DECEIVERS Synonyms: 24 Similar and Opposite Words

deceivers

noun

plural of deceiver

as in charlatans

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Noun

Despite the claims of any number of charlatans who prey on the American brand of cuddly benighted ignorance, the universe will not manifest an alternate reality for anyone who simply wishes for it with sufficient longing.

— Anthony Crupi, Sportico.com, 2 Oct. 2026
Ours is not a society that loathes charlatans; look who’s running things.

— Lauren Michele Jackson, New Yorker, 19 Aug. 2026

Definition of charlatans

Noun

Only once the Buffs emptied offensive coordinator Brennan Marion’s playbook, there was nothing left to fire at McGuire’s frauds.

— Sean Keeler, Denver Post, 4 Oct. 2026
In my phishing protection test, Avira successfully detected and defeated 100% of real-world phishing frauds.

— Neil J. Rubenking, PC Magazine, 29 Sep. 2026

Definition of frauds

Noun

Just as Moby-Dick is canonically about whales, Catcher is canonically about phonies.

— Lily Meyer, The Atlantic, 7 July 2026
At Dodger Stadium at the end of April, Crow-Amstrong also had to deal with the consequences of his actions — ripping Los Angeles Dodgers fans for being phonies in a Chicago magazine article that went viral.

— Jon Greenberg, New York Times, 22 May 2026

Definition of phonies

Noun

Many of these goods, which were purchased on online platforms, were fakes that contained dangerous levels of phthalates, lead, formaldehyde, nickel and other substances.

— Kate Nishimura, Footwear News, 9 Oct. 2026
To combat this, Antinori has been marking its bottles against fakes for years.

— Catherina Gioino, Fortune, 9 Oct. 2026

Definition of fakes

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