Synonym of the deception

Noun

betrayal cheating deceit dishonesty disinformation duplicity falsehood fraud hypocrisy lying mendacity treachery trickery untruth beguilement blarney boondoggle cheat circumvention cozenage craftiness cunning deceitfulness deceptiveness dirt dissimulation double-dealing dupery equivocation flimflam fraudulence guile hokum imposition insincerity juggling legerdemain pretence pretense prevarication sophism treason trickiness trumpery defraudation fast one snow job

Noun

cover-up hoax illusion lie ruse scam subterfuge trick artifice bluff catch chicane con crock decoy device dodge fallacy feint fib gimmick hogwash hustle imposture jive malarkey pretext ride sham shift shuck snare stall sting story stratagem swindle trap whitewash wile wrinkle bilk confidence game con game fast shuffle mare's-nest

Noun

fraud blackmail cheating deceit dishonesty extortion graft hoax imitation misrepresentation scam scheme snake oil trickery wooden nickel artifice barratry cheat chicane chicanery con craft double-dealing dupery duplicity fake flimflam fraudulence guile hocus-pocus hustle imposture line racket sell shakedown sham skunk smoke smoke and mirrors song spuriousness sting string swindle treachery bamboozlement duping fast one fast shuffle fourberie hanky-panky hoky-poky hoodwinking sharp practice song and dance swindling

Noun

trick conspiracy device distortion gimmick illusion manoeuvre maneuver plot ploy ruse trap ambush blind bluff casuistry circumvention concealment conundrum cover decoy delusion disguise dodge equivocation evasion fabrication falsehood feint forgery game imposition intrigue invention machination perjury pretence pretense snare stratagem subterfuge wile gambit rip-off

Noun

appearance confusion dream effect fantasy feeling figment hallucination idea image impression magic misconception myth pipe dream semblance sensation sense apparition bubble chimaera chimera daydream error fallacy fancy ghost make-believe mirage misapprehension mockery paramnesia phantasm rainbow sleight of hand trip deja vu false impression figment of imagination figment of your imagination fool's paradise head trip idolism ignus fatuus misbelief misimpression optical illusion seeming virtual reality

Noun

victimisation victimization baloney bunco fix frame gyp humbug jazz jive plant put-on spoof stunt whitewash wrong bill of goods con game cover up cozening dirty pool dirty trick hoaxing run around shady deal shell game snow job

Noun

cover-up deceitfulness fairy story fairy tale fakery false report falsity lie lying misstatement prevarication tall tale untruth canard dissimulation erroneousness fable fallaciousness falseness feigning fib fiction hogwash mendacity story tale untruthfulness whopper yarn cock-and-bull story fibbery half truth untruism

Noun

heresy inconsistency misinterpretation misjudgment paradox aberration ambiguity bias cavil deceptiveness deviation elusion erratum faultiness flaw illogicality inexactness invalidity miscalculation misconstrual mistake notion perversion preconception prejudice quirk solecism sophism sophistry speciousness non sequitur quibbling

Noun

disinformation inaccuracy slander aspersion backbiting calumniation calumny defamation detraction falsification hyperbole libel obloquy revilement reviling vilification tall story white lie

Noun

hollowness incorrectness insincerity disingenuousness faithlessness hypocrisy infidelity perfidiousness perfidy unfaithfulness unreality uncandidness

Noun

misunderstanding blunder lapse oversight phantom self-deception shade vision eidolon figment of the imagination ignis fatuus

Noun

misleading ambidexterity ambidextrousness craftiness cunning slyness trapping defrauding dirty dealing dissemblance entrapping overreaching two-facedness two-timing underhandedness

Noun

confidence trick embezzlement stealing frame-up knavery crooked deal double cross swizz

Noun

hot air nonsense talk verbiage waffle deviousness double-crossing furtiveness skullduggery wiles surreptitiousness

Noun

bigotry double standard affectation cant display dissembling glibness irreverence pietism quackery sanctimoniousness sanctimony unctuousness bad faith false profession lip service pharisaicalness pharisaism phoniness

Noun

joke razzle-dazzle shenanigans bait and switch double-cross funny business

Noun

betrayal disloyalty dualism duality one-upmanship dirty work Judas kiss stab in back treacherousness twoness

Noun

complication huggermugger manoeuvring maneuvering plotting scheming secrecy cabal collusion contrivance deal design hookup manipulation plan little game

