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deceive
Overview of verb deceive
The verb deceive has 2 senses (first 2 from tagged texts)
1. (5) deceive, lead on, delude, cozen -- (be false to; be dishonest with)
2. (2) deceive, betray, lead astray -- (cause someone to believe an untruth; "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house")
Grep of noun deceive
deceiver
Antonyms of verb deceive
1 of 2 senses of deceive
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
Antonym of undeceive (Sense 1)
=>undeceive
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
=> wrong
=> treat, handle, do by
=> interact
=> act, move
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
=> inform
=> communicate, intercommunicate
=> interact
=> act, move
Troponyms (hyponyms) of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> betray, sell
=> cheat, chisel
=> shill
=> flim-flam, trick, fob, fox, pull a fast one on, play a trick on
=> fool, gull, befool
=> cheat on, cheat, cuckold, betray, wander
=> hoax, pull someone's leg, play a joke on
=> ensnare, entrap, frame, set up
=> humbug
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
=> pose, impersonate, personate
=> bamboozle, snow, hoodwink, pull the wool over someone's eyes, lead by the nose, play false
=> gull, dupe, slang, befool, cod, fool, put on, take in, put one over, put one across
Synonyms/Hypernyms (Ordered by Estimated Frequency) of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
'Cause To' of verb deceive
Derived Forms of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
RELATED TO>(adj) deceptive#1
=> deceptive, delusory
RELATED TO>(adj) deceptive#2
=> deceptive, misleading, shoddy
RELATED TO>(noun) deception#1
=> misrepresentation, deceit, deception
RELATED TO>(noun) deception#2
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
RELATED TO>(adj) deceptive#1
=> deceptive, delusory
RELATED TO>(adj) deceptive#2
=> deceptive, misleading, shoddy
RELATED TO>(noun) deception#2
=> deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation
RELATED TO>(noun) deceiver#1
=> deceiver, cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Domain of verb deceive
Domain Terms of verb deceive
Familiarity of verb deceive
deceive used as a verb is rare (polysemy count =2)
Sample Sentences of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
*> Somebody ----s somebody
*> Something ----s somebody
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
*> Somebody ----s somebody
Coordinate Terms (sisters) of verb deceive
2 senses of deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
> victimize, victimise
=> cheat, rip off, chisel
=> deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
> misinform, mislead
=> lie
=> beat around the bush, equivocate, tergiversate, prevaricate, palter
=> overstate, exaggerate, overdraw, hyperbolize, hyerbolise, magnify, amplify
=> sandbag
=> deceive, betray, lead astray
Synonyms (Grouped by Similarity of Meaning) of verb deceive
Sense 1
deceive, lead on, delude, cozen
=> victimize, victimise
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Sense 2
deceive, betray, lead astray
=> misinform, mislead
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Grep of verb deceive
deceive
undeceive
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