deception

deception is a 9-letter English word with 6 senses as noun in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: The act of deceiving or misleading. Face value is 14 in Scrabble and 17 in Words With Friends. Use the entries below when you need a playable sense, a nearby word, or another arrangement of the same letters.

9 letters · Scrabble 14 · Words With Friends 17 · 6 senses

Definitions

1. noun. The act of deceiving or misleading.
2. noun. The state of being deceived or misled.
3. noun. That which deceives or is intended to deceive; false representation; artifice; cheat; fraud.
4. noun. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

   Synonyms: conjuration, illusion, legerdemain, magic, thaumaturgy, trick

5. noun. the act of deceiving

   Synonyms: deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

6. noun. a misleading falsehood

   Synonyms: deceit

Synonyms

conjuration, illusion, legerdemain, magic, thaumaturgy, trick, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

Common word forms

deceptions, deceptional

Words from these letters

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