deception

UK:*UK and possibly other pronunciationsUK and possibly other pronunciations/dɪˈsɛpʃən/US:USA pronunciation: IPA and respellingUSA pronunciation: IPA/dɪˈsɛpʃən/ ,USA pronunciation: respelling(di sepshən)


deception
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Sense: Noun: practice of deceiving
Synonyms:
deceit Collocations, trickery, double-dealing, deceitfulness, dishonesty, fraud Collocations, craftiness, treachery, cunning Collocations, cheating, misleading Collocations, guile, artifice, lying Collocations, lies, crookedness, duplicity, craft Collocations, skullduggery, skulduggery, equivocation, chicanery, prevarication, imposture, fakery, subterfuge, mendacity, bamboozlement, dupery, trickiness, beguilement, duplicitousness, sleight of hand, fraudulence, cozenage (archaic)
Antonyms:
honesty Collocations, telling the truth, sincerity, frankness, truthfulness
Sense: Noun: deceitful act
Synonyms:
hoax Collocations, swindle Collocations, fraud Collocations, con Collocations (slang), trick Collocations, lie Collocations, fake Collocations, façade, feint, masquerade, cheat Collocations, snow job (slang), imposture, confidence trick, con trick (informal), con job (informal)
Antonyms:
truth Collocations, reality Collocations, honesty Collocations


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