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Synonyms for deceptive
dɪˈsɛp tɪvde·cep·tive
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Princeton's WordNet
deceptive, delusoryadjective
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
"deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
Synonyms:
misleading, shoddy, delusorydeceptive, misleading, shoddyadjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
"the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
Synonyms:
cheapjack, misleading, shoddy, tawdry, jerry-built, delusory
Editors Contribution
ingenuine
to deceive or be unauthentic.
when asked to explain his whereabouts that night he gave misleading information
Submitted by rinat on January 4, 2016
Dictionary of English Synonymes
deceptiveadjective
Synonyms:
deceitful, deceiving, delusive, illusive, illusory, misleading, fallacious, clap-trap, false
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "deceptive":
misleading, fraudulent, deceitful, illusory, false, fallacious, specious
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2392 | false | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#24641 | deceptive | |
#51821 | shoddy | |
#52075 | illusory | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#71862 | specious | |
#74880 | fallacious | |
#100861 | tawdry |
How to use deceptive in a sentence?
Treasury Secretary Steve Mnuchin:
The United States will not permit Iran's increasingly brazen abuse of the international financial system. The global community must remain vigilant against Iran's deceptive efforts to provide financial support to its terrorist proxies.
Oklahoma Attorney General John O'Connor:
The Judgment holding Johnson Johnson accountable for Oklahoma Supreme Court justices deceptive actions was a huge victory for Oklahoma citizens and Oklahoma Supreme Court justices families who have been ravaged by opioids, our staff will be exploring options. We are still pursuing our other pending claims against opioid distributors who have flooded our communities with these highly addictive drugs for decades. Oklahomans deserve nothing less.
Secretary Buttigieg has had ample opportunity to use his authority to address unfair and deceptive practices by airlines, and he has chosen instead not to use that authority. It's long past time for others to provide the consumer protections that the DOT will not.
The people who push these kinds of ads are persistent, they are well-funded and they are constantly evolving their deceptive tactics to get around our systems.
I don’t think of plastic surgery as deceptive, but the idea of altering your appearance then seeming more trustworthy is interesting, when your eyes are more open, [you appear] more trustworthy— your parents, like mine, probably told you if you’re making eye contact, you’re not lying.
Translations for deceptive
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- заблуждаващ, измаменBulgarian
- ošidný, matoucí, zavádějící, klamnýCzech
- vildledendeDanish
- betrügerisch, irreführendGerman
- engañosoSpanish
- petollinenFinnish
- illusoire, trompeurFrench
- fabhtachIrish
- cealgach, mealltach, carachScottish Gaelic
- कपटीHindi
- megtévesztőHungarian
- ingannevoleItalian
- 欺瞞的Japanese
- misleidend, onoprecht, bedrieglijkDutch
- villedendeNorwegian
- enganador, enganosoPortuguese
- обманчивыйRussian
- missvisande, missledandeSwedish
- మోసపూరితTelugu
- aldatıcıTurkish
- lừa đảoVietnamese
- 骗人的Chinese
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