DECEPTION as NOUN

1. Meaning
   • an illusory feat
   • considered magical by naive observers
   Synonym(s)
   • conjuration (what does conjuration mean?)
   • conjuring trick (what does conjuring trick mean?)
   • illusion (what does illusion mean?)
   • legerdemain (what does legerdemain mean?)
   • magic (what does magic mean?)
   • magic trick (what does magic trick mean?)
   • trick (what does trick mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deception is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • performance (what does performance mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • card trick (what does card trick mean?)
   • prestidigitation (what does prestidigitation mean?)
   • sleight of hand (what does sleight of hand mean?)
2. Meaning
   • the act of deceiving
   Synonym(s)
   • deceit (what does deceit mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • dissimulation (what does dissimulation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deception is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • falsification (what does falsification mean?)
   • misrepresentaation (what does misrepresentaation mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • fakery (what does fakery mean?)
   • indirection (what does indirection mean?)
   • trickery (what does trickery mean?)
   • chicanery (what does chicanery mean?)
   • chicane (what does chicane mean?)
   • guile (what does guile mean?)
   • wile (what does wile mean?)
   • shenanigan (what does shenanigan mean?)
   • duplicity (what does duplicity mean?)
   • double-dealing (what does double-dealing mean?)
   • cheat (what does cheat mean?)
   • cheating (what does cheating mean?)
   • delusion (what does delusion mean?)
   • illusion (what does illusion mean?)
   • head game (what does head game mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • pretending (what does pretending mean?)
   • simulation (what does simulation mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • imposture (what does imposture mean?)
   • impersonation (what does impersonation mean?)
   • obscurantism (what does obscurantism mean?)
   • bluff (what does bluff mean?)
   • four flush (what does four flush mean?)
   • take-in (what does take-in mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • dissimulate (what does dissimulate mean?)
   • deceive (what does deceive mean?)
   • lead on (what does lead on mean?)
   • delude (what does delude mean?)
   • cozen (what does cozen mean?)
   • deceive (what does deceive mean?)
   • betray (what does betray mean?)
   • lead astray (what does lead astray mean?)
3. Meaning
   • a misleading falsehood
   Synonym(s)
   • deceit (what does deceit mean?)
   • misrepresentation (what does misrepresentation mean?)
   Hypernyms(s) deception is a kind of… Example: animal is a hypernym of mammal, plant is a hypernym of flower
   • falsehood (what does falsehood mean?)
   • falsity (what does falsity mean?)
   • untruth (what does untruth mean?)
   • false statement (what does false statement mean?)
   Hyponym(s)
   • bill of goods (what does bill of goods mean?)
   • humbug (what does humbug mean?)
   • snake oil (what does snake oil mean?)
   • half-truth (what does half-truth mean?)
   • facade (what does facade mean?)
   • window dressing (what does window dressing mean?)
   • exaggeration (what does exaggeration mean?)
   • overstatement (what does overstatement mean?)
   • magnification (what does magnification mean?)
   • snow job (what does snow job mean?)
   • pretense (what does pretense mean?)
   • pretence (what does pretence mean?)
   • feigning (what does feigning mean?)
   • dissembling (what does dissembling mean?)
   • subterfuge (what does subterfuge mean?)
   • blind (what does blind mean?)
   • trickery (what does trickery mean?)
   • hocus-pocus (what does hocus-pocus mean?)
   • slickness (what does slickness mean?)
   • hanky panky (what does hanky panky mean?)
   • jiggery-pokery (what does jiggery-pokery mean?)
   • skulduggery (what does skulduggery mean?)
   • skullduggery (what does skullduggery mean?)
   • fraudulence (what does fraudulence mean?)
   • duplicity (what does duplicity mean?)
   • evasion (what does evasion mean?)
   • equivocation (what does equivocation mean?)
   Derived(s)
   • deceive (what does deceive mean?)
   • lead on (what does lead on mean?)
   • delude (what does delude mean?)
   • cozen (what does cozen mean?)
   • fudge (what does fudge mean?)
   • manipulate (what does manipulate mean?)
   • fake (what does fake mean?)
   • falsify (what does falsify mean?)
   • cook (what does cook mean?)
   • wangle (what does wangle mean?)
   • misrepresent (what does misrepresent mean?)
   • misrepresent (what does misrepresent mean?)
   • belie (what does belie mean?)