Dictionary

deceiver en · NOUN

Pronunciation

• /dɪˈsivɚ/ (General-American)
• /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/ (Received-Pronunciation)
• (US) audio

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er. Displaced native Old English swica.

Meanings

1. A person who lies or deceives.
   • My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay 1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:
2. (qualifier:usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.

Forms

Antonyms

truthteller · square shooter · straight shooter · nonliar · Honest Abe

Deriveds

amethyst deceiver · self-deceiver · beaver deceiver · archdeceiver

Hypernyms

person

Hyponyms

falsifier · pious fraud · scammer · confidence trickster · shill · shiller · medicaster · fraudster · flatterer · abydocomist · pathological liar · con artist · charlatan · deceptress · whillywha · smooth operator · quack · fibber · inside man · conman · crap artist · fraud · pseudologue · mountebank · imposter · impostor

Relateds

deception · dissembler · misrepresenter · forger · pretender · hypocrite · faker · kidder · deceive · dupe · sophist · phoney

Synonyms

Spanish athlete · trickster · crammer · swindler · cony-catcher · fabulist · mocker · bouncer · falser · fabricator · guiler · imp · liar · shammer · cheat · pseudologist · deceiver · cogger · swike · trucker · treacher · bamboozler · deceptor · Scandaroon · rook · grifter · gabber · Azazel · demon · losenger · devil · cheater · bullshitter · wernard

Translations (47)

enm deceyvour (person who lies or deceives) · hi छली (person who lies or deceives) · pt enganador (person who lies or deceives) · es mentiroso (person who lies or deceives) · ru обма́нщица (person who lies or deceives) · ml വഞ്ചകൻ (person who lies or deceives) · es trapacero (person who lies or deceives) · ota یالانجی (person who lies or deceives) · enm losengeour (person who lies or deceives) · es embustero (person who lies or deceives) · he רמאי (person who lies or deceives) · te మోసగాడు (person who lies or deceives) · uk ошука́ч (person who lies or deceives) · de Betrügerin (person who lies or deceives) · ml തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ (person who lies or deceives) · it ingannatrice (person who lies or deceives) · pt enganadora (person who lies or deceives) · ar غَشَّاش (person who lies or deceives) · fr trompeur (person who lies or deceives) · cmn 欺詐者 /欺诈者 (person who lies or deceives) · id pendusta (person who lies or deceives) · fr trompeuse (person who lies or deceives) · sc trasséra (person who lies or deceives) · es embaucador (person who lies or deceives) · fi pettäjä (person who lies or deceives) · fi huijari (person who lies or deceives) · nl bedriegster (person who lies or deceives) · cs podvodník (person who lies or deceives) · ga cealgaire (person who lies or deceives) · sc trasséri (person who lies or deceives) · nl bedrieger (person who lies or deceives) · id penipu (person who lies or deceives) · es impostor (person who lies or deceives) · uk бма́нник (person who lies or deceives) · hi धोखेबाज़ (person who lies or deceives) · ru обма́нщик (person who lies or deceives) · la dēceptor (person who lies or deceives) · uk дури́людок (person who lies or deceives) · uk ошука́нець (person who lies or deceives) · hi धोखा देनेवाला (person who lies or deceives) · de Betrüger (person who lies or deceives) · ar خَدَّاع (person who lies or deceives) · cs podvodnice (person who lies or deceives) · uk дури́люд (person who lies or deceives) · ja 詐欺師 (person who lies or deceives) · uk дури́світ (person who lies or deceives) · it ingannatore (person who lies or deceives)