Noun

game plan angle jig scenario shift switch twist booby trap curveball

Noun

fiddle hosing sucker game

Noun

defect exaggeration impreciseness inexactitude mistakenness typographical error wrongness corrigendum fault howler imprecision slip typo unreliability

Noun

excuse refuge

Noun

sellout treason giveaway let-down

Noun

lies

Noun

charade farce simulation travesty mimicry pageant pantomime parody pretension pretentiousness

Noun

false oath false swearing false testimony oathbreach

Noun

plagiarism bootlegging copy infringement piracy thieving appropriation borrowing theft counterfeiting cribbing lifting literary theft

Noun

adroitness dexterity skill conjuration escamotage legerdemain prestidigitation

Noun

inveracity truthlessness

Noun

counterfeit facsimile imposter mock-up phoney phony replica actor bluffer charlatan faker four-flusher mountebank pretender pseudo reproduction sleight gold brick junque

Noun

crocodile tears soft soap sweet talk

Noun

hokum propaganda prank

Noun

artfulness wiliness

Noun

act pose

Noun

setup confidence game con trick

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cloak pretext veneer acting claim facade gag guise mask masquerade ostentation posing posturing routine schtick shuffling stall veil dumb act faking false pretense

Noun

horseplay lure slant allurement beguilement monkey business monkeyshines

Noun

bogusness

Noun

tactic action bit brainchild child gamesmanship layout method pitch play proposition scene grift

Noun

indirectness vagueness weasel words amphibology colouring coloring doubtfulness fibbing hedging tergiversation cop out double entendre double meaning double talk equivocality quibbling routine run-around stonewall

Noun

complacency conceit haughtiness piety pomposity self-righteousness self-satisfaction smugness superciliousness tartuffery

Noun

bait net pitfall quagmire ambuscade come-on dragnet enticement hook lasso noose quicksand snag temptation inveiglement seducement

Noun

distraction red herring smoke screen attraction beard booster camouflage catch front inducement nark shill stick stoolie blow off drawing card ensnarement sitting duck stool pigeon

Noun

impersonation

Noun

abracadabra chant charm conjuring gibberish incantation jargon juggling mummery mystification occultism rigmarole spell gobbledegook hocus magic words mumbo jumbo open sesame

Noun

take-in accomplishment antic caper escapade feat frolic gambol jape jest lark shenanigan sport tomfoolery monkeyshine practical joke

Noun

carnival circus colour color costume domino festivity masking personation revel screen show costume ball Mardi Gras masked ball

Noun

burlesque caricature leg-pull satire sendup skit takeoff flim-flam lampoon quip wisecrack bon mot send-up take-off

Noun

astuteness cleverness trickiness foul play stab in the back

Noun

crime high treason mutiny sedition subversion disaffection revolt revolutionary traitorousness breach of faith lèse majesté seditious act seditiousness

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justification subtlety vindication unsound reasoning casuistics legalism overgeneral reasoning oversubtleness rationalisation rationalization twisting the facts

Noun

gin entrapment wire

Noun

butt laughingstock mock

Noun

apostasy co-optation co-option

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misinformation half-truth misreport spin obfuscation bending of the truth false information

Noun

dupe take in

Noun

hiding lurking shelter waiting waylaying ambushment hiding place surprise attack

Noun

artificiality affectedness inauthenticity play-acting unnaturalness

Noun

fakeness

Noun

fiddling misappropriation deceiving

Noun

duplicitousness

Noun

charlatanism

Noun

absurdity fallacious argument

Noun

euphemism hedge shuffle equivoque weasel word

Noun

impostor pretend false front hypocriticalness

Noun

shiftiness

Noun

boast bluster braggadocio bragging bravado jiving snow false colors

Noun

false-heartedness

Noun

bum dummy simulacrum bogus

Noun

difficulty impediment obstacle problem drawback hitch puzzle puzzler Catch-22 fly in the ointment snatch stumbling block

Noun

face plea false show

Noun

put-up job

Noun

illegality illegitimacy

Noun

alteration

Noun

laugh tease windup

Noun

subtle argument

Noun

fixing

Noun

phantasma will-o'-the-wisp

Noun

strategem

Noun

amour dalliance devilry fling flirtation fooling around hankie-pankie hokey-pokey liaison love affair machinations mischief romance sexual activity

Noun

ambiguousness ambiguous statement avoidance equivocalness indefiniteness stonewalling unclearness

