Synonyms for Deceit:

• n.

  •
  • artifice.
  •
  • honest.
  •art (noun)
  • wilinesses,
  • canninesses.
  •artificiality (noun)
  • un naturalness,
  • un-naturalnesses,
  • un naturalnesses,
  • un-naturalness.
  •attribute (noun)
  • fraudulence,
  • deceit.
  •camouflage (noun)
  • false appearances,
  • dis-simulations,
  • protective colorings,
  • dissimulations,
  • deceptive markings,
  • plain brown wrappers,
  • dis simulations,
  • dis simulation,
  • dis-simulation,
  • fakings,
  • maskings.
  •cant (noun)
  • hypo criticalnesses,
  • hypo-criticalness,
  • in-sincerities,
  • hypo criticalness,
  • hypo-criticalnesses,
  • in sincerity,
  • in sincerities,
  • pecksnifferies,
  • sham holinesses,
  • pharisaicalnesses,
  • affected pieties,
  • hypocriticalnesses,
  • in-sincerity.
  •cheat (noun)
  • bill goods,
  • cozenings,
  • shady deals,
  • bamboozlements,
  • puton,
  • hankypanky,
  • buncos,
  • fast shuffles,
  • hoaxings,
  • fast ones.
  •collusion (noun)
  • bait and switches,
  • flams,
  • fradulent artifices,
  • bait switch,
  • guiltinesses,
  • bait and switch,
  • bait switches,
  • diddlings.
  •counterfeit (noun)
  • junques,
  • re production,
  • pseudi,
  • boguses,
  • re-production,
  • re-productions,
  • re productions.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile,
  • art.
  •deceit (noun)
  • misrepresentation,
  • dissembling.
  •deception (noun)
  • hokum,
  • duplicity,
  • disinformation,
  • Defraudation,
  • boondoggles,
  • dupery,
  • cunnings,
  • boondoggle,
  • beguilement,
  • beguilements,
  • deceptiveness,
  • cozenage.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • perfidy,
  • insidiousness,
  • Improbity,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • criminalities,
  • infidelity,
  • chicanes,
  • criminality,
  • chicane,
  • fourberie,
  • infamy,
  • indirection.
  •disingenuousness (noun)
  • dis ingenuousness,
  • dis-ingenuousnesses,
  • dis ingenuousnesses,
  • dis-ingenuousness.
  •disloyalty (noun)
  • disloyalty.
  •double-dealing (noun)
  • doubledealing,
  • bad faiths.
  •duplicity (noun)
  • dis semblance,
  • dis-semblance,
  • stab back,
  • dirty dealings,
  • oneupmanship,
  • one upmanship,
  • dis semblances,
  • judas kisses,
  • twonesses,
  • dis-semblances.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • evasion,
  • runaround,
  • double meaning,
  • amphibology,
  • shufflings,
  • equivocality,
  • quibbling routine,
  • tergiversation,
  • fibbing.
  •equivoque (noun)
  • in definitenesses,
  • in-definitenesses,
  • ambiguous statements,
  • in definiteness,
  • un-clearnesses,
  • un clearnesses,
  • in-definiteness,
  • un clearness,
  • un-clearness,
  • stonewallings.
  •fallacy (noun)
  • in validity,
  • non sequiturs,
  • faultinesses,
  • quibblings,
  • in-consistencies,
  • mis calculation,
  • pre conception,
  • in-exactnesses,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • in consistency,
  • in exactnesses,
  • pre conceptions,
  • mis take,
  • mis-calculations,
  • in exactness,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • mis-interpretation,
  • misconstruals,
  • mis-take,
  • pre-conception,
  • mis takes,
  • in validities,
  • mis-takes,
  • in-validities,
  • in-consistency,
  • mis apprehension,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • mis interpretations,
  • mis calculations,
  • mis interpretation,
  • in-validity,
  • mis-interpretations,
  • inexactnesses,
  • in consistencies,
  • mis-calculation,
  • in-exactness,
  • mis-apprehension.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • fiction,
  • delusion.
  •falseness (noun)
  • dis loyalty,
  • false heartedness,
  • dis loyalties,
  • dis-loyalties,
  • dis-loyalty.
  •falsity (noun)
  • in-accuracy,
  • un candidnesses,
  • un-candidnesses,
  • in-accuracies,
  • un realities,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • un faithfulness,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • un reality,
  • in accuracies,
  • uncandidnesses,
  • un-candidness,
  • un-reality,
  • un candidness,
  • in accuracy,
  • un-realities,
  • un-faithfulness.
  •feint (noun)
  • dis-traction,
  • dis-tractions,
  • pre-text,
  • dis tractions,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • pre-tensions,
  • mock attacks,
  • pre tensions,
  • pre texts,
  • pre text,
  • dis traction,
  • makebelieve,
  • pre-texts.
  •fraud (noun)
  • barratries,
  • dupings,
  • swindlings.
  •guile (noun)
  • stab the back.
  •hocus-pocus (noun)
  • mummery,
  • Hocus,
  • magic word,
  • incantation,
  • gobbledegook,
  • Occultism,
  • nonsense,
  • Mummeries,
  • magic words,
  • Hocuspocus.
  •hypocrisy (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • unctuousnesses,
  • false professions,
  • dis-play,
  • glibnesses,
  • dis play,
  • dis-plays,
  • dissemblings.
  •indirection (noun)
  • in direction,
  • in-directions,
  • in directions,
  • in-direction.
  •invention (noun)
  • tall stories.
  •inveracity (noun)
  • in veracity,
  • in-veracity,
  • cock and bull story,
  • in veracities,
  • in-veracities.
  •lie (noun)
  • de tractions,
  • hyper-boles,
  • hyper boles,
