Deceit synonyms
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The act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud
deception (related)
The use of deceit.
dishonesty (related)
The quality of being dishonest; dishonest behavior; deceiving, stealing, etc.
trick (related)
The definition of a trick is a prank or a joke.
Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:
Deception by use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
The definition of fraud is something said or done in a dishonest way to trick people.
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The definition of an artifice is a skill or craft that is clever but often manipulative or tricky.
An instance of deliberate deceptiveness; double-dealing.
An imitation that is meant to deceive; counterfeit
(Psychiatry) A false, persistent belief maintained in spite of evidence to the contrary
A statement or an argument based on a false or invalid inference.
openness (antonym)
practice of misleading
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The state or quality of being deceitful.
Duplicity or deceit; treachery.
(Uncountable) Astuteness often marked by a certain sense of cunning or artful deception.
(Uncountable) The property of being shifty.
honest (related)
The act or practice of deceiving
The action of the verb dissemble
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Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, as of a principal in a matter of business, or of constituents in legislation.
The condition of being fraudulent
The act of evading by going around (bypassing).
Hiding one's feelings or purposes.
Nonsense; humbug.
Something that has been established or accepted by fraudulent means.
The definition of an imposition is the act forcing someone or something on another, or a burden that is put on someone.
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imposture finesse
Deceitfulness
Deceitfulness
Something showy but worthless
honesty (antonym)
The definition of honesty is the quality of being truthful.
truthfulness (antonym)
The quality of being truthful
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uprightness (antonym)
(Uncountable) The state of being moral, honest and honourable.
fair dealing (antonym)
trick
falsehood (related)
treachery (related)
slander (related)
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hypocrisy (related)
betrayal (related)
subterfuge (related)
malice (related)
calumny (related)
Find another word for deceit. In this page you can discover 47 synonyms, antonyms, idiomatic expressions, and related words for deceit, like: trickery, deception, dishonesty, trick, lie, chicanery, fraud, artifice, duplicity, sham and cozenage.