Synonyms for deceives
| Grammar : Verb |
| Spell : dih-seev |
| Phonetic Transcription : dɪˈsiv |
Top 10 synonyms for deceives Other synonyms for the word deceives
- bamboozle
- beat
- beat out of
- beguile
- bilk
- buffalo
- burn
- clip
- con
- cozen
- cross up
- double-cross
- ensnare
- fake
- fleece
- gouge
- gull
- hoax
- hoodwink
- hook
- humbug
- impose upon
- lead on
- outwit
- play joke on
- pull fast one
- put on
- rob
- scam
- screw
- sell
- skin
- suck in
- swindle
- take advantage of
- take for
- take for ride
- take in
- take to cleaners
- trick
- victimize
Définition of deceives
Origin :- c.1300, from Old French decevoir (12c., Modern French décevoir) "to deceive," from Latin decipere "to ensnare, take in, beguile, cheat," from de- "from" or pejorative + capere "to take" (see capable). Related: Deceived; deceiver; deceiving.
- verb mislead; be dishonest
- Toinette, if he deceives me, I shall never in all my life believe in any man.
- Extract from : « The Imaginary Invalid » by Molire
- A pretence is a thing that deceives, and I have never been deceived.
- Extract from : « In the Valley » by Harold Frederic
- Perhaps it was of that kind which most flatters us and most deceives.
- Extract from : « Alice, or The Mysteries, Complete » by Edward Bulwer-Lytton
- He deceives himself if he fancies that I do not know all this.
- Extract from : « The Memoirs of the Louis XIV. and The Regency, Complete » by Elizabeth-Charlotte, Duchesse d'Orleans
- Yes, he said; everything that deceives may be said to enchant.
- Extract from : « The Republic » by Plato
- It is most plain,” said Euthydemus, “that it is he who deceives with premeditate design.
- Extract from : « The Memorable Thoughts of Socrates » by Xenophon
- He who lays claim to the covenant, but rejects the seal, deceives himself.
- Extract from : « Bertha and Her Baptism » by Nehemiah Adams
- Yet the semblance of the thing is there and this often deceives the very elect.
- Extract from : « Little Journeys to the Homes of the Great - Volume 14 » by Elbert Hubbard
- And yet it deceives and betrays great as well as little men.
- Extract from : « Practical Ethics » by William DeWitt Hyde
- You do not think—no, you cannot think, that he deceives the whites, or any one.
- Extract from : « The Hour and the Man » by Harriet Martineau
Antonyms for deceives
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