deceptive
/dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/
deceptive adjective: likely or attempting to deceive.
Adjective
deceptive (comparative more deceptive, superlative most deceptive)
- Likely or attempting to deceive.
- deceptive practices
- Appearances can be deceptive.
- Synonyms:
- misleading, sneaking, beguiling, deceitful, deceptious, deceptory, fallacious, fraudful, fraudulent, mendacious
deceptive meaning in Hindi, Tamil, Urdu and Bengali
deceptive in Hindi
- misleading, attempting to deceive
- भ्रामक bhrāmak
deceptive in Tamil
- ஏமாற்றக்கூடிய, ஏமாற்றும் இயல்புடைய
deceptive in Urdu
- deceptive
- مایی māyī
deceptive in Bengali
- deceptive
- ভণ্ড bhonḍo
More languagesFewer languages
- deceptive in Telugu
- మోసపూరిత, మోసపూరితమైనది
- deceptive in Malayalam
- വഞ്ചിക്കുന്ന, മോഹിപ്പിക്കുന്ന, വഴിതെറ്റിക്കുന്ന, തെറ്റിദ്ധരിപ്പിക്കുന്ന
- deceptive in Sanskrit
- द्रुह्वन् druhvan
- deceptive in Persian
- نیرنگباز neyrang-bâz
Examples of deceptive in a sentence
- Among competing products, a generic substitute is one thing, whereas a deceptive lookalike is another.
- On the face of it, his case seemed hopeless. But appearances can be deceptive.
- At this point they're hoping that the government will crack down and will put an end to deceptive rental offerings.
Synonyms of deceptive
- misleading
- sneaking
- beguiling
- deceitful
- deceptory
- fallacious
- fraudful
- fraudulent
- mendacious
- deceptious
Antonyms
Forms of deceptive
| comparative | more deceptive |
|---|---|
| superlative | most deceptive |
Origin of deceptive
From Middle French déceptif, from Latin dēceptīvus, from dēcipiō (“to deceive”).
Words formed from deceptive
Phrases with deceptive
Words that rhyme with deceptive
Questions about deceptive
- What does deceptive mean?
- Deceptive means likely or attempting to deceive.
- What is deceptive in Hindi?
- Deceptive in Hindi is भ्रामक (bhrāmak). See Deceptive meaning in Hindi.
- What part of speech is deceptive?
- Deceptive is an adjective.
- How do you pronounce deceptive?
- Deceptive is pronounced /dɪˈsɛp.tɪv/.
Words near deceptive in the dictionary
Source and license
Adapted from Wiktionary: deceptive (page history and authors); deceptive (Tamil Wiktionary) (page history and authors); مایی (Urdu) (page history and authors); ভণ্ড (Bengali) (page history and authors); deceptive (Telugu, IndicTrans2 machine translation) (model and license); deceptive (Malayalam Wiktionary) (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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