deceive
verb
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
- Word type
- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 verb
be false to; be dishonest with
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- dissimulation derivation
- head game derivation
- delusion derivation
- deception derivation
- delusion derivation
- misleading derivation
- deceptive derivation
- delusive derivation
Sense 2 verb
cause someone to believe an untruth
The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house
Types & categories
Related & opposite
- undeceive antonym
- dissimulation derivation
- beguiler derivation
- double-crosser derivation
- misleading derivation
- deceptive derivation
Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulation |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | head game |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delusion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deception |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delusion |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleading |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceptive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | delusive |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | victimize |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | betray |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | chisel |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | shill |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trick |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | gull |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | cuckold |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | hoax |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | entrap |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humbug |
| 2 | antonym | Related & opposite | undeceive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulation |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | beguiler |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | double-crosser |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | misleading |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceptive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | misinform |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | personate |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | bamboozle |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cod |