Synonyms for deceive
dɪˈsivde·ceive

Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and AntonymsRate these synonyms:3.3 / 6 votes

1. deceive

   Synonyms:
   trick, cheat, beguile, delude, gull, dupe, take in, over reach, mislead, betray, ensnare, entrap, circumvent

   Antonyms:
   enlighten, advise, illumine, guide, disabuse, undeceive, deliver

Princeton's WordNetRate these synonyms:4.5 / 2 votes

1. deceive, lead on, delude, cozenverb

   be false to; be dishonest with

   Synonyms:
   betray, lead astray, cozen, lead on, delude

   Antonyms:
   undeceive

2. deceive, betray, lead astrayverb

   cause someone to believe an untruth

   "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"

   Synonyms:
   cuckold, cheat on, lead astray, misguide, grass, bewray, delude, give away, lead on, betray, shit, stag, shop, cozen, mislead, misdirect, wander, rat, cheat, denounce, tell on, snitch, sell, fail, lead off

   Antonyms:
   undeceive

Editors ContributionRate these synonyms:0.0 / 0 votes

1. truthful

   telling the truth

   Submitted by rinat on September 9, 2019  

2. beguile

   beguile second meaning is cheating

   Submitted by rinat on September 10, 2019  

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 2 votes

1. deceiveverb

   Synonyms:
   delude, cheat, dupe, gull, cozen, fool, befool, trick, circumvent, overreach, chouse, diddle, beguile, hood-wink, impose upon, make a fool of, play a trick upon, pull wool over one's eyes

Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated WordsRate these synonyms:3.7 / 3 votes

1. deceiveverb

   Synonyms:
   delude, beguile, mislead, gull, impose upon, dupe, circumvent, hoodwink, bamboozle

   Antonyms:
   undeceive, disillusionize, disabuse

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceive":

   mislead, delude, fool, cheat, hoodwink, disappoint, defraud

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1. Baron Cohen:

   At no time did I endorse training toddlers in handling guns. Nor was the idea even presented to me directly. If it had been, I would have rejected it, i love good satire, but good satire must reveal some basis in truth. This was fraud, a sick fraud at that, and its intention was to deceive the American people for political purposes.

2. John Alejandro King, a.k.a. The Covert Comic, www.covertcomic.com:

   Oh what a tangled web we weave / When first we practice to deceive / But when by chance our deception proves true / The web we've wove is burst clear through

3. Bill Priestap:

   The Chinese's an open secret that relevant Bill Priestap government agencies have long engaged in large-scale and organized cyber theft and surveillance against foreign governments, companies and individuals, the' cyber theft' accusations against The Chinese by Bill Priestap are purely groundless counter-charges and can deceive no one but The Chinese.

4. Abraham Lincoln:

   You may deceive all the people part of the time, and part of the people all the time, but not all the people all the time.

5. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

   Nature never deceives us; it is always we who deceive ourselves