  • de-traction,
  • hyper-bole,
  • de traction,
  • de-tractions,
  • hyper bole.
  •particular type of trick, misleading (noun)
  • sweet talk,
  • soft soap.
  •pretense (noun)
  • pre tense,
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tenses,
  • dumb acts,
  • schticks,
  • posings,
  • pre-tenses.
  •pretension (noun)
  • charade,
  • disguise,
  • forgery,
  • pose,
  • air,
  • impersonation,
  • affectation,
  • facade,
  • guise,
  • stage,
  • pretension,
  • fakery,
  • claim,
  • front,
  • bluff,
  • imitation,
  • mannerism,
  • cover,
  • device,
  • ostentation,
  • show.
  •ruse (noun)
  • curveballs.
  •scam (noun)
  • hosing,
  • crooked deal,
  • sucker game.
  •sham (noun)
  • pre tend,
  • pre tends,
  • pre-tends.
  •sleight of hand (noun)
  • escamotage,
  • conjurations.
  •spoof (noun)
  • flim flams,
  • send ups,
  • flim flam,
  • send-ups,
  • flim-flams,
  • bons mots,
  • sendups,
  • take offs.
  •swindle (noun)
  • frame ups,
  • frameup,
  • frameups.
  •treason (noun)
  • dis-affection,
  • dis-affections,
  • sub-version,
  • lese-majestes,
  • dis affection,
  • dis affections,
  • lese majestes,
  • sub versions,
  • breach faith,
  • lesemajestes,
  • seditious acts,
  • sub version,
  • re-volts,
  • sub-versions,
  • lese-majeste,
  • re volts,
  • re-volt,
  • lesemajeste,
  • re volt.
  •trickery (noun)
  • razzle dazzle,
  • razzledazzles,
  • razzle dazzles,
  • razzledazzle,
  • razzle-dazzles,
  • funny businesses.
  •two-facedness (noun)
  • twofacedness,
  • two facedness.
  •underhandedness (noun)
  • under handednesses,
  • under handedness,
  • under-handedness,
  • under-handednesses.
  •untruthfulness (noun)
  • un truthfulness,
  • un-truthfulnesses,
  • un truthfulnesses,
  • un-truthfulness.
  •wile (noun)
  • schemings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • doublespeak,
  • skulduggery,
  • hot air,
  • monkey business,
  • rigging,
  • chicanery,
  • misconduct,
  • turpitude,
  • corruption,
  • graft,
  • gentility,
  • jiggery-pokery,
  • dramatics,
  • foul play,
  • newspeak,
  • play-acting,
  • crocodile tears,
  • double talk,
  • obscurantism,
  • Maneuvering,
  • sharp practice,
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • sleaze,
  • casuistry.
  •
  • histrionics,
  • the black arts,
  • piety,
  • veneer.
  •
  • act.
  •Other relevant words:
  • conspiracy,
  • take advantage of,
  • deceive,
  • scheme,
  • prevarication,
  • boat,
  • kid,
  • untruth,
  • treachery,
  • mischief,
  • fill,
  • contrivance,
  • deceitful,
  • astuteness,
  • pretext,
  • perjury,
  • machination,
  • rare,
  • bewilder,
  • dictate,
  • enforce,
  • subterfuge,
  • means,
  • lapwings,
  • bamboozle,
  • jugglery,
  • insincere,
  • fallaciousness,
  • unexpected,
  • impose,
  • intrigue,
  • hoax,
  • delicate,
  • deceitfulness,
  • game,
  • bilk,
  • trapping,
  • fantasy,
  • defraud,
  • rascality,
  • mystify,
  • magic trick,
  • corruptness,
  • artful,
  • perversion,
  • sleight,
  • bring,
  • prescribe,
  • cleverness,
  • trick,
  • falsi crimen,
  • mendacious,
  • singular,
  • red herring,
  • stratagem,
  • Defrauding,
  • Cozening,
  • Deceiving,
  • keen,
  • carry,
  • artfulness,
  • kicker,
  • design,
  • lurk,
  • Dissemblance,
  • odd,
  • cog,
  • furtiveness,
  • tactic,
  • Blague,
  • knowledge,
  • perfidiousness,
  • plot,
  • clever,
  • tricksy,
  • little game,
  • lying,
  • gammon,
  • have,
  • ambidextrousness,
  • cram,
  • snow job,
  • blind,
  • maneuver,
  • chouse,
  • collective noun,
  • shrewdness,
  • tricky,
  • unfaithfulness,
  • Phariseeism,
  • natty,
  • coup,
  • roguishness,
  • confidence trick,
  • mislead,
  • charlatanism,
  • Charlatanry,
  • shift,
  • artful dodge,
  • imposition,
  • Pettifoggery,
  • Fudging,
  • finesse,
  • sly,
  • quaint,
  • quibbling,
  • fake,
  • faithlessness,
  • skillful,
  • subtle,
  • untrue,
  • Barney,
  • mystification,
  • quackery,
  • foxiness,
  • above,
  • gambit,
  • double-talk,
  • move,
  • confound,
  • legerdemain,
  • two-timing,
  • con game,
  • greedy,
  • conjuring trick,
  • supercherie,
  • sellout,
  • delude,
  • insincerity,
  • overreaching,
  • misinform,
  • evasiveness,
  • attract,
  • dirty pool,
  • slickness,
  • searching,
  • con trick,
  • draw,
  • mendaciousness,
  • whimsical,
  • beguile,
  • crafty,
  • convey,
  • expedient,
  • strategy,
  • impose on,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • cheating,
  • racket,
  • treacherousness,
  • concealment,
  • gyp,
  • whitewash,
  • betrayal,
  • Subreption,
  • Entrapping,
  • excuse,
  • ingenious,
  • simulation,
  • deviousness,
  • unusual,
  • Humbuggery,
  • Swindling,
  • conjuration,
  • con,
  • put on,
  • sneak attack,
  • fencing,
  • skilled,
  • craft,
  • fetch,
  • shuffling,
  • dodging,
  • surreptitiousness,
  • lie,
  • elegant,
  • Gloze,
  • dexterous,
  • distortion,
  • flimflam,
  • exaggeration,
  • curious,
  • suggestio falsi,
  • manoeuvre,
  • dirty work,
  • illusion,
  • plant,
  • suppressio veri,
  • pretence,
  • neat,
  • confuse,
  • ploy,
  • betray,
  • captivate,
  • dodge,
  • half-truth,
  • sophistry.

