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Synonyms for deception
noun misleading; being dishonest

falsehood
fraud
trickery
duplicity
hypocrisy
betrayal
untruth
deceit
mendacity
treachery
lying

cheat
double-dealing
imposition
trickiness
prevarication
dirt
insincerity
sophism
craftiness
pretense
cunning

flimflam
equivocation
guile
trumpery
circumvention
legerdemain
treason
blarney
deceitfulness
juggling
snow job

disinformation
boondoggle
deceptiveness
dupery
dissimulation
beguilement
cozenage
fraudulence
hokum
defraudation
fast one

Antonyms for deception

honesty
sincerity
faithfulness
loyalty

frankness
truthfulness
uprightness
truth

forthrightness
openness
honor
trustworthiness

Synonyms
noun trick

lie
fraud
scam
illusion
ruse
hoax
trick
subterfuge
cover-up
stratagem
cheat
whitewash
sting

catch
sham
artifice
pretext
gimmick
story
decoy
fib
hustle
dodge
feint
bluff
device

snare
wrinkle
shuck
swindle
hogwash
crock
shift
ride
fallacy
stall
trap
malarkey
wile

imposture
con
bilk
con game
confidence game
snow job
jive
chicane
fast one
fast shuffle
mare’s-nest

Antonyms

honesty
reality
truthfulness

frankness
uprightness
truth

honor
openness
trustworthiness

Concept Thesaurus for word deception
Synonyms – noun

deception
inposture
fraudulence
misrepresentation (falsehood)
spoof.
jugglery
prestidigitation
hocus-pocus
coggery
circumvention
practical joke.
blind
fetch
reach
card sharping
stratagem (artifice)
theft
drop game
skin game [U.S.].
decoy
noose
tub to the whale
net
birdlime
trapdoor
spring net
mine
Cornish hug
false colors
pattes de velours.
sham
lie
painted sepulcher
scagliola
paktong
jerry building
mirage

falseness
fraud
fraudulency
bluff
delusion
slight of hand
magic
escamoterie
chicanery
ingannation
trick
feint
catch
hocus
artful dodge
confidence trick
ballot-box stuffing [U.S.] barney
gum game [U.S.]
snare
gin
hoot
baited trap
meshes
dionaea
sliding panel
spring gun
flytrap
wolf in sheep’s clothing (deceiver) [more]
masquerade
mockery (imitation)
make- believe
“a delusion a mockery and a snare” [Denman]
tinsel
ormolu
white metal
man of straw.

untruth
deceit
covin
straw-bail
gullery
legerdemain
conjuring
jockeyship
supercherie
collusion
cheat
plant
chicane
bite
swindle
fake
brace game
panel game
trap
springe
bait
guet-a-pens
toils
Venus’s flytrap
false bottom
mask
green goods [U.S.]
disguise
mummery
copy
forgery
hollow mockery.
paste
German silver
Britannia metal
illusion (error)

imposition
guile
knavery (cunning)
straw bid [U.S.]
juggling
prestigiation
conjuriation
trickery
cozenage
treachery
wile
bubble
juggle
thimblerig
tricks upon travelers
hoax
bunko game
shell game
pitfall
springle
decoy-duck
cobweb
mouse trap
ambush
spring-net
masked battery
panel house.
disguisement
borrowed plumes
counterfeit
fraud
whited sepulcher
false jewelry
albata
paint
ignis fatuus

Synonyms – verbs

deceive
jockey
nab
cully
swindle
blind one’s eyes
“keep the word of promise to the ear and break it to the hope” [Macbeth].
put upon
bluff off
gum [U.S.]
overreach
steal a march upon
lay a trap
spread the toils
lure
trapan
hook in
ensnare
nousel
catch
illaqueate
dupe
befool
gammon
play a practical joke upon one
fool to the top of one’s bent
make an April fool of
flatter
divert
cog the dice
conjure
play off
lie
be deceived

take in
do
chouse
jilt
victimize
blindfold
impose upon
palm upon
bluff
spoof
outreach
give the go-by
lay a snare for
lime
beguile
trepan
trick
nick
blind a trail
catch in a trap
hocus
gull
bamboozle
stuff up
balk
send on a fool’s errand
make an ass of
come over (influence)
put a good face upon
live by one’s wits
juggle
palm off
misinform

defraud
cozen
play one false
bite
abuse
hoodwink
practice upon
foist upon
bunko
stuff (a ballot box) [U.S.].
out wit
to leave in the lurch
bait the hook
decoy
delude
kidnap
entrap
springe
immesh
sniggle
escamoter
hoax
hum
sell
trip up
make game
trifle with
gild the pill
dissemble
play at hide and seek
practice chicanery
foist off
mislead (error)

cheat
diddle
bilk
pluck
mystify
throw dust into the eyes
play upon
snatch a verdict
four flush
circumvent
out maneuver
set a trap
forelay
waylay
inveigle
let in
intrap
nousle
shanghai
entangle
practice on one’s creduility
fool
humbug
play a trick upon one
throw a tub to a whale
make a fool of
cajole
make things pleasant
cog
obtain money under false pretenses (steal)
deacon [U.S.].
fob off.
betray

Synonyms – adjectives

deceived
prestigiatory
covinous
illusory
untrue
counterfeit
so-called
bogus
factitious
illegitimate
unsound
meretricious
catchpenny

deceiving
deceptive
delusive
elusive
mock
snide
pretended
scamped
artificial
contraband
rotten at the core
tinsel
Brummagem

cunning
deceptious
delusory
insidious
sham
pseudo
feigned
fraudulent
bastard
adulterated
colorable
pinchbeck
simulated

prestigious
deceitful
illusive
ad captandum vulgus.
make-believe
spurious
trumped up
tricky
surreptititous
sophisticated
disguised
plated

Synonyms – phrases
fronti nulla fides; “ah that deceit should steal such gentle shapes” [Rich. III]; “a quicksand of deceit’ [Hen. VI]; decipimur specie recti [Hor.]; falsi crimen; fraus est celare fraudem; lupus in fabula; “so smooth, he daubed his vice with show of virtue” [Rich. III].
Antonyms

veracity

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