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Definition of Deceive

  • 1. Be false to; be dishonest with Verb
  • 2. Cause someone to believe an untruth Verb

Synonyms for word "deceive"

  • betray
  • lead astray
  • cozen
  • delude
  • lead on

Semanticaly linked words with "deceive"

  • betray
  • sell
  • victimise
  • victimize
  • cheat
  • chisel
  • shill
  • flim-flam
  • fob
  • fox
  • play a joke on
  • play a trick on
  • play tricks
  • pull a fast one on
  • trick
  • befool
  • fool
  • gull
  • cheat on
  • cuckold
  • wander
  • hoax
  • pull someone's leg
  • ensnare
  • entrap
  • frame
  • set up
  • humbug
  • misinform
  • mislead
  • impersonate
  • personate
  • pose
  • bamboozle
  • hoodwink
  • lead by the nose
  • play false
  • pull the wool over someone's eyes
  • snow
  • befool
  • cod
  • dupe
  • fool
  • gull
  • put on
  • put one across
  • put one over
  • slang
  • take in

Lexical Analysis for "deceive"

  1. deceiver
    Noun
    derivation
    1
    1. someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
  2. deception
    Noun
    derivation
    3
    1. the act of deceiving
    2. the act of deceiving
    3. a misleading falsehood
  3. deceptive
    Adjective Satellite
    derivation
    4
    1. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
    2. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
    3. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
    4. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
  4. undeceive
    Verb
    antonym
    1
    1. free from deception or illusion
Words Rhyme with deceive
  • apperceive
  • conceive
  • deceive
  • misconceive
  • misperceive
  • perceive
  • preconceive
  • receive
  • undeceive
Etymology for deceive
  • etymology deceiveth
  • etymology undeceive
  • etymologically related deceit
  • etymologically related deception
  • etymologically related deceptive
  • etymological origin of deceyven
  • is derived from deceived
  • is derived from deceives
  • is derived from deceiving
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