Paraphrases for Deceit:

• Equivalence

  • Proper noun, singular
    deception.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    trickery, deception.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    dishonesty, falsehood.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    hoax.

• Independent

  • Adjective
    deceptive, misleading, false.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    lie, misunderstanding.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    treachery, delusion, mendacity, betrayal, prevarication, scam, dishonest, deceitful, swindle, duplicity, seduction, illusion, sham.

Antonyms for Deceit:

• n.

  • practice of misleading
    frankness, truthfulness, honesty, truth, reality, fairness.
  • Other antonyms:
    genuineness, verity, reliability, forthrightness, trustiness, good faith, correctness, plainspokenness, authenticity, ingenuousness, goodness, credibility, candor, sincerity, openness, trustworthiness, uprightness, incorruptibility, simplicity, straightforwardness, directness, virtuousness, guilelessness, solidity, candidness, veracity, objectivity, righteousness, plainness, probity, veraciousness, trustability, integrity, reliableness, dependability, decency, honor, artlessness, accuracy.

Homophones for Deceit:

• decided, decidua, dockside, disquiet, deject, do good, dugout, dogwood, dakoit, detoxicate, dissuade, dissected, dickhead, dogtooth, dakoity, destitute, decade, dictate, dejected, dissect, death squad, deuced, dicky-seat, detested, digit, discoid, dodge city, dakota, digitate, dioxide, detected, dish out, decussate, dog-sized, decayed, detest, dig out, detached, die-cast, dighted, desiccate, De Sade, dedicated, dogged, dusty, desuetude, dasyatidae, dead weight, due south, dagda, dicot, duckweed, disguised, dead set, dazed, doughty, disquietude, dedicate, deck out, dickey-seat, dashed, due west, duck shot, duct, disassociate, desiccated, ducat, diseased, disgust, deceased, do-si-do, disused, dust, digest, decked out, dictated, dziggetai, decked, dissociate, deist, dytiscidae, detect, dacite, disgusted, decide, death seat, dacoity, disquieted, diazoxide, dosed, due east, decode, docket, digested, diskette, desist, decoct, deduct, degust, dacoit, dickie-seat, dished, death's head.

Hyponym for Deceit:

• n.

  • attribute
    dishonesty.