deceiver
noun
1 deceiver
Someone who leads you to believe something that is not true.
synonyms: beguiler, cheat, cheater, slicker, trickster.
Roget 548:
deceiver
etc.
(deceive)
etc.
545;
dissembler,
hypocrite;
sophist,
Pharisee,
Jesuit,
Mawworm†,
Pecksniff,
Joseph Surface,
Tartufe†,
Janus;
serpent,
snake in the grass,
cockatrice,
Judas,
wolf in sheep's clothing;
jilt;
shuffler†,
stool pigeon.
liar
etc.
(lie)
etc.
544;
story-teller,
perjurer,
false witness,
menteur a triple etage [Fr.],
Scapin†;
bunko steerer [U.S.],
carpetbagger [U.S.],
capper [U.S.],
faker,
fraud,
four flusher [Slang],
horse coper†,
ringer [Slang],
spieler†,
straw bidder [U.S.].
imposter,
pretender,
soi-disant [Fr.],
humbug;
adventurer;
Cagliostro,
Fernam Mendez Pinto;
ass in lion's skin
etc.
(bungler)
701;
actor
etc.
(stage player)
599.
quack,
charlatan,
mountebank,
saltimbanco†,
saltimbanque†,
empiric,
quacksalver,
medicaster†,
Rosicrucian,
gypsy;
man of straw.
conjuror,
juggler,
trickster,
prestidigitator,
jockey;
crimp,
decoy,
decoy duck;
rogue,
knave,
cheat;
swindler
etc.
(thief)
792;
jobber.
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Dutch: bedrieger, volksverlakker
Polish: mamiciel, zwodnik, zwodziciel
Moby thesaurus: Judas, actor, affecter, bad person, betrayer, convict, criminal, crook, debaucher, defiler, delinquent, desperado, desperate criminal, despoiler, double-dealer, evildoer, fake, felon, fraud, fugitive, gallows bird, gangster, gaolbird, hollow man, jailbird, lawbreaker, malefactor, malevolent, malfeasant, malfeasor, man of straw, mannerist, misfeasor, mobster, outlaw, paper tiger, performer, phony, playactor, pretender, public enemy, quisling, racketeer, raper, rapist, ravager, ravisher, scofflaw, scoundrel, seducer, sinner, straw man, swindler, thief, thug, traitor, transgressor, two-timer, villain, violator, worker of ill, wrongdoer ... show more.
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