Definition for Deceit:

• the act of deceiving

Synonyms for Deceit:

• n.

  •
  • artifice.
  •attribute (noun)
  • fraudulence.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile,
  • art.
  •deceit (noun)
  • misrepresentation,
  • dissembling.
  •deception (noun)
  • cozenage,
  • duplicity,
  • beguilement,
  • deceptiveness,
  • dupery.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • indirection,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • infidelity,
  • perfidy,
  • insidiousness,
  • chicane.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • evasion,
  • fibbing,
  • tergiversation.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • fiction,
  • delusion.
  •pretension (noun)
  • charade,
  • disguise,
  • forgery,
  • pose,
  • air,
  • impersonation,
  • affectation,
  • facade,
  • guise,
  • stage,
  • pretension,
  • fakery,
  • claim,
  • front,
  • bluff,
  • imitation,
  • mannerism,
  • cover,
  • device,
  • ostentation,
  • show.

• Other synonyms:

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

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.