Thesaurus:deceive

Thesaurus

deceive

English

Verb

Sense: to intentionally make believe a false thing

Synonyms

• abuse (obsolete)
• counterfeit
• deceive
• dissemble
• dissimulate
• feign
• jiff (slang)
• overreach (rare)
• put on
• sham
• trick

Hyponyms

• bamboozle
• beguile
• belirt
• bewile
• chance (Belize)
• cheat
• con
• cozen (archaic)
• defraud
• delude
• dupe    [⇒ thesaurus]
• fake out
• falsify
• flam
• flimflam
• fool    [⇒ thesaurus]
• get
• goof
• gull
• have
• hoodwink
• hornswoggle
• humbug
• hustle
• lead on
• lead someone up the garden path
• lie    [⇒ thesaurus]
• mislead
• pull a fast one
• pull the wool over somebody's eyes
• put one over
• sell someone a pup
• snooker
• snow
• swack up (dated, UK, slang)
• swindle
• take in
• take for a ride

Various

• cheat
• swindle
• defraud
• rip off
• forge
• gaslight
• grift

See also

• deception    [⇒ thesaurus]
• deceiver    [⇒ thesaurus]
• Thesaurus:confidence trickster
• Thesaurus:fraudster

Further reading

• “545. deception” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “deceive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.