DECEIVING Synonyms: 169 Similar and Opposite Words

deceiving 1 of 2

adjective

as in misleading

tending or having power to deceive the deceiving nature of most flat maps of the globe causes some people to believe erroneously that Greenland is actually bigger than South America

Synonyms & Similar Words

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misleading
deceptive
false
incorrect
deceitful
specious
beguiling
fallacious
delusive
ambiguous
deluding
inaccurate
fraudulent
crooked
delusory
subtle
lying
trick
cunning
treacherous
dishonest
distracting
slick
shifty
wrong
wily
perplexing
sneaky
tricky
puzzling
crafty
confounding
counterfeit
duplicitous
untrustworthy
underhanded
forged
subtile
shady
artful
artificial
devious
sly
fake
foxy
mendacious
untruthful
faithless
underhand
insidious
defrauding
phoney
bewildering
perfidious
dissembling
guileful
trickish
evasive
feigned
hypocritical
bogus
sneaking
sham
phony
insincere
spurious
knavish
ambidextrous
jive
fast
double-dealing
equivocal
backhanded
circuitous
two-faced
left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

straightforward
plain
open
direct
forthright
straight
aboveboard
frank
illuminating
candid
nondeceptive
outspoken
revealing
explanatory
clarifying
plainspoken
truthful
revelatory
honest
openhearted
trustworthy
free-spoken
foursquare
elucidative

deceiving

2 of 2

verb

present participle of deceive

as in tricking

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

tricking
fooling
misleading
teasing
misguiding
deluding
misinforming
kidding
duping
suckering
conning
hoodwinking
gulling
bamboozling
cheating
hoaxing
bluffing
beguiling
cozening
catching
juggling
stinging
snookering
spoofing
humbugging
snowing
sucking in
having
burning
gaffing
taking in
stringing along
gammoning
faking out
having on
buffaloing
hornswoggling
defrauding
pulling one's leg
doing a number on
leading one up the garden path
leading one down the garden path
swindling
pulling the wool over one's eyes
sticking
fleecing
shortchanging
bleeding
putting on
mulcting
hustling
rooking
chiselling
chiseling
squeezing
diddling
euchring
skinning
flimflamming

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

revealing
exposing
uncovering
disclosing
undeceiving
unmasking
telling
debunking
divulging
showing up
unveiling
disillusioning
disabusing
uncloaking
disenchanting

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