Deception Synonyms and Antonyms
dĭ-sĕpshən
The practice of deceiving
(Noun)
Synonyms:
- deceit
- dishonesty
- cunning
- duplicity
- guile
- hypocrisy
- chicanery
- double-dealing
- fraud
- deceitfulness
- cozenage
- artifice
- falsehood
- trickery
- humbug
- treachery
- prevarication
- imposture
- imposition
- sophism
- misleading
- magic
- trick
- dissimulation
- illusion
- subterfuge
- mendacity
- untruth
- dupery
- insincerity
- indirection
- craftiness
- circumvention
- juggling
- defraudation
- treason
- artfulness
- betrayal
- pretense
- camouflage
- disinformation
- cheat
- trickiness
- coggery
- trumpery
- collusion
- beguilement
- contrivance
- counterfeit
- covin
- craft
- lying
- magic-trick
- equivocation
- fallacy
- finesse
- conjuring trick
- deceiving
- hoax
- hocus-pocus
- bamboozlement
- snow-job
- hustle
- skullduggery
- flimflam
- blarney
- hanky-panky
- intrigue
- jive
- mirage
- shiftiness
- ruse
- dissembling
- scam
- sham
- sleight
- slyness
- legerdemain
- sophistry
- sting
- subtlety
- conjuration
- wile
- thaumaturgy
A deceptive act
(Noun)
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