Noun

fake news hoax news inaccurate news media manipulation propagandising propagandizing spoof news

Noun

honeytrap irresistible bait

Nearby Words

the deciding factor the decision the decisive moment the deck the declaration the decomposition the decedent the deceased the debtor the debt the debris the debit

Antonym of the deception

English Vocalbulary

Synonym of slyness Synonym of sneakiness Synonym of trickiness Synonym of shadiness Synonym of underhandedness Synonym of indirection Synonym of dishonesty Synonym of show Synonym of disguise Synonym of perfidy Synonym of treacherousness Synonym of treachery Synonym of maneuver Synonym of deceive Synonym of have Synonym of feint Synonym of evasion Synonym of lure Synonym of mislead Synonym of device Synonym of finesse Synonym of pretend Synonym of gimmick Synonym of simulate Synonym of magic Synonym of kicker Synonym of hoodwink Synonym of distort Synonym of dupe Synonym of error Synonym of pretext Synonym of joke Synonym of false Synonym of defeat Synonym of inveiglement Synonym of copy Synonym of seize Synonym of fiction Synonym of fib Synonym of plot Synonym of fool Synonym of falsify Synonym of victimize Synonym of quack Synonym of take Synonym of beguile Synonym of imitation Synonym of outsmart Synonym of collusion Synonym of racket Synonym of scheme Synonym of craft Synonym of outwit Synonym of la di da Synonym of hypocrite Synonym of outthink Synonym of mock Synonym of defraud Synonym of tartuffe Synonym of shift Synonym of delude Synonym of entangle Synonym of pretended Synonym of act Synonym of cover Synonym of thaumaturgy Synonym of theurgy Synonym of duplicate Synonym of take in Synonym of misappropriation Synonym of put on Synonym of pretension Synonym of invented Synonym of prestidigitation Synonym of affected Synonym of forgery Synonym of pose Synonym of play dirty Synonym of rob Synonym of capture Synonym of rip off Synonym of interest Synonym of excuse Synonym of phony Synonym of imitate Synonym of ensnare Synonym of contrivance Synonym of design Synonym of disloyalty Synonym of entrap Synonym of pompousness Synonym of exaggerate Synonym of deceitful Synonym of travesty Synonym of fictitious Synonym of dissemble Synonym of wrong Synonym of quibble Synonym of spurious Synonym of machination Synonym of theft Synonym of kid Synonym of cant Synonym of plan Synonym of misrepresent Synonym of inveigle Synonym of affectation Synonym of tangle Synonym of mistake Synonym of rumor Synonym of prank Synonym of booby trap Synonym of bamboozle Synonym of pervert Synonym of insult Synonym of desertion Synonym of mesh Synonym of supposititious Synonym of invention Synonym of suppositious Synonym of pitfall Synonym of feign Synonym of betray Synonym of sweet talk Synonym of infidelity Synonym of dodge Synonym of deceptiveness Synonym of fob off Synonym of impostor Synonym of bogus Synonym of distortion Synonym of facade Synonym of play act Synonym of welsh Synonym of attract Synonym of steal Synonym of conspiracy Synonym of perfidiousness Synonym of meretricious Synonym of unreliable Synonym of unfairness Synonym of ploy Synonym of unreal Synonym of mask Synonym of bad Synonym of strategy Synonym of lip service Synonym of evade Synonym of two time Synonym of hurt Synonym of attack Synonym of grandiosity Synonym of demand Synonym of thrashing Synonym of tempt Synonym of victimizer Synonym of rascal Synonym of charlatan Synonym of fraudulent Synonym of corrupt Synonym of punishment Synonym of cajole Synonym of resourcefulness Synonym of pretentious Synonym of grift Synonym of licking Synonym of sharper Synonym of vanquishment Synonym of grandioseness Synonym of parody Synonym of fantasy Synonym of fabrication Synonym of tale Synonym of rip off Synonym of caricature Synonym of unethical Synonym of embroider Synonym of resource Synonym of dishonest Synonym of truthlessness Synonym of insincere Synonym of shenanigan Synonym of craftiness Synonym of boast Synonym of mala fide Synonym of arrest Synonym of engineer Synonym of harm Synonym of fable Synonym of entanglement Synonym of make believe Synonym of fleece Synonym of artificial Synonym of invent Synonym of bilk Synonym of chimera Synonym of understand Synonym of equivocate Synonym of flimflam Synonym of use

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