noun ·Moderate ·High school level

Definitions

Noun

1. 1
   A person who lies or deceives.

   "My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay"

2. 2
   someone who leads you to believe something that is not true wordnet
3. 3
   Another name for Satan.

Synonyms

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cheatcheatertricksteractoraffecteral-shaytaan

Antonyms

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Honest Abenonliarsquare shooterstraight shooter

Example

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"It's double pleasure to deceive the deceiver."

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er.

Related phrases

amethyst deceiverbeaver deceiverself-deceiver

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