirect
- whakapōhēhēto misguide or misdirect
- whakakonukato influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
- ngunguto influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Polish sprowadzać na manowce, sprowadzić na manowce
- sprowadzać na manowceto influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
- sprowadzić na manowceto influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Punjabi ਪੁੱਟਣਾ, ਪੁੱਟਣਾ
- ਪੁੱਟਣਾ (puṭṭaṇā)to misguide or misdirect
- ਪੁੱਟਣਾ (puṭṭaṇā)to influence or to lead someone into bad ways, lead off the straight and narrow
Romanian înșela
- înșelato cause to believe untruth
Russian сбива́ть с пути́, сбить с пути́
- сбива́ть с пути́ (sbivátʹ s putí)to cause to believe untruth
- сбить с пути́ (sbitʹ s putí)to cause to believe untruth
- вводи́ть в заблужде́ние (vvodítʹ v zabluždénije)to cause to believe untruth
- ввести́ в заблужде́ние (vvestí v zabluždénije)to cause to believe untruth
- сбива́ть с пути́ (sbivátʹ s putí)to misguide or misdirect
- сбить с пути́ (sbitʹ s putí)to misguide or misdirect
Spanish casquear, descaminar
- casquearto cause to believe untruth
- descaminarto misguide or misdirect
- desencaminarto misguide or misdirect
- desvirtuarto misguide or misdirect
- descarriarto misguide or misdirect
- llevar por el mal caminoto misguide or misdirect
- inducir a errorto misguide or misdirect
Cite this entry
lead astray. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20astray
“lead astray.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20astray. Accessed November 2, 2026.
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “lead astray,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/lead%20astray.
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