deception
noun
Key Types & categories Parts & wholes Related & opposite
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- noun
- verb
- adjective
- adverb
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
a misleading falsehood
Types & categories
- falsehood hypernym
- bill of goods hyponym
- humbug hyponym
- half-truth hyponym
- window dressing hyponym
- overstatement hyponym
- snow job hyponym
- dissembling hyponym
- subterfuge hyponym
- trickery hyponym
- duplicity hyponym
- evasion hyponym
Related & opposite
- misrepresent derivation
- deceive derivation
- fudge derivation
Sense 2 noun
the act of deceiving
Types & categories
- falsification hypernym
- fakery hyponym
- indirection hyponym
- chicanery hyponym
- double-dealing hyponym
- cheating hyponym
- head game hyponym
- pretense hyponym
- imposture hyponym
- obscurantism hyponym
- four flush hyponym
- take-in hyponym
Related & opposite
- deceive derivation
- dissimulate derivation
- deceive derivation
Sense 3 noun
an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers
Types & categories
- performance hypernym
- card trick hyponym
- prestidigitation hyponym
Related & opposite
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| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | misrepresent |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | fudge |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsehood |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | bill of goods |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | humbug |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | half-truth |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | window dressing |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | overstatement |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | snow job |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | dissembling |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | subterfuge |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | trickery |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | duplicity |
| 1 | hyponym | Types & categories | evasion |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | dissimulate |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | deceive |
| 2 | hypernym | Types & categories | falsification |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | fakery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | indirection |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | chicanery |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | double-dealing |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | cheating |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | head game |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | pretense |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | imposture |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | obscurantism |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | four flush |
| 2 | hyponym | Types & categories | take-in |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | conjurer |
| 3 | derivation | Related & opposite | magic |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | performance |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | card trick |
| 3 | hyponym | Types & categories | prestidigitation |