Thesaurus:deceptive

Thesaurus:deceptive

THESAURUS

deceptive

English

Synonyms

• beguiling

• deceitful

• deceptious (obsolete)

• deceptive

• deceptory

• fallacious

• fraudful

• fraudulent

Antonyms

• honest    [WS]

• nonfraudulent

• undeceitful

• undeceptive

• unmisleading

Various

• collusive

• covinous (obsolete)

• dishonest

• misinforming

• misleading

• delusive

• delusory

• illusive

• illusory

• elusive

• insidious

• dishonest

• untrue

• 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.