Deceive — meaning, pronunciation & more

Definition

be false to; be dishonest with

cause someone to believe an untruth

Pronunciation

🇺🇸American English

/dɪsɡˈaʊt/

🇬🇧British English

/dɪsˈiːv/

🇮🇳Indian English

/dɪsˈiːv/

2 syllables Say it as /dɪsɡˈaʊt/.

Examples

The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house

Synonyms & Antonyms

Synonyms

betray delude cozen lead astray lead on

Antonyms

undeceive

Parts of Speech

verb	be false to; be dishonest with
verb	cause someone to believe an untruth “The insurance company deceived me when they told me they were covering my house”

Word Forms

deceptive	adjective	causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
deception	noun	a misleading falsehood
delusive	adjective	inappropriate to reality or facts
delusory	adjective	causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
delusion	noun	(psychology) an erroneous belief that is held in the face of evidence to the contrary
deceiver	noun	someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
betrayer	noun	a person who says one thing and does another

Around the World

Europe

🇩🇪German

täuschen

falsch sein; sei unehrlich mit

🇫🇷French

tromper

être faux; être malhonnête avec

🇪🇸Spanish

engañar

ser falso; ser deshonesto con

🇮🇹Italian

ingannare

essere falso; essere disonesto con

🇳🇱Dutch

bedriegen

vals zijn; oneerlijk zijn

🇵🇹Portuguese

enganar

ser falso; ser desonesto com

🇷🇺Russian

обманывать

быть неверным; быть нечестным с

India

🇮🇳Hindi

धोखा देना

झूठा होना; के साथ बेईमानी करो

🇧🇩Bengali

প্রতারণা করা

মিথ্যা হতে সঙ্গে অসৎ হতে

🇮🇳Tamil

ஏமாற்று

பொய்யாக இருங்கள்; நேர்மையற்றவராக இருங்கள்

🇮🇳Telugu

మోసం చేస్తారు

తప్పుగా ఉండండి; నిజాయితీ లేకుండా ఉండండి

🇮🇳Marathi

फसवणे

खोटे असणे; सह अप्रामाणिक असणे

🇮🇳Gujarati

છેતરવું

માટે ખોટું હોવું; સાથે અપ્રમાણિક બનો

🇮🇳Kannada

ಮೋಸ ಮಾಡು

ಸುಳ್ಳು ಎಂದು; ಅಪ್ರಾಮಾಣಿಕರಾಗಿರಿ

🇮🇳Malayalam

വഞ്ചിക്കുക

കള്ളം പറയുക; സത്യസന്ധതയില്ല

🇮🇳Punjabi

ਧੋਖਾ

ਨੂੰ ਝੂਠਾ ਹੋਣਾ; ਨਾਲ ਬੇਈਮਾਨ ਹੋ

🇵🇰Urdu

دھوکہ دینا

جھوٹا ہونا کے ساتھ بے ایمان ہو

East & Southeast Asia

🇨🇳Chinese

欺骗

不诚实；不诚实

🇯🇵Japanese

欺く

虚偽であること。不誠実になる

🇰🇷Korean

속이다

거짓이다; 부정직하다

🇻🇳Vietnamese

lừa dối

sai lầm; không trung thực với

🇹🇭Thai

หลอกลวง

เป็นเท็จต่อ; ไม่ซื่อสัตย์กับ

🇮🇩Indonesian

menipu

berbohong; tidak jujur dengan

🇵🇭Filipino

manlinlang

magsinungaling sa; maging hindi tapat sa

🇲🇾Malay

menipu

palsu kepada; tidak jujur dengan

Middle East

🇸🇦Arabic

خداع

كن كاذبا؛ كن غير صادق مع

🇮🇷Persian

فریب دادن

دروغ گفتن به با ناصادق بودن

🇹🇷Turkish

aldatmak

yanlış olmak; karşı dürüst olmamak

🇮🇱Hebrew

לְהוֹנוֹת

להיות שקר ל; להיות לא ישר עם

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The primary meaning of 'deceive' is 'be false to; be dishonest with'.

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