deceive
Verb
Verb Forms: deceived, deceiving, deceives
- To mislead someone by false appearance or statement.
- be false to; be dishonest with
- cause someone to believe an untruth
- "The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house"
- To trick or mislead.
Examples
- Do not DECEIVE yourself; that two-letter word will not win you the Scrabble game.
- It feels painful to begin seeing clearly, that you’ve been deceived by the very people and institutions you trusted to guide you.
Origin / Etymology
From Middle English deceyven, desayven, dissayven, from Old French decever, decevoir, from Latin dēcipiō (“to deceive; beguile; entrap”), from dē- (“from”) + capiō (“to seize”); see captive. Compare conceive, perceive, receive. Displaced native Old English beswīcan.
Synonyms
betray, cozen, delude, lead astray, lead on, abuse, counterfeit, deceive, dissemble, dissimulate, feign, jiff, overreach, put on, sham, spoof, trick
Antonyms
Scrabble Score: 13
deceive: valid Scrabble (US) TWL Worddeceive: valid Scrabble Word in Merriam-Webster MW Dictionary
deceive: valid Scrabble Word in International Collins CSW Dictionary