Deception

Synonyms for "deception" (341 found)

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Closest matches (69)

Noun(27 words)

deceit misrepresentation ambuscade ballyhoo bamboozling beguiling bilking bluffness bluffs bullshit bullshits bullshitting camouflage cheats chicaneriescommunication deceptionconjurationconjuring trickconning consing

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cover-up of evidencecozening cozens craftiness deceitfulness deceits deceiving

Determiner(1 words)

a lie

acting affectationairy nothingappearance artifice attitudinizing autism befooling blind bluff bluffing bubble burial burying camouflagecastle in the aircasuistry cheat cheating chicane

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chicanery chimera circumvention clouding color coloring concealedness concealment counterfeit coveringcovering upcovertness cunning darkening daydream deceit

Verb(3 words)

bamboozle bamboozles buffaloing

Adjective(2 words)

biological mimicrycultural fabrication

Strong matches (102)

deceptiveness decoy defraudingdeluded beliefdelusion dereism dirt disguise dishonesty dissemblance dissembling dissimulation dodge double-dealing dreamdream visiondreamland dreamworld dupery duping

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duplicity entanglement entrapment equivocation evasion facade face fake fakement fakery faking fallacyfalse airfalse belieffalse frontfalse showfalseness falsity feigning feint finesse flam flimflam foolingfoul playfour-flushing fraud front gilt gimmick gloss gobbledegook guile gulling gyp hallucination hanky-panky hiddenness hiding hoax hocus-pocus

Noun(39 words)

decoying deluding demagogry devilries devilry deviltries diddle dissembling dissimulationdistort the factsensnaring equivocations fabricating fabrication fakes falsehood falsehoods falsification falsifications falsifying

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feints fibbing fiddles figments flimflamming flimflams fobbing foist foisting fooleries fooling fraud frauds fraudulence fudging gaslight guise hoaxes hoaxing

Adjective(2 words)

false assertionfraudulent act

Related words (170)

hoodwinking humbug humbuggery hypocrisyignis fatuusillusion impose imposture indirection interment intrigue invisibility kidding knavery manipulation masking masquerade meretriciousness mirage misbelief

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misconception mystification obscuration obscurement occultation ostentationoutward showoverreaching phantasmpipe dreamplayacting pose posing posture pretence pretense pretension pretextput onputting awayrepresentation riderip offrip-off ruse screening secrecy secretion seeming self-deceit self-deception self-delusion sell semblance shamsharp practiceshow simulacrum simulation snaresnow jobsong and dancesophism sophistry speciousness spoof spoofing spuriousness stratagem subterfuge swindle tergiversation trap treachery trick trickery trip uncommunicativeness vapor varnish victimization vision wilewindow dressingwishful thinkingwrong impression

Noun(76 words)

hoodwinks humbugging humbugs illusion impersonation impostures jesuitry jugglery kitinglegal misrepresentationlegerdemain lie lies lying magicmagic trickmalarkey manipulations masquerading mendacity

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Adjective(2 words)

intentional deceptionunethical practice

Verb(6 words)

lie to someonemisrepresenting misstating prevaricatingstage a hoaxtell a fib

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More general

12 entries

behaviordefense mechanismethics violationfalsehood falsification falsity misconduct misrepresentation performancesecurity tacticuntruthuntruthful conduct

More specific

10 entries

camouflagedecoy serverfabricationfake datafalsification feint honeypot misrepresentation ploy ruse

Collocations

6 entries

deception in warfaredeception strategydeception techniquesdeceptive practicedetection of deceptionintentional deception

Inflections

1 entries

deceptions

Derivations

4 entries

deceive deceptive deceptively deceptiveness

Sample sentences

16 total sentences available.

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Magicians use deception.

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The art of pleasing is the art of deception.

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Conscience is sorrow. Intelligence is deception. Only on the outskirts of life can one plant a little illusion.

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Nothing can justify deception and manipulation.

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