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Synonyms for deceit
dɪˈsitde·ceit
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Wiktionary
deceitnoun
An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick
The whole conversation was merely a deceit.
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deception, deceitfulness, trick, fraudulence, fraud, trickery, underhandedness, dissimulation, deceptivenessdeceitnoun
An act of deceiving someone
Synonyms:
underhandedness, deceptiveness, trickery, fraud, trick, deception, dissimulation, fraudulence, deceitfulnessdeceitnoun
The state of being deceitful or deceptive
Synonyms:
trick, dissimulation, deception, fraudulence, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, underhandedness, trickery, frauddeceitnoun
The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.
Synonyms:
deception, fraud, deceitfulness, trick, dissimulation, trickery, deceptiveness, underhandedness, fraudulence
English Synonyms and Antonyms
deceit
Deceit is the habit, deception the act; guile applies to the disposition out of which deceit and deception grow, and also to their actual practise. A lie, lying, or falsehood, is the uttering of what one knows to be false with intent to deceive. The novel or drama is not a lie, because not meant to deceive; the ancient teaching that the earth was flat was not a lie, because not then known to be false. Untruth is more than lack of accuracy, implying always lack of veracity; but it is a somewhat milder and more dignified word than lie. Falsehood and lying are in utterance; deceit and deception may be merely in act or implication. Deception may be innocent, and even unintentional, as in the case of an optical illusion; deceit always involves injurious intent. Craft and cunning have not necessarily any moral quality; they are common traits of animals, but stand rather low in the human scale. Duplicity is the habitual speaking or acting with intent to appear to mean what one does not. Dissimulation is rather a concealing of what is than a pretense of what is not. Finesse is simply an adroit and delicate management of a matter for one's own side, not necessarily involving deceit. Compare ARTIFICE; FICTION; FRAUD; HYPOCRISY.
Synonyms:
craft, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, delusion, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fabrication, falsehood, finesse, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, lie, lying, prevarication, trickery, untruthAntonyms:
candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deceit
Synonyms:
cheat, imposition, trick, fraud, deception, double dealing, delusion, circumvention, guile, bewilderment, treachery, sham, insidiousness, indirection, duplicity, cunning, artificeAntonyms:
enlightenment, instruction, guidance, reality, verily, fair-dealing, honesty, openness
Princeton's WordNet
fraudulence, deceitnoun
the quality of being fraudulent
Synonyms:
hoax, fraud, dupery, fraudulence, dissimulation, misrepresentation, humbug, duplicity, deception, put-on, dissemblingmisrepresentation, deceit, deceptionnoun
a misleading falsehood
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thaumaturgy, magic trick, trick, fraudulence, falsification, conjuring trick, dissimulation, conjuration, deception, legerdemain, magic, misrepresentation, illusion, dissemblingdeception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulationnoun
the act of deceiving
Synonyms:
deception, dissembling, trick, pretence, legerdemain, fraudulence, magic trick, feigning, conjuring trick, thaumaturgy, dissimulation, illusion, misrepresentation, magic, conjuration, pretense
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Dictionary of English Synonymes
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deceitnoun
Synonyms:
deception, imposition, trickery, chicanery, artifice, delusion, circumvention, guile, duplicity, imposture finesse, dissimulation, cozenage, trumpery, fallacy
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How to use deceit in a sentence?
Use no hurtful deceit think innocently and justly and if you speak, speak accordingly.
It's discouraging to think how many people are shocked by honesty and how few by deceit.
The Durban deceit, the double-talk, the double standards – and, in particular, the discrimination – need to be exposed and rejected, period. for the secretary-general it is clear that racism and racial discrimination still permeate institutions, social structures and everyday life in every society. It must be condemnedwithout hesitation or reservation wherever and whenever it occurs.
All around me is cowardice and deceit.
When I consider life, it is all a cheat. Yet fooled with hope, people favor this deceit.
Translations for deceit
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- лъжа, измамаBulgarian
- podvodCzech
- Falschheit, Betrügerei, TäuschungGerman
- απάτηGreek
- engaño, bellaquería, fraudeSpanish
- گول, فریبPersian
- yritys, vilppi, petos, huijaus, harhautus, petosyritys, vilpillisyys, huiputusFinnish
- svikFaroese
- fraude, tromperieFrench
- meangIrish
- רמאותHebrew
- छलHindi
- megtévesztő, megtévesztésHungarian
- penipuanIndonesian
- mendacità, falsità, inganno, truccoItalian
- תַרמִיתHebrew
- ការបោកប្រាស់Khmer
- 속임수, 기만, 사기Korean
- bedrogDutch
- bedrageriNorwegian
- ତଞ୍ଚକତାOriya
- oszustwo, podstępPolish
- fraude, logro, velhacariaPortuguese
- înşelăciuneRomanian
- обма́нчивость, лжи́вость, обма́нRussian
- podvodSlovak
- வஞ்சகம்Tamil
- 騙局Chinese
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