noun
Meaning 1
A person who lies or deceives.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: none provided
Antonyms: none provided
Standard Lemma guide
deceiver
Definitions and examples are grouped by meaning. Pronunciation, history, word forms, translations, descendants, synonyms, antonyms, derived terms, and related words appear whenever the source provides them.
Sound
Pronunciation
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Received-Pronunciation: /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/
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General-American: /dɪˈsivɚ/
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rhymes with -iːvə(ɹ)
noun
Meaning 2
Another name for Satan.
Definition source: English Wiktionary via Wiktextract
Qualifier: usually preceded by "the"
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: azazel, devil, demon, dragon, imp, red guy, satan
Antonyms: none provided
noun
Meaning 3
someone who leads you to believe something that is not true
Definition source: Princeton WordNet 3.0
No example sentence was provided for this meaning.
Meaning relationships
Synonyms: cheat, cheater, trickster, beguiler, slicker
Antonyms: none provided
Broader terms: wrongdoer, offender
Narrower terms: bluffer, four-flusher, swindler, defrauder, chiseller, chiseler, gouger, scammer, grifter, decoy, steerer, dodger, fox, slyboots, double-crosser, double-dealer, two-timer, betrayer, traitor, embezzler, defalcator, peculator, falsifier, finagler, wangler, forger, counterfeiter, fortune hunter, front man, front, figurehead, nominal head, straw man, strawman, hypocrite, dissembler, dissimulator, phony, phoney, pretender, impersonator, imitator, imposter, impostor, fake, faker, fraud, sham, shammer, pseudo, pseud, role player, liar, prevaricator, misleader, mountebank, charlatan, obscurantist, sandbagger, utterer
History
Etymology
Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er. Displaced native Old English swica.
Across languages
Translations
45 source translations are retained for this English entry.
- Arabic: غَشَّاش (ḡaššāš) — person who lies or deceives
- Arabic: خَدَّاع (ḵaddāʕ) — person who lies or deceives
- Chinese Mandarin: 欺詐者 /欺诈者 (qīzhàzhě) — person who lies or deceives
- Czech: podvodník — person who lies or deceives
- Czech: podvodnice — person who lies or deceives
- Dutch: bedrieger — person who lies or deceives
- Dutch: bedriegster — person who lies or deceives
- French: trompeur — person who lies or deceives
- French: trompeuse — person who lies or deceives
- German: Betrüger — person who lies or deceives
- German: Betrügerin — person who lies or deceives
- Hebrew: רמאי (rammai) — person who lies or deceives
- Hindi: धोखा देनेवाला (dhokhā denevālā) — person who lies or deceives
- Hindi: धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebāz) — person who lies or deceives
- Hindi: छली (chalī) — person who lies or deceives
- Indonesian: penipu — person who lies or deceives
- Indonesian: pendusta — person who lies or deceives
- Irish: cealgaire — person who lies or deceives
- Italian: ingannatore — person who lies or deceives
- Italian: ingannatrice — person who lies or deceives
- Japanese: 詐欺師 (sagishi) — person who lies or deceives
- Latin: dēceptor — person who lies or deceives
- Malayalam: വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) — person who lies or deceives
- Malayalam: തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ (taṭṭippukāraṉ) — person who lies or deceives
- Middle English: losengeour — person who lies or deceives
- Middle English: deceyvour — person who lies or deceives
- Portuguese: enganador — person who lies or deceives
- Portuguese: enganadora — person who lies or deceives
- Russian: обма́нщик (obmánščik) — person who lies or deceives
- Russian: обма́нщица (obmánščica) — person who lies or deceives
- Sardinian: trasséri — person who lies or deceives
- Sardinian: trasséra — person who lies or deceives
- Spanish: embustero — person who lies or deceives
- Spanish: embaucador — person who lies or deceives
- Spanish: impostor — person who lies or deceives
- Spanish: mentiroso — person who lies or deceives
- Spanish: trapacero — person who lies or deceives
- Telugu: మోసగాడు (mōsagāḍu) — person who lies or deceives
- Ottoman Turkish: یالانجی (yalancı) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: дури́світ (durýsvit) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: ошука́ч (ošukáč) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: ошука́нець (ošukánecʹ) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: бма́нник (bmánnyk) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: дури́людок (durýljudok) — person who lies or deceives
- Ukrainian: дури́люд (durýljud) — person who lies or deceives