deceptive

deceptive is a 9-letter English word with 3 senses as adjective in the JumbleFix dictionary. One common meaning is: Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance. Face value is 17 in Scrabble and 20 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 17 · Words With Friends 20 · 3 senses

Definitions

1. adjective. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions; as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
2. adjective. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

   "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"

   "deliberately deceptive packaging"

   Synonyms: misleading, shoddy

3. adjective. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

   "deceptive calm"

   "a delusory pleasure"

   Synonyms: delusory

Synonyms

misleading, shoddy, delusory

Common word forms

deceptively, deceptiveness

Words from these letters

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