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, deceive

   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, deceive, 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. Jonathan Greenberg:

   He figured out what he had to do in order to deceive me and get onto that list. And he did it very well. And he maintained that persona of just sort of talking about his assets without any sense of debt and lying about it.

2. Jeff Sessions:

   If you try to deceive the United States, then you will pay a heavy price.

3. Jean Jacques Rousseau:

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

4. Michael Avenatti:

   These text messages show that the prior denials by Mr. President Donald Trump and Mr. Cohen relating to what President Donald Trump knew and about the honesty of my client were absolute lies, there was a significant cover-up here as part of an attempt to deceive the American people and Mrs. President Donald Trump and we intend on getting to the bottom of it.

5. 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.