What is another word for deception?
795 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ dɪsˈɛpʃən], [ dɪsˈɛpʃən], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_p_ʃ_ə_n]Table of Contents
Similar words for deception:- ambush (noun)
- artifice (noun)
- artificiality (noun)
- betrayal (noun)
- bluff (noun)
- casuistry (noun)
- catch (noun)
- charade (noun)
- cheat (noun)
- cheating (noun)
- color (noun)
- communication (noun)
- con (noun)
- conjuration (noun)
- conjuring trick (noun)
- counterfeit (noun)
- deceit (noun)
- deception (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- delusion (noun)
- disingenuousness (noun)
- double-dealing (noun)
- equivocation (noun)
- equivoque (noun)
- fake (noun)
- fallacy (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- falseness (noun)
- foul play (noun)
- guile (noun)
- hanky-panky (noun)
- hocus-pocus (noun)
- hypocrisy (noun)
- ignis fatuus (noun)
- illusion (noun)
- inaccuracy (noun)
- insincerity (noun)
- inveracity (noun)
- lie (noun)
- masquerade (noun)
- misleading; being dishonest (noun)
- mockery (noun)
- perjury (noun)
- pretense (noun)
- scam (noun)
- sham (noun)
- sleight of hand (noun)
- sophism (noun)
- sophistry (noun)
- spoof (noun)
- stratagem (noun)
- strategem (noun)
- swindle (noun)
- treason (noun)
- trick (noun)
- two-facedness (noun)
- wile (noun)
- other synonyms
- charlatanism
- deceit
- distortion
- mask
- other relevant words
Synonyms for Deception:
n.
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- honest.
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- sell out.
- double crossings,
- dis-honesties,
- dis honesties,
- un faithfulnesses,
- double-crossings,
- un-faithfulnesses,
- dis-honesty,
- judas kisses,
- doublecrossings,
- un-faithfulness,
- un faithfulness,
- dis honesty,
- let downs.
- deceptivenesses,
- over subtleness,
- over-subtleness,
- over-subtlenesses,
- over subtlenesses,
- oversubtlenesses.
- catch22,
- fly in ointment,
- fly ointment,
- catch 22's,
- catch22's,
- catch-22's,
- fly the ointment,
- catch 22.
- dis guise,
- panto mimes,
- dis-guises,
- pre-tension,
- dis-guise,
- pre tensions,
- puton,
- pre-tensions,
- dis guises,
- pre tension,
- panto-mimes,
- panto mime,
- makebelieve,
- panto-mime.
- dis-semblances,
- overreachings,
- dis-simulation,
- dis simulation,
- dis simulations,
- dis-semblance,
- dissimulations,
- dis-simulations,
- entrappings,
- fraudulences,
- dirty dealings,
- mis-representation,
- mis representations,
- under handednesses,
- mis-representations,
- over-reaching,
- over reaching,
- dis semblance,
- ambidextrousnesses,
- defraudings,
- dis semblances,
- under-handednesses,
- under handedness,
- smoke mirrors,
- mis representation,
- under-handedness.
- forgery,
- chicanery,
- humbug,
- magic,
- flimflammery,
- magic trick,
- dissembling,
- flimflam,
- legerdemain,
- hoax.
- over-sight,
- over-sights,
- mis-takes,
- mis take,
- fools paradise,
- mis apprehensions,
- mis-take,
- self deceptions,
- selfdeceptions,
- fool paradise,
- mis takes,
- eidola,
- over sight,
- self-deceptions,
- selfdeception,
- over sights,
- mis-apprehensions,
- mis-apprehension,
- eidolons,
- mis apprehension,
- self deception.
- shufflings,
- amphibology,
- runaround,
- fibbing,
- equivocality,
- tergiversation,
- coverup,
- quibbling routine,
- double meaning.
- in-definitenesses,
- in definiteness,
- un clearness,
- un-clearnesses,
- un-clearness,
- ambiguous statements,
- in definitenesses,
- in-definiteness,
- un clearnesses,
- stonewallings.
- fourflushers,
- pre-tender,
- pre tenders,
- four flushers,
- pre tender,
- four-flushers,
- pre-tenders,
- four flusher.
- in-validity,
- in exactnesses,
- pre-conception,
- pre conception,
- mis calculation,
- pre-conceptions,
- un truths,
- faultinesses,
- in-consistency,
- in-exactnesses,
- mis-calculation,
- un-truths,
- pre conceptions,
- in validities,
- in-consistencies,
- mis calculations,
- in consistency,
- non sequiturs,
- misconstruals,
- mis interpretation,
- mis interpretations,
- in exactness,
- in-exactness,
- un-truth,
- inexactnesses,
- un truth,
- mis-interpretation,
- in consistencies,
- in-validities,
- mis-interpretations,
- in validity,
- quibblings,
- mis-calculations.
- hogwash,
- misstatement,
- half truth,
- fakery,
- fallaciousness,
- half truths,
- fable,
- Untruism,
- feigning,
- mis-statement,
- fibbery.
- in-fidelity,
- dis loyalties,
- false heartedness,
- dis loyalty,
- in fidelities,
- dis-loyalties,
- in fidelity,
- in-fidelities,
- dis-loyalty.
- foul.
- hankiepankies,
- hokey pokey,
- hankie pankies,
- hokey pokeys,
- mis-chief,
- hankie-pankies,
- hokey-pokeys,
- mis chief,
- hokeypokeys,
- mis-chiefs,
- hankiepankie,
- funny businesses,
- mis chiefs,
- fooling arounds,
- sexual activities,
- hankie pankie,
- hankypanky.
- Hocus,
- incantation,
- Mummeries,
- gobbledegook,
- magic words,
- magic word,
- mummery,
- nonsense,
- Occultism,
- Hocuspocus.
- unctuousnesses,
- dis play,
- dissemblings,
- dis plays,
- false professions,
- dis-play,
- glibnesses,
- pharisaicalnesses,
- dis-plays.
- mis conceptions,
- mis impressions,
- ignus fatuu,
- mis-conceptions,
- idolisms,
- mis-conception,
- mis impression,
- mis beliefs,
- mis-belief,
- mis-impressions,
- mis-beliefs,
- misimpressions,
- figment imagination,
- paramnesias,
- mis conception,
- mis belief,
- mis-impression,
- misbeliefs.
- in-accuracy,
- in correctnesses,
- in accuracies,
- unreliabilities,
- in-correctness,
- in-correctnesses,
- in-accuracies,
- un reliability,
- un reliabilities,
- in correctness,
- un-reliability,
- in accuracy,
- un-reliabilities.
- de traction,
- hyper-boles,
- de-tractions,
- hyper bole,
- de-traction,
- disinformations,
- hyper-bole,
- hyper boles,
- de tractions,
- dis-informations,
- tall stories,
- dis informations,
- dis information,
- dis-information.
- juggling,
- lying,
- duplicity,
- cozenage,
- untruth,
- circumvention,
- dupery,
- treachery,
- trumpery,
- boondoggle,
- craftiness,
- beguilement,
- hokum,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- imposition,
- dirt,
- deceitfulness,
- blarney,
- Defraudation,
- snow job.
- hypo-criticalnesses,
- pre-tends,
- pre tend,
- hypo criticalnesses,
- hypocriticalnesses,
- hypo-criticalness,
- pre tends,
- hypo criticalness.
- contrivance,
- wrinkle,
- game,
- ruse,
- dodge,
- ploy,
- Trojan Horse,
- tactics,
- device,
- plot,
- trick of the trade,
- maneuver,
- machination,
- pitfall.
Other synonyms:
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- graft,
- corruption,
- dramatics,
- obscurantism,
- newspeak,
- pretension,
- play-acting,
- foul play,
- ambush,
- facade,
- double talk,
- sleaze,
- rigging,
- crocodile tears,
- skulduggery,
- cant,
- hot air,
- smoke and mirrors,
- turpitude,
- gentility,
- Maneuvering,
- loophole,
- jiggery-pokery,
- doublespeak,
- pose,
- shenanigan,
- collusion,
- misconduct.
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- the black arts,
- air,
- histrionics,
- camouflage,
- hocus-pocus,
- front,
- piety,
- veneer,
- gimmick.
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- cunning.
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- show.
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- act.
- foolishness,
- espieglerie,
- slickness,
- bogus,
- surmise,
- varnish,
- Gulling,
- competence,
- bring,
- Fudging,
- pretence,
- secrecy,
- posing,
- Duping,
- bravado,
- crock,
- necessity,
- simulacrum,
- bombast,
- naughtiness,
- borrow,
- story,
- deceive,
- cog,
- colouring,
- pettifogging,
- fetch,
- plan,
- appearance,
- intrigue,
- underhandedness,
- excuse,
- above,
- evasiveness,
- obstinacy,
- shift,
- Fooling,
- malarkey,
- crooked,
- trip,
- fictitious,
- kid,
- assume,
- confidence game,
- Thaumaturgy,
- tour de force,
- perjury,
- erroneous,
- rodomontade,
- fallacious,
- sting,
- superstition,
- disrepute,
- defalcation,
- pretext,
- unreal,
- skill,
- credulousness,
- meretriciousness,
- vision,
- artificial,
- pipe dream,
- spoofing,
- Puffery,
- captivate,
- invisibility,
- bigotry,
- vapor,
- false,
- Kidding,
- expertness,
- Thimblerigging,
- mastery,
- quibbling,
- gilt,
- seeming,
- consider,
- concealment,
- fictional,
- distraction,
- mock attack,
- bragging,
- Self-delusion,
- Panurgy,
- acting,
- simulation,
- eyewash,
- manoeuvre,
- gammon,
- secretion,
- invention,
- adroitness,
- goings-on,
- face,
- Flam,
- faithlessness,
- supercherie,
- crime,
- have,
- mendaciousness,
- knack,
- infatuation,
- entanglement,
- charlatanism,
- strategy,
- dishonorable,
- faking,
- occupy,
- bluster,
- hollow,
- believe,
- Pettifoggery,
- simulated,
- expedient,
- covering,
- homicide,
- double-talk,
- mischief,
- ride,
- corrupt,
- con game,
- enchant,
- Pipelaying,
- boasting,
- Subreption,
- Humbuggery,
- prank,
- Hyperorthodoxy,
- semblance,
- juggle,
- slyness,
- stance,
- defraud,
- antic,
- window dressing,
- guilefulness,
- dream vision,
- wishful thinking,
- wrong,
- craft,
- conspiracy,
- cram,
- fabrication,
- dishonest,
- empty,
