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Detailed Synonyms for deceive in English

deceive:

to deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)

  1. to deceive
    to deceive; to cheat; to swindle; to hoodwink; woodwink; to diddle
    • deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)
    • cheat verb (cheats, cheated, cheating)
    • swindle verb (swindles, swindled, swindling)
    • hoodwink verb (hoodwinks, hoodwinked, hoodwinking)
    • woodwink verb
    • diddle verb (diddles, diddled, diddling)
  2. to deceive
    to deceive; to fool; to kid
    • deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)
    • fool verb (fools, fooled, fooling)
    • kid verb (kids, kidded, kidding)
  3. to deceive
    to mislead; to deceive; put on the wrong track; lead up the garden path
  4. to deceive
    to deceive; to fiddle
    • deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)
    • fiddle verb (fiddles, fiddled, fiddling)
  5. to deceive
    to deceive; to trick; to spoof; to swindle
    • deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)
    • trick verb (tricks, tricked, tricking)
    • spoof verb (spoofs, spoofed, spoofing)
    • swindle verb (swindles, swindled, swindling)
  6. to deceive
    – cause someone to believe an untruth 1
    to deceive; to betray; to lead astray
    – cause someone to believe an untruth 1
    • deceive verb (deceives, deceived, deceiving)
      • The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house1
    • betray verb (betraies, betrayed, betraying)
    • lead astray verb (leads astray, led astray, leading astray)
  7. to deceive
    – be false to; be dishonest with 1
    to deceive; to delude; lead on; cozen
    – be false to; be dishonest with 1

Conjugations for deceive:

present
  1. deceive
  2. deceive
  3. deceives
  4. deceive
  5. deceive
  6. deceive
simple past
  1. deceived
  2. deceived
  3. deceived
  4. deceived
  5. deceived
  6. deceived
present perfect
  1. have deceived
  2. have deceived
  3. has deceived
  4. have deceived
  5. have deceived
  6. have deceived
past continuous
  1. was deceiving
  2. were deceiving
  3. was deceiving
  4. were deceiving
  5. were deceiving
  6. were deceiving
future
  1. shall deceive
  2. will deceive
  3. will deceive
  4. shall deceive
  5. will deceive
  6. will deceive
continuous present
  1. am deceiving
  2. are deceiving
  3. is deceiving
  4. are deceiving
  5. are deceiving
  6. are deceiving
subjunctive
  1. be deceived
  2. be deceived
  3. be deceived
  4. be deceived
  5. be deceived
  6. be deceived
diverse
  1. deceive!
  2. let's deceive!
  3. deceived
  4. deceiving
1. I, 2. you, 3. he/she/it, 4. we, 5. you, 6. they

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Related Definitions for "deceive":

  1. cause someone to believe an untruth1
    • The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house1
  2. be false to; be dishonest with1