What is another word for deception?
510 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ d_ɪ_s_ˈɛ_p_ʃ_ə_n], [ dɪsˈɛpʃən], [ dɪsˈɛpʃən]Table of Contents
Similar words for deception:- color (noun)
- communication (noun)
- deception (noun)
- decoy (noun)
- equivocation (noun)
- falsehood (noun)
- hocus-pocus (noun)
- misleading; being dishonest (noun)
- stratagem (noun)
- other synonyms
- charlatanism
- deceit
- mask
- other relevant words
Definition for Deception:
Synonyms for Deception:
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- wile.
- flimflam,
- hoax,
- flimflammery,
- conjuration,
- chicanery,
- forgery,
- humbug,
- dissembling,
- magic,
- legerdemain,
- conjuring trick,
- magic trick.
- juggling,
- lying,
- duplicity,
- cozenage,
- untruth,
- circumvention,
- dupery,
- treachery,
- trumpery,
- boondoggle,
- craftiness,
- beguilement,
- hokum,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- imposition,
- dirt,
- deceitfulness,
- blarney,
- Defraudation,
- snow job.
- artifice,
- Trojan Horse,
- game,
- tactics,
- dodge,
- maneuver,
- device,
- contrivance,
- plot,
- ploy,
- pitfall,
- wrinkle,
- machination,
- trick of the trade,
- ruse.
Other synonyms:
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- hot air,
- ambush,
- dramatics,
- loophole,
- skulduggery,
- facade,
- pose,
- rigging,
- pretension,
- turpitude,
- foul play,
- collusion,
- shenanigan,
- newspeak,
- play-acting,
- doublespeak,
- jiggery-pokery.
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- air,
- camouflage,
- gimmick,
- hocus-pocus,
- front,
- piety.
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- cunning.
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- show.
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- act.
- acting,
- finesse,
- draw,
- imitative,
- false impression,
- intrigue,
- concealment,
- cram,
- pipe dream,
- boasting,
- mystification,
- Concealedness,
- beguile,
- shift,
- erroneous,
- false belief,
- whitewash,
- disgrace,
- betray,
- bring,
- bluster,
- vapor,
- four-flushing,
- darkening,
- insidiousness,
- fiddle,
- sidestep,
- dreamland,
- incorrect,
- hallucination,
- Fooling,
- wrong,
- scheme,
- conspiracy,
- fictional,
- faithlessness,
- Bluffing,
- excellence,
- dictate,
- juggle,
- conjury,
- Puffery,
- swizz,
- deceive,
- have,
- dishonorable,
- dirty work,
- mischief,
- misapprehension,
- colouring,
- secrecy,
- credulity,
- pettifogging,
- autism,
- Flam,
- Thimblerigging,
- antic,
- murder,
- occultation,
- kid,
- assume,
- guess,
- dishonest,
- overreaching,
- defraud,
- invisibility,
- manoeuvre,
- deceitful,
- impose,
- invention,
- dexterity,
- bragging,
- disrepute,
- credulousness,
- roguery,
- gasconade,
- false,
- caper,
- MALA FIDES,
- put on,
- dreamworld,
- Pipelaying,
- ostentation,
- Phantasm,
- apocryphal,
- befooling,
- con game,
- simulation,
- simulated,
- rip off,
- mistake,
- deviousness,
- trip,
- vapour,
- antics,
- pretext,
- occupy,
- Covin,
- not real,
- Charlatanry,
- interment,
- alternative,
- faulty,
- naughtiness,
- factitious,
- proficiency,
- head game,
- meretriciousness,
- charlatanism,
- untrue,
- John,
- false swearing,
- wheeze,
- shuck,
- secretion,
- Phariseeism,
- foolishness,
- Dexterousness,
- masking,
- faking,
- enchant,
- Pettifoggery,
- fraudulent,
- slyness,
- suppose,
- imaginary,
- swizzle,
- infatuation,
- nostrum,
- consider,
- sophistry,
- artfulness,
- indirection,
- seeming,
- disloyal,
- Obscuration,
- plant,
- roguishness,
- Defrauding,
- shenanigans,
- crime,
- defalcation,
- manslaughter,
- Dissemblance,
- bigotry,
- Barney,
- perjury,
- hollow,
- facility,
- underhandedness,
- coloured,
- gyp,
- mastery,
- performance,
- treacherousness,
- carry,
- distraction,
- fib,
- fabrication,
- mendacious,
- obstinacy,
- bubble,
- perfidiousness,
- burying,
- covering up,
- gilt,
- Duping,
- bombast,
- substitute,
- entanglement,
- unreal,
- varnish,
- captivate,
- prank,
- face,
- address,
- enrapture,
- jest,
- competence,
- gambit,
- joke,
- phantasy,
- error,
- screening,
- white lie,
- mock attack,
- chimera,
- representation,
- above,
- fantasy,
- craft,
- ersatz,
- dream,
- ride,
- delude,
- believe,
- Fudging,
- playacting,
- invocation,
- Gulling,
- window dressing,
- Callidity,
- double-talk,
- covering,
- dream vision,
- net,
- strategy,
- song and dance,
- skill,
- plan,
- empty,
- tour de force,
- expedient,
- posture,
- evasiveness,
- Panurgy,
- hiding,
- ruse de guerre,
- chouse,
- surmise,
- guilefulness,
- falsity,
- tomfoolery,
- Misjudgment,
- smokescreen,
- gammon,
- leg-pull,
- goings-on,
- bravado,
- receipt,
- spurious,
- gloss,
- wishful thinking,
- knack,
- puzzle,
- supercherie,
- appearance,
- Self-delusion,
- infer,
- cog,
- false move,
- tactic,
- vision,
- adroitness,
- Humbuggery,
- mastership,
- dodging,
- fallacious,
- Subreption,
- daydream,
- gullibility,
- coloring,
- spoofing,
- hook,
- shrewdness,
- fiction,
- necessity,
- manipulation,
- crookery,
- confidence trick,
- eyewash,
- fictitious,
- suspect,
- hoodwinking,
- bewitch,
- confidence game,
- Covertness,
- espieglerie,
- dishonor,
- Thaumaturgy,
- excuse,
- Kidding,
- crooked,
- posing,
- attitudinizing,
- art,
- bilk,
- expertness,
- Improbity,
- fetch,
- Cullibility,
- artificial,
- malarkey,
- hiddenness,
- foxiness,
- crock,
- sting,
- simulacrum,
- borrow,
- rodomontade,
- bogus,
- Hyperorthodoxy,
- clouding,
- mendaciousness,
- attract,
- quibbling,
- infidelity,
- superstition,
- likeness,
- corrupt,
- Swindling,
- burial,
- story,
- semblance,
- uncommunicativeness,
- fancy,
- Obscurement,
- cover,
- faithless,
- unfaithful,
- affectation,
- stance,
- hustle,
- embezzlement,
- homicide,
- mare's-nest,
- dishonesty,
- slickness,
- pretence,
- racket,
- self-deceit,
- skillfulness.
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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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