- artful dodge,
- address,
- representation,
- apocryphal,
- self-deceit,
- bubble,
- dodging,
- burying,
- dictate,
- shuck,
- gyp,
- falsity,
- skillfulness,
- disgrace,
- mystification,
- excellence,
- wheeze,
- perfidiousness,
- Charlatanry,
- mare's-nest,
- suppose,
- darkening,
- overreaching,
- false belief,
- likeness,
- uncommunicativeness,
- puzzle,
- tactic,
- ersatz,
- incorrect,
- gloss,
- tomfoolery,
- Covertness,
- dreamworld,
- John,
- dream,
- impose,
- deviousness,
- clouding,
- Dexterousness,
- plant,
- burial,
- Swindling,
- coloring,
- Cullibility,
- Improbity,
- indirection,
- betray,
- Misjudgment,
- hallucination,
- chouse,
- rip off,
- Barney,
- attract,
- substitute,
- MALA FIDES,
- receipt,
- art,
- suspect,
- foxiness,
- misapprehension,
- conjury,
- coloured,
- dexterity,
- put on,
- covering up,
- delude,
- roguishness,
- faithless,
- song and dance,
- unfaithful,
- dishonor,
- nostrum,
- roguery,
- ruse de guerre,
- Concealedness,
- embezzlement,
- Defrauding,
- chimera,
- treacherousness,
- head game,
- insidiousness,
- untrue,
- fancy,
- hook,
- confidence trick,
- Phantasm,
- Bluffing,
- white lie,
- cover,
- shenanigans,
- false swearing,
- fantasy,
- vapour,
- affectation,
- gambit,
- mastership,
- alternative,
- smokescreen,
- fib,
- gullibility,
- dishonesty,
- not real,
- faulty,
- daydream,
- draw,
- hiddenness,
- net,
- Obscuration,
- scheme,
- crookery,
- Phariseeism,
- posture,
- dreamland,
- racket,
- caper,
- credulity,
- attitudinizing,
- screening,
- imaginary,
- false move,
- Obscurement,
- occultation,
- proficiency,
- fiction,
- antics,
- swizz,
- performance,
- hustle,
- befooling,
- gasconade,
- phantasy,
- bilk,
- swizzle,
- manipulation,
- manslaughter,
- spurious,
- hiding,
- carry,
- mistake,
- fiddle,
- imitative,
- joke,
- guess,
- bewitch,
- finesse,
- fraudulent,
- facility,
- infidelity,
- false impression,
- Callidity,
- invocation,
- whitewash,
- Covin,
- Dissemblance,
- dirty work,
- deceitful,
- airy nothing,
- beguile,
- shrewdness,
- playacting,
- sidestep,
- infer,
- ostentation,
- masking,
- factitious,
- hoodwinking,
- interment,
- sophistry,
- disloyal,
- four-flushing,
- mendacious,
- enrapture,
- artfulness,
- autism,
- jest,
- error,
- leg-pull,
- murder.
Paraphrases for Deception:
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Equivalence
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Proper noun, singular
deceit.
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Proper noun, singular
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Reverse Entailment
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
treason, ruse, decoy, lie, misleading, con, disillusion, falsification, forgery, frustration, fraudster, ploy, cover-up, mistake.
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Verb, gerund or present participle
Defrauding, Involving, misleading.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Other Related
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Noun, singular or mass
disappointment, scam, dishonesty, prevarication, disinformation, misinformation, hoax, treachery, Swindling, illusion, betrayal, falsehood, circumvention, mendacity, swindle, trick, seduction, sham, disillusionment, concealment, manipulation, disenchantment.
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Noun, singular or mass
Antonyms for Deception:
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n.
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misleading; being dishonest
honor, openness, uprightness, forthrightness, faithfulness, loyalty, sincerity, honesty, truth, trustworthiness, frankness, truthfulness.
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trick
reality.
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Other antonyms:
directness, candidness, plainspokenness, righteousness, incorruptibility, simplicity, trustability, plainness, decency, dependability, guilelessness, reliableness, good faith, goodness, reliability, virtuousness, veracity, solidity, trustiness, artlessness.
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misleading; being dishonest
Homophones for Deception:
Hypernym for Deception:
n.
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communication
overstatement, slickness, snow job, feigning, jiggery-pokery, hocus-pocus, fraudulence, pretence, half-truth, humbug, trickery, facade, equivocation, evasion, pretense, Hanky Panky, bill of goods, duplicity, dissembling, magnification, blind, snake oil, window dressing, skulduggery, subterfuge, exaggeration, skullduggery.
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communication