DECEPTION Synonyms

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• a high steep bank (usually formed by river erosion)

• pretense that your position is stronger than it really is

• the act of bluffing in poker; deception by a false show of confidence in the strength of your cards

• very steep; having a prominent and almost vertical front

• bluntly direct and outspoken but good-natured

• deceive an opponent by a bold bet on an inferior hand with the result that the opponent withdraws a winning hand

• frighten someone by pretending to be stronger than one really is

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• the quality of being deceitful

• the quality of being dishonest

• lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

• acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

• marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

• a deliberately false or improbable account

• writing in a fictional form

• the act of making something (a product) from raw materials

• the act of constructing something (as a piece of machinery)

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

• intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• the quality of being fraudulent

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• the quality of being crafty

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• subject to a playful hoax or joke

• a statement that deviates from or perverts the truth

• Norwegian diplomat who was the first Secretary General of the United Nations (1896-1968)

• position or manner in which something is situated

• be located or situated somewhere; occupy a certain position

• be lying, be prostrate; be in a horizontal position

• originate (in)

• be and remain in a particular state or condition

• tell an untruth; pretend with intent to deceive

• have a place in relation to something else

• assume a reclining position

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

• something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

• betrayal of a trust

• an act of deliberate betrayal

• verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

• a ritual recitation of words or sounds believed to have a magical effect

• calling up a spirit or devil

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers