Synonyms for Deceit | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "deceit" (138 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Noun(10 words)

deceitfulness deception dissimulation fraudulence trickery betrayals bilkingcommunication deceptioncozenage crooking

artartful dodgeartfulness artifice blind cheat cheating chicane chicanery concon gameconspiracy contrivance counterfeit coup craft craftiness cunning

Strong matches (41)

Related words (69)

furtiveness gambit game gimmick grift guile gyp hanky-panky hoax hocus-pocus humbug hypocrisy imposture indirection insidiousness intrigue jugglery knaverylittle gamelying

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maneuver misrepresentationmonkey businessmove overreaching plot ploy pretenseput onracketred herringruse scam scheme sell sham shift shiftiness sleight slynesssneak attacksneakiness spoof stratagem strategy subterfuge surreptitiousness swindle tactic trapping treacherousness treachery treason trick trickery underhandedness wilewily device

Noun(11 words)

lying mendacity misdirecting misrepresentation perfidy phoniness playacting pretexts skullduggery underhandedness untruthfulness

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

5 relation types

More general

9 entries

character flawdeception dishonesty falsehood falsification falsity misrepresentationmoral traituntruth

More specific

6 entries

duplicitousness fabricationfalse reporthypocrisy lie pretense

Collocations

6 entries

act of deceitcorporate deceitdeceit in datadeceit in reportingpattern of deceitpolitical deceit

Inflections

1 entries

deceits

Derivations

3 entries

deceitful deceitfully deceitfulness

Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

When Jesus saw Nathanael approaching, he said of him, "Here truly is an Israelite in whom there is no deceit."

Source: tatoeba (66667)

She is incapable of deceit.

Source: tatoeba (312625)

In a time of universal deceit, telling the truth is a revolutionary act.

Source: tatoeba (451397)

Fraud and deceit abound in these days more than in former times.

Source: tatoeba (714826)

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Deceit