Deceive

//dɪˈsiːv//

Synonyms for "deceive" (167 found)

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Closest matches (34)

Strong matches (50)

Related words (83)

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Antonyms

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Related terms

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Translations

161 translations across 86 languages.

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Albanian

2 entries
  • këndis verb (trick or mislead)
  • mashtroj verb (trick or mislead)

Ancient Greek

3 entries
  • δολιόω verb (trick or mislead)
  • ἀπατάω verb (trick or mislead)
  • ἀπαφίσκω verb (trick or mislead)

Arabic

4 entries
  • خَدَعَ verb (trick or mislead)
  • غَرَّ verb (trick or mislead)
  • غَشَّ verb (trick or mislead)
  • غَشّ verb (trick or mislead)

Armenian

2 entries
  • խաբել verb (trick or mislead)
  • մոլորեցնել verb (trick or mislead)

Azerbaijani

1 entries
  • aldatmaq verb (trick or mislead)

Belarusian

2 entries
  • падма́нваць verb (trick or mislead)
  • падману́ць verb (trick or mislead)

Breton

2 entries
  • doganiñ verb (trick or mislead)
  • touellañ verb (trick or mislead)

Bulgarian

2 entries
  • изма́мвам verb (trick or mislead)
  • ма́мя verb (trick or mislead)

Burmese

1 entries
  • ဖြားယောင်း verb (trick or mislead)

Campidanese Sardinian

1 entries
  • ingiriai verb (trick or mislead)

Catalan

2 entries
  • decebre verb (trick or mislead)
  • enganyar verb (trick or mislead)

Cebuano

1 entries
  • limbong verb (trick or mislead)

Chinese Mandarin

2 entries
  • 欺詐 /欺诈 verb (trick or mislead)
  • 欺騙 /欺骗 verb (trick or mislead)

Czech

2 entries
  • klamat verb (trick or mislead)
  • oklamat verb (trick or mislead)

Danish

1 entries
  • bedrage verb (trick or mislead)

Dutch

2 entries
  • bedriegen verb (trick or mislead)
  • misleiden verb (trick or mislead)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • trompi verb (trick or mislead)

Estonian

2 entries
  • petma verb (trick or mislead)
  • tüssama verb (trick or mislead)

Finnish

3 entries
  • huijata verb (trick or mislead)
  • johtaa harhaan verb (trick or mislead)
  • pettää verb (trick or mislead)

French

3 entries
  • leurrer verb (trick or mislead)
  • séduire verb (trick or mislead)
  • tromper verb (trick or mislead)

Galician

2 entries
  • embelecar verb (trick or mislead)
  • enganar verb (trick or mislead)

Gallurese

1 entries
  • ruigní verb (trick or mislead)

Georgian

1 entries
  • მოტყუება verb (trick or mislead)

German

2 entries
  • betrügen verb (trick or mislead)
  • täuschen verb (trick or mislead)

Gothic

2 entries
  • 𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 verb (trick or mislead)
  • 𐌿𐍃𐌻𐌿𐍄𐍉𐌽 verb (trick or mislead)

Greek

1 entries
  • εξαπατώ verb (trick or mislead)

Hebrew

2 entries
  • הוֹנָה verb (trick or mislead)
  • רִמָּה verb (trick or mislead)

Hindi

1 entries
  • धोखा देना verb (trick or mislead)

Hungarian

3 entries
  • becsap verb (trick or mislead)
  • megtéveszt verb (trick or mislead)
  • átver verb (trick or mislead)

Icelandic

1 entries
  • blekkja verb (trick or mislead)

Ido

1 entries
  • trompar verb (trick or mislead)

Italian

1 entries
  • ingannare verb (trick or mislead)

Japanese

2 entries
  • 欺く verb (trick or mislead)
  • 騙す verb (trick or mislead)

Kabuverdianu

1 entries
  • enbaladu verb (trick or mislead)

Kapampangan

1 entries
  • pirayit verb (trick or mislead)

Kazakh

1 entries
  • алдау verb (trick or mislead)

Khmer

4 entries
  • កំភូត verb (trick or mislead)
  • ក្បត់ verb (trick or mislead)
  • ឆ verb (trick or mislead)
  • បង្វែង verb (trick or mislead)

Korean

1 entries
  • 속이다 verb (trick or mislead)

Kyrgyz

1 entries
  • алдоо verb (trick or mislead)

Lao

1 entries
  • ຫລອກລວງ verb (trick or mislead)

Latin

4 entries
  • calvor verb (trick or mislead)
  • decipiō verb (trick or mislead)
  • fallō verb (trick or mislead)
  • mentior verb (trick or mislead)

Latvian

2 entries
  • apmānīt verb (trick or mislead)
  • maldināt verb (trick or mislead)

Ligurian

1 entries
  • illüde verb (trick or mislead)

