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- pronunciation:
- dih
siv
- parts of speech:
- transitive verb, intransitive verb
- features:
- Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
transitive verb |
| inflections: |
deceives, deceiving, deceived |
| definition: |
to lead (a person) to believe something that is untrue; mislead; trick; defraud.
He deceived his parents about his job because he was ashamed of it.He deceived these women into thinking that he had never been married before.She thought she could deceive her boss by telling him that she was ill.- synonyms:
- betray, cheat, chicane, defraud, delude, dupe, fool, hoodwink, humbug, misinform, mislead, play someone false, trick, victimize
- antonyms:
- disillusion, undeceive
- similar words:
- bamboozle, beguile, bilk, bluff, con, cozen, double-cross, entrap, fast-talk, flimflam, gull, hoax, jive, lead on, mock, outwit, rook, shaft, snooker, sucker, swindle, two-time
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| related words: |
betray, cheat, fool, kid |
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| part of speech: |
intransitive verb |
| definition: |
to engage in misleading; act or speak untruthfully.
He's charming and finds it easy to deceive.- synonyms:
- cheat, chicane, humbug, lie, prevaricate
- similar words:
- bluff, fool, jive, snow, swindle
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| related words: |
equivocate, evade, quack |
| derivations: |
deceivingly (adv.), deceivability (n.), deceiver (n.) |
The word deceive
contains the following parts:
de-
Latin
prefix
that means from; away from; down from; reverse, negate.
  Example words:
biodegradable, debate, decay, deceive, deception, decide, decision, decline, decode, deduct, defer, deform, defy, degrade, dehydrate, delete, demerit, depend, deport, deprive, descend, describe, description, desegregate, design, designate, despise, detach, detect, detract, independence
- synonyms:
- dis-, un-
cap1, cip, capt, cept, -ceive, -ceit
Latin
root
that means to take, catch
Example words:
accept, acceptable, acceptance, capability, capable, capacity, captive, capture, conceive, concept, deceive, deception, except, exception, incapable, inconceivable, intercept, participant, participate, perceive, receive, reception
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