Word

deceit, n.
(deceits)
freq. cnt. 1

the quality of being fraudulent
<noun.attribute> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

deceit fraudulence

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hypernym

the act of deceiving
<noun.act>

deceit deception dissembling dissimulation

lexical pointers

derivationally related form

deceive deceive

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semantic pointers

hypernym

falsification, misrepresentation

hyponym

fakery indirection wile, shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile duplicity, double-dealing cheat, cheating illusion, delusion, head game pretense, pretence, pretending, simulation, feigning imposture, impersonation obscurantism bluff, four flush take-in

a misleading falsehood
<noun.communication> freq. cnt.: 1 freq. cnt.: 1

deceit deception misrepresentation

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derivationally related form

misrepresent misrepresent

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derivationally related form

semantic pointers

hyponym

bill of goods humbug, snake oil half-truth facade, window dressing exaggeration, overstatement, magnification snow job pretense, pretence, feigning, dissembling subterfuge, blind trickery, hocus-pocus, slickness, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery fraudulence, duplicity evasion, equivocation

hypernym

falsity, untruth, falsehood