Lithuanian

2 entries
  • klaidinti verb (trick or mislead)
  • vilti verb (trick or mislead)

Luganda

2 entries
  • okulimba verb (trick or mislead)
  • okuwayiriza verb (trick or mislead)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • измами verb (trick or mislead)
  • измамува verb (trick or mislead)

Maore Comorian

1 entries
  • uɗanganya verb (trick or mislead)

Middle English

1 entries
  • deceyven verb (trick or mislead)

Mongolian

2 entries
  • залилах verb (trick or mislead)
  • ᠵᠠᠯᠢᠯᠠᠬᠤ verb (trick or mislead)

Māori

4 entries
  • kōpeka verb (trick or mislead)
  • mākoi verb (trick or mislead)
  • nuka verb (trick or mislead)
  • tinihanga verb (trick or mislead)

Nepali

1 entries
  • छक्याउनु verb (trick or mislead)

Ngazidja Comorian

1 entries
  • uhaɗaya verb (trick or mislead)

Northern Kurdish

1 entries
  • xapandin verb (trick or mislead)

Norwegian Bokmål

1 entries
  • bedra verb (trick or mislead)

Old English

1 entries
  • beswīcan verb (trick or mislead)

Oromo

1 entries
  • gowoomsuu verb (trick or mislead)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries
  • aabasse verb (trick or mislead)

Persian

2 entries
  • فریب دادن verb (trick or mislead)
  • فریفتن verb (trick or mislead)

Polish

2 entries
  • oszukać verb (trick or mislead)
  • oszukiwać verb (trick or mislead)

Portuguese

1 entries
  • enganar verb (trick or mislead)

Romanian

2 entries
  • amăgi verb (trick or mislead)
  • înșela verb (trick or mislead)

Romansch

1 entries
  • trumpar verb (trick or mislead)

Russian

2 entries
  • обма́нывать verb (trick or mislead)
  • обману́ть verb (trick or mislead)

Sanskrit

1 entries
  • गर्धयते verb (trick or mislead)

Sardinian

2 entries
  • inghiriare verb (trick or mislead)
  • trampàre verb (trick or mislead)

Sassarese

1 entries
  • inturrià verb (trick or mislead)

Scottish Gaelic

1 entries
  • meall verb (trick or mislead)

Serbo-Croatian

2 entries
  • nasamarívati verb (trick or mislead)
  • nasamáriti verb (trick or mislead)

Slovak

2 entries
  • klamať verb (trick or mislead)
  • oklamať verb (trick or mislead)

Slovene

2 entries
  • goljufati verb (trick or mislead)
  • ogoljufati verb (trick or mislead)

Southern Altai

1 entries
  • алда verb (trick or mislead)

Spanish

4 entries
  • casquear verb (trick or mislead)
  • decebir (disused) verb (trick or mislead)
  • descrestar verb (trick or mislead)
  • embaír verb (trick or mislead)

Swedish

2 entries
  • bedra verb (trick or mislead)
  • lura verb (trick or mislead)

Tagalog

3 entries
  • dayain verb (trick or mislead)
  • linlangin verb (trick or mislead)
  • lokohin verb (trick or mislead)

Tajik

2 entries
  • фиреб додан verb (trick or mislead)
  • фирефтан verb (trick or mislead)

Tamil

1 entries
  • ஏமாற்று verb (trick or mislead)

Telugu

2 entries
  • దగాచేయు verb (trick or mislead)
  • మోసగించు verb (trick or mislead)

Thai

3 entries
  • หลอก verb (trick or mislead)
  • หลอกลวง verb (trick or mislead)
  • โกง verb (trick or mislead)

Turkish

4 entries
  • aldatmak verb (trick or mislead)
  • ayartmak verb (trick or mislead)
  • kandırmak verb (trick or mislead)
  • üçkağıda getirmek verb (trick or mislead)

Turkmen

1 entries
  • aldamak verb (trick or mislead)

Ukrainian

2 entries
  • обма́нювати verb (trick or mislead)
  • обману́ти verb (trick or mislead)

Urdu

1 entries
  • دھوکہ دینا verb (trick or mislead)

Uyghur

1 entries
  • ئالدىماق verb (trick or mislead)

Uzbek

1 entries
  • aldamoq verb (trick or mislead)

Vietnamese

4 entries
  • bịp verb (trick or mislead)
  • lừa verb (trick or mislead)
  • lừa bịp verb (trick or mislead)
  • lừa dối verb (trick or mislead)

Zazaki

1 entries
  • xapeynen verb (trick or mislead)

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Nothing would tempt me to deceive him.

Source: tatoeba (36792)

It is mean of him to deceive an elderly lady.

Source: tatoeba (64942)

I would rather be deceived than to deceive.

Source: tatoeba (262320)

It is no use trying to deceive me.

Source: tatoeba (262376)

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