Deception Synonyms and Antonyms

dĭ-sĕpshən
The practice of deceiving
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deceit
  2. dishonesty
  3. cunning
  4. duplicity
  5. guile
  6. hypocrisy
  7. chicanery
  8. double-dealing
  9. fraud
  10. deceitfulness
  11. cozenage
  12. artifice
  13. falsehood
  14. trickery
  15. humbug
  16. treachery
  17. prevarication
  18. imposture
  19. imposition
  20. sophism
  21. misleading
  22. magic
  23. trick
  24. dissimulation
  25. illusion
  26. subterfuge
  27. mendacity
  28. untruth
  29. dupery
  30. insincerity
  31. indirection
  32. craftiness
  33. circumvention
  34. juggling
  35. defraudation
  36. treason
  37. artfulness
  38. betrayal
  39. pretense
  40. camouflage
  41. disinformation
  42. cheat
  43. trickiness
  44. coggery
  45. trumpery
  46. collusion
  47. beguilement
  48. contrivance
  49. counterfeit
  50. covin
  51. craft
  52. lying
  53. magic-trick
  54. equivocation
  55. fallacy
  56. finesse
  57. conjuring trick
  58. deceiving
  59. hoax
  60. hocus-pocus
  61. bamboozlement
  62. snow-job
  63. hustle
  64. skullduggery
  65. flimflam
  66. blarney
  67. hanky-panky
  68. intrigue
  69. jive
  70. mirage
  71. shiftiness
  72. ruse
  73. dissembling
  74. scam
  75. sham
  76. sleight
  77. slyness
  78. legerdemain
  79. sophistry
  80. sting
  81. subtlety
  82. conjuration
  83. wile
  84. thaumaturgy
Antonyms:
  1. honesty
  2. frankness
  3. sincerity

Words Related to Deception

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Deception Sentence Examples

  • She had trusted him so completely, this deception suddenly became unbearable.

  • Of course a trade of that kind, based on deception, could not have permanent success.

  • Deception Island is remarkable as of purely volcanic origin.

  • It was about secrecy - and deception.

  • Deidre asked, her new instincts warning her of an attempt at deception.

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