Deceive Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-sēv
To cause to accept what is false, especially by trickery or misrepresentation
(Verb)
Synonyms:
  1. delude
  2. mislead
  3. betray
  4. beguile
  5. dupe
  6. hoodwink
  7. cozen
  8. bamboozle
  9. cheat
  10. fool
  11. double-cross
  12. humbug
  13. trick
  14. take-in
  15. ensnare
  16. bluff
  17. defraud
  18. bilk
  19. circumvent
  20. buffalo
  21. con
  22. hoax
  23. gull
  24. impose upon
  25. finagle
  26. outwit
  27. swindle
  28. lead-on
  29. victimize
  30. gyp
  31. scam
  32. flimflam
  33. lead-astray
  34. lie
  35. entrap
  36. rob
  37. practice deceit
  38. not play fair
  39. take-advantage-of
  40. play one false
  41. fleece
  42. beguile out of
  43. get around
  44. lie-to
  45. falsify accounts
  46. pass off
  47. put-on
  48. take-for
  49. palm off
  50. baffle
  51. cross up
  52. nick
  53. gouge
  54. clip
  55. skin
  56. beat
  57. fake
  58. beat out of
  59. blarney
  60. burn
  61. chisel
  62. sell out
  63. hook
  64. pull-a-fast-one
  65. pull something
  66. cajole
  67. fake-out
  68. play for a sucker
  69. camouflage
  70. shake down
  71. make a sucker out of
  72. catch
  73. snooker
  74. hustle
  75. take-to-the-cleaners
  76. pull a quickie
  77. sell a gold brick to
  78. screw out of
  79. drive to the wall
  80. do out of
  81. string-along
  82. take-for-a-ride
  83. snow
  84. put one over on
  85. sail under false colors
  86. rope-in
  87. dissemble
  88. jive
  89. fast-talk
  90. dissimulate
  91. sell
  92. pull the wool over one's eyes
  93. murphy
  94. give someone the run-around
  95. dress up
  96. trip up
  97. bleed-white
  98. do in
  99. equivocate
  100. pack the deal
  101. do up brown
  102. hit below the belt
  103. come over
  104. higgle the market
  105. euchre out of
  106. butter up
  107. let in
  108. play upon
  109. make-a-monkey-of
  110. have
  111. inveigle
  112. four-flush
  113. jilt
  114. masquerade
  115. misrepresent
  116. trap
Antonyms:
  1. undeceive
  2. disabuse
  3. disillusionize
  4. be honest

Words Related to Deceive

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Deceive Sentence Examples

  • You intentionally tried to deceive me.

  • If you're no longer engaged, why do you have to deceive him?

  • I have learned to know him, and he will not deceive me any more....

  • Oh, I can understand why you would want to deceive people, I just don't understand how you can involve your family in such a thing – especially Tammy!

  • Being around Lathum had opened his eyes to the number of people who deceive and are deceived.

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