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
• burns
• cheats
• spoofs
• bluffs
• humbugs
• cons
• has on
• cozens
• takes in
• strings along
• gulls
• snows
• gaffs
• buffaloes
• snookers
• fakes out
• hornswoggles
• gammons
• leads one up the garden path
• defrauds
• pulls one's leg
• does a number on
• 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
• rooks
• skins
• flimflams
• euchres

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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