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deceiver

UK/dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)//dɪˈsivɚ/

deceiver noun: a person who lies or deceives.

Noun

deceiver (plural deceivers)

  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 stay1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The
  2. (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.
    Synonyms:
    Azazel, devil, demon, imp

deceiver meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali

deceiver in Hindi

person who lies or deceives
धोखा देनेवाला dhokhā denevālā, धोखेबाज़ dhokhebāz, छली chalī

deceiver in Tamil

குதிக்கால்வெட்டி, கவடுக்காரன், தாட்டோட்டக்காரன், கபடக்காரன், கயவன், தகிலன்

deceiver in Urdu

deceiver
مایی māyī

deceiver in Bengali

deceiver, pretender, impostor
ভণ্ড bhonḍo
a deceiver, fraudster, trickster, traitor, cheater
টাউট ṭauṭ
More languagesFewer languages
deceiver in Telugu
మోసగాడు mōsagāḍu
deceiver in Malayalam
വഞ്ചകൻ vañcakaṉ, തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ taṭṭippukāraṉ
deceiver in Kannada
ಗಾಳಿಗೂಳ, ಗಾಳಿಕೂಳ, ದಗಾಕೋರ
deceiver in Sanskrit
रिपु ripú
deceiver in Arabic
غَشَّاش ḡaššāš, خَدَّاع ḵaddāʕ
deceiver in Indonesian
penipu, pendusta

Synonyms of deceiver

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Antonyms

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Forms of deceiver

pluraldeceivers

Origin of deceiver

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

Words formed from deceiver

Words that rhyme with deceiver

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Questions about deceiver

What does deceiver mean?
Deceiver means a person who lies or deceives.
What is deceiver in Hindi?
Deceiver in Hindi is धोखा देनेवाला (dhokhā denevālā), धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebāz), छली (chalī). See Deceiver meaning in Hindi.
What part of speech is deceiver?
Deceiver is a noun.
How do you pronounce deceiver?
Deceiver is pronounced /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/ (UK).
What is the plural of deceiver?
The plural of deceiver is deceivers.

Words near deceiver in the dictionary

  1. deceivableness
  2. deceivably
  3. deceivance
  4. deceive
  5. deceived
  6. deceiver
  7. deceivers
  8. deceives
  9. deceivest
  10. deceiveth
  11. deceiving

Source and license

Adapted from Wiktionary: deceiver (page history and authors); deceiver (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مایی (Urdu) (page history and authors); টাউট (Bengali) (page history and authors); deceiver (Kannada Wiktionary) (page history and authors); रिपु (Sanskrit) (page history and authors). Text available under the Creative Commons Attribution-ShareAlike 4.0 license. Word.ws reformatted the entry and added links. Wiktionary data of 2026-09-02.

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