Deceptive

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Deceptive or tending to deceive.
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  • adj. misleading, likely or attempting to deceive
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Tending to deceive; apt or having power to mislead or impress false opinions: as, a deceptive countenance or appearance.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
  • adj. causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true
    • Equivalent
    dishonorable    dishonest    unreal   
    Cross Reference
    deceptive cadence   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    misleading    deceitful    delusive    delusory    catchy    tricksy    hallucinative    hallucinatory    fairy    illusory   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    contraceptive    perceptive    receptive    unreceptive   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    mislead    deceitful    dishonest    false    erroneous    superficial    unreal    disingenuous    alluring    insidious   
     
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