Appearance is deceptive.
Source: tatoeba (21980)
Deceptive
//dɪˈsɛp.tɪv//
Synonyms for "deceptive" (154 found)
Ranked by relevance and common usage.
Closest matches (31)
Strong matches (46)
Related words (77)
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Synonyms
2 entriesRelated terms
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
derived
10 entriesrelated to
8 entriessimilar
4 entriesTranslations
58 translations across 29 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- ἀπατηλός adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Asturian
2 entries- engañador adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- engañosu adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Bulgarian
2 entries- заблуждаващ adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- измамен adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Catalan
1 entries- enganyós adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 迷惑的 adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Czech
4 entries- falešný adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- klamný adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- matoucí adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- ošidný adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Dutch
3 entries- bedrieglijk adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- misleidend adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- onoprecht adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Finnish
2 entries- harhaanjohtava adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- petollinen adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
French
4 entries- déceptif adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- illusoire adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- mensonger adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- qui induit en erreur adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Galician
1 entries- enganoso adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
German
3 entries- betrügerisch adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- irreführend adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- trügerisch adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Hebrew
2 entries- מטעה adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- שקרי adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Hindi
1 entries- भ्रामक adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Hungarian
1 entries- megtévesztő adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Ingrian
1 entries- pettelikko adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Irish
2 entries- cealgach adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- fabhtach adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Italian
1 entries- ingannevole adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Jamaican Creole
2 entries- ginnal adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- samfie adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Japanese
1 entries- 欺瞞的 adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Latin
4 entries- captiōsus adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- deceptivus adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- fallax adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- fallens adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Middle English
1 entries- deceyvable adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Persian
1 entries- نیرنگباز adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Portuguese
2 entries- enganador adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- enganoso adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Russian
1 entries- обма́нчивый adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Sanskrit
1 entries- द्रुह्वन् adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Scottish Gaelic
3 entries- carach adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- cealgach adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- mealltach adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Spanish
4 entries- decebiente adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- delusorio adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- engañador adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- engañoso adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Swedish
2 entries- bedräglig adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
- missvisande adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Turkish
1 entries- yanıltıcı adj (misleading, attempting to deceive)
Sample sentences
16 total sentences available.
Charm is deceptive, and beauty is fleeting; but a woman who fears the LORD is to be praised.
Source: tatoeba (892284)
Magical are the straight lines in how they perturb the curved ones, aggravate their distortion and make them look more zigzagged, revealing their deceptive appearance.
Source: tatoeba (2743040)
Judge people not by age, but by behavior. Years are deceptive.
Source: tatoeba (2839993)
Showing 4 of 16 available sentences.
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