Deceive

Verb

 * 1) To trick or mislead.

Adverbs for Deceive
deliberately; grossly; palpably; bitterly; eternally; prodigiously; blackly; mightily; heartlessly; systematically; basely; purposely; vilely; villainously; treacherously.

Synonyms for Deceive
delude, dupe, lie to, be dishonest with, cheat, outwit, trick, mislead, circumvent, defraud, beguile, entrap.

Antonyms for Deceive
advise, aid, counsel, help, succor, assure, be truthful, be candid, be frank.

Thesaurus
cheat, cheat on, circumvent, con, conjure, cozen, debauch, defile, deflower, defraud, delude, despoil, diddle, do, dodge, double-cross, draw the longbow, dupe, elude, equivocate, evade, exaggerate, falsify, fib, finesse, foil, fool, force, forestall, four-flush, frustrate, gammon, get around, get round, give the runaround, give the slip, go one better, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, hornswaggle, humbug, impose on, impose upon, inveigle, juggle, lead astray, lead on, let down, lie, lie flatly, mislead, mock, outfigure, outflank, outgeneral, outguess, outmaneuver, outplay, outreach, outsmart, outwit, overreach, pass the buck, pigeon, play one false, prevaricate, put, put something over, rape, ravage, ravish, ruin, seduce, sell out, shift, shift about, snow, soil, speak falsely, spoof, stonewall, story, stretch the truth, string along, suck in, sully, swindle, take, take in, tell a lie, throw off, trick, twist and turn, two-time, victimize, violate, abuse, bamboozle, be untruthful, befool, beguile, betray, bitch, bluff, bunk, cajole,

Etymology
deceyven: < From deceivre (Modern French décevoir) <  decipere: < de-: + capere:; see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive.

Related terms

 * deception
 * deceptive
 * deceit

Translations

 * Arabic: خدع
 * Armenian:, մոլորեցնել
 * Bulgarian: мамя, измамвам
 * Czech:
 * Dutch: ,
 * Esperanto:
 * Finnish: ,
 * French: ,
 * German: ,
 * Greek:
 * Hebrew: לרמות (leramot)


 * Hungarian: átver,,  megtéveszt
 * Italian:
 * Japanese: 騙す (damasu), 欺く (azamuku)
 * Latin:
 * Lithuanian: klaidinti
 * Portuguese:
 * Romanian: ,
 * Russian: (obmanyvat')
 * Scottish Gaelic: meall
 * Spanish: ,
 * Swedish:
 * Urdu: دھوکہ دینا