Synonyms for deception
| Grammar : Noun |
| Spell : dih-sep-shuhn |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsɛp ʃən |
Top 10 synonyms for deception Other synonyms for the word deception
- artifice
- beguilement
- bilk
- blarney
- bluff
- boondoggle
- catch
- cheat
- chicane
- circumvention
- con
- con game
- confidence game
- cozenage
- craftiness
- crock
- cunning
- deceitfulness
- deceptiveness
- decoy
- defraudation
- device
- dirt
- dissimulation
- dodge
- double-dealing
- dupery
- equivocation
- fallacy
- fast one
- fast shuffle
- feint
- fib
- flimflam
- fraudulence
- gimmick
- guile
- hogwash
- hokum
- hustle
- imposition
- imposture
- insincerity
- jive
- juggling
- legerdemain
- lie
- lying
- malarkey
- mare's-nest
- mendacity
- pretense
- pretext
- prevarication
- ride
- ruse
- scam
- sham
- shift
- shuck
- snare
- snow job
- sophism
- stall
- sting
- story
- stratagem
- subterfuge
- swindle
- trap
- treachery
- treason
- trick
- trickery
- trickiness
- trumpery
- untruth
- whitewash
- wile
- wrinkle
Définition of deception
Origin :- early 15c., from Middle French déception (13c., decepcion) or directly from Late Latin deceptionem (nominative deceptio) "a deceiving," from Latin decept-, past participle stem of decipere (see deceive).
- noun misleading; being dishonest
- noun trick
- I am never successful in my little attempts at deception, even in self-defence.
- Extract from : « The Fortune Hunter » by Louis Joseph Vance
- It is your part to pave the way for this deception; mine to maintain it.
- Extract from : « Casanova's Homecoming » by Arthur Schnitzler
- Now he sought only how to conceal his deception and falseness.
- Extract from : « Salted With Fire » by George MacDonald
- And how often is a deception of the senses or an error of the reason accepted as a conviction!
- Extract from : « A Hero of Our Time » by M. Y. Lermontov
- Realization to the mind necessitates not deception of the eye.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- All falsehood must be a blot as well as a sin, an injury as well as a deception.
- Extract from : « Modern Painters Volume I (of V) » by John Ruskin
- We want a reality above the traffic and deception of the senses.
- Extract from : « Mountain Meditations » by L. Lind-af-Hageby
- Are they not both instruments of deception, both designed to catch the dollar?
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Here are our instruments of deception, our poisoned 75 sources of lucre.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
- Here at least, the means of deception were reduced to a minimum.
- Extract from : « The Book of Khalid » by Ameen Rihani
Antonyms for deception
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