Synonyms of deceives

deceives

verb

present tense third-person singular of deceive

as in tricks

to cause to believe what is untrue

he went to great lengths to deceive his family about the nature of his new job at the mall

Synonyms & Similar Words

• tricks
• fools
• misleads
• deludes
• teases
• misinforms
• misguides
• beguiles
• kids
• hoodwinks
• bamboozles
• catches
• dupes
• juggles
• suckers
• stings
• sucks in
• has
• hoaxes
• cheats
• burns
• spoofs
• bluffs
• humbugs
• cons
• has on
• cozens
• takes in
• strings along
• gulls
• snows
• gaffs
• buffaloes
• does a number on
• snookers
• fakes out
• hornswoggles
• gammons
• defrauds
• pulls one's leg
• leads one down the garden path
• pulls the wool over one's eyes
• sticks
• shortchanges
• swindles
• puts on
• bleeds
• hustles
• diddles
• squeezes
• fleeces
• mulcts
• chisels
• flimflams
• rooks
• skins
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• reveals
• exposes
• unmasks
• uncovers
• discloses
• tells
• debunks
• shows up
• divulges
• undeceives
• unveils
• uncloaks
• disabuses
• disenchants
• disillusions

Example Sentences

Recent Examples of deceives

In a statement issued Friday, the commission accused X of using its 'blue checkmark' in a way that deceives users. —Mary Cunningham, CBS News, 5 Dec. 2025

The fragmentary Ni 12501 tablet from the Early Dynastic III period of Mesopotamia breaks off when Fox deceives the inhabitants of the netherworld in his quest to retrieve the storm god Ishkur. —Rafil Kroll-Zaidi, Harpers Magazine, 19 Sep. 2025