Synonyms for deceit
dɪˈsitde·ceit

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1. deceitnoun

   An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick

   The whole conversation was merely a deceit.

   Synonyms:
   deception, deceitfulness, trick, fraudulence, fraud, trickery, underhandedness, dissimulation, deceptiveness

2. deceitnoun

   An act of deceiving someone

   Synonyms:
   underhandedness, deceptiveness, trickery, fraud, trick, deception, dissimulation, fraudulence, deceitfulness

3. deceitnoun

   The state of being deceitful or deceptive

   Synonyms:
   trick, dissimulation, deception, fraudulence, deceptiveness, deceitfulness, underhandedness, trickery, fraud

4. deceitnoun

   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

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1. 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, untruth

   Antonyms:
   candor, fair dealing, frankness, guilelessness, honesty, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, veracity

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1. deceit

   Synonyms:
   cheat, imposition, trick, fraud, deception, double dealing, delusion, circumvention, guile, bewilderment, treachery, sham, insidiousness, indirection, duplicity, cunning, artifice

   Antonyms:
   enlightenment, instruction, guidance, reality, verily, fair-dealing, honesty, openness

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1. fraudulence, deceitnoun

   the quality of being fraudulent

   Synonyms:
   hoax, fraud, dupery, fraudulence, dissimulation, misrepresentation, humbug, duplicity, deception, put-on, dissembling

2. misrepresentation, deceit, deceptionnoun

   a misleading falsehood

   Synonyms:
   thaumaturgy, magic trick, trick, fraudulence, falsification, conjuring trick, dissimulation, conjuration, deception, legerdemain, magic, misrepresentation, illusion, dissembling

3. deception, 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

Matched Categories

1. • Dishonesty
   • Falsehood
   • Falsification

Dictionary of English SynonymesRate these synonyms:3.0 / 1 vote

1. deceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   deception, fraud, imposition, imposture, finesse, artifice, duplicity, guile, trickery, cozenage, cheating, double dealing

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1. deceitnoun

   Synonyms:
   deception, imposition, trickery, chicanery, artifice, delusion, circumvention, guile, duplicity, imposture finesse, dissimulation, cozenage, trumpery, fallacy

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceit":

   deception, fraud, cheating, treachery, lie, delusion, dishonesty, duplicity, trickery, scam, hoax

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1. Christen Kuikoua:

   Lies create more lies, which spawn even more lies, leading to a tangled web of deceit. So, why lie in the first place, only to perpetuate a cycle of falsehoods.

2. Unforgettable Glaucia:

   <3 Faithful Love is Everlasting Love <3 a heart that cheats only knows deceit <3

3. Donald Trump:

   How she’s been able to get away from the lies, the deceit, the destruction of 33,000 emails. To me, that’s her single greatest accomplishment.

4. Christen Kuikoua:

   Love is a powerful force that reveals its resilience in the face of adversity, a beacon of authenticity that withstands the illusions of deceit.

5. RAS CARDO REGGAE:

   -I have a most salient message to all those in -the jamaican music industry, and cultural affairs. there are people in their midst as infiltrates whom they are trusting with their ideas on reggae. most of these people are from foreign lands who seek with one dire intent. those in the u.w.I and other places have become -nesting grounds for these moles.beware, the deceit!!! I say this- without prejudice. I will not disclose my sources and methods.