Thesaurus:deception
English
Noun
Sense: an action or scheme that maliciously misleads or deludes
Synonyms
- Abraham work (archaic, UK, slang)
- deception
- deceit
- dupery
- fiddle
- jugglery
- list [⇒ thesaurus]
- mislead (noun)
- Punic faith
- rinky-dink (archaic)
- ruse
- subterfuge
- swack (dated, UK, slang)
- trickery
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Further reading
- “545. deception” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
- “deception” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.