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. Shlomo Touboul:

   The founders sat together with people from the 8200 Unit and they said, ‘Everyone’s focusing on the malware, but instead of focusing on that, step backward one step and look at the people who create the malware,’ the attacker has a weakness, like every human being. We thought about the attack from their point of view -- how they think, behave and act. We have a very good understanding of how they act so we know how to deceive them in their own territory.

2. Demosthenes, Olynthiac:

   There is a great deal of wishful thinking in such cases; it is the easiest thing of all to deceive one's self.

3. Mohammad Reza Naqdi:

   I think The Americans have built tricks into the deal to deceive us, we have to be very careful. We can't fall into their trap.

4. Henry Louis Mencken:

   A man's women folk, whatever their outward show of respect for his merit and authority, always regard him secretly as an ass, and with something akin to pity. His most gaudy sayings and doings seldom deceive them they see the actual man within, and know him for a shallow and pathetic fellow. In this fact, perhaps, lies one of the best proofs of feminine intelligence, or, as the common phrase makes it, feminine intuition.

5. Leo Nikolaevich Tolstoi:

   Hypocrisy in anything whatever may deceive the cleverest and most penetrating man, but the least wide-awake of children recognizes it, and is revolted by it, however ingeniously it may be disguised.