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Deception

Synonyms for "deception" (195 found)

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Informal (27)

Adj, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

color trip trick gilt spoof posing

Name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Noun, phrase, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(3 words)

bluff dodge sham

Noun, verb, slang(9 words)

trap bubble ride varnish masquerade finesse cheat hiding rip off

Intj, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

humbug hocus-pocus

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

General use (168)

Noun(93 words)

trick representation magic semblance appearance simulacrum affectation subterfuge delusion pretense facade illusion falseness ostentation autism stratagem falsity fallacy entanglement evasion

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Verb(5 words)

put on four-flushing putting away befooling covering up

Noun, verb(42 words)

gloss pose posture vision fraud disguise gimmick artifice vapor impose flimflam intrigue covering pretension dirt gyp camouflage fooling screening flam

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pretext decoy hoax daydream kidding mirage playacting bluffing darkening spoofing feigning faking dissembling masking clouding attitudinizing overreaching burying hoodwinking defrauding gulling duping

Adj, noun, verb(9 words)

fake counterfeit coloring dream seeming feint acting chicane cheating

Name, noun, verb(5 words)

snare swindle wile ruse guile

Name, noun(1 words)

false front false show outward show wrong impression false air airy nothing false belief deluded belief dream vision

Adj, noun(1 words)

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