Thesaurus:deceptive

Thesaurus

deceptive

English

Adjective

Sense: serving to deceive

Synonyms

• beguiling
• deceitful
• deceptious (obsolete)
• deceptive
• deceptory
• fallacious
• fraudful
• fraudulent

Antonyms

• honest    [⇒ thesaurus]
• nonfraudulent
• undeceitful
• undeceptive
• unmisleading

Various

• collusive
• covinous (obsolete)
• dishonest
• misinforming
• misleading
• delusive
• delusory
• illusive
• illusory
• elusive
• insidious
• dishonest
• untrue    [⇒ thesaurus]
• hallucinatory
• tricky
• insincere
• guileful
• treacherous
• duplicitous
• disingenuous

See also

• WS:deceive + -ing
• WS:deceiver
• WS:deception
• WS:fake
• Thesaurus:false
• Thesaurus:wily

Further reading

• “545. deception” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “544. falsehood” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “deceptive” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.