deceptive

Letters that make deceptive

d, e, p, c, t, i, v are letters that make 'deceptive'

Words within deceptive

ti, EC, iv, CE, IV, dec, DE, Ce, Pt, Ti, Dec are words within 'deceptive'


2 possible definitions for 'deceptive'

Deceptive as "causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true"

Under this definition, deceptive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

delusory has the same meaning as deceptive

Derivatives of deceptive

deceptiveness, obliquity, deceive, lead astray, cozen, delude, betray, lead on are derivatives of 'deceptive'.

Similar to deceptive

unreal is similar to deceptive.

Example of deceptive used within this context

"deceptive calm", "a delusory pleasure"


Deceptive as "designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently"

Under this definition, deceptive is an adjective and has the following properties:

Synonyms

misleading, shoddy have the same meaning as 'deceptive'

Derivatives of deceptive

deceptiveness, obliquity, deceive, lead astray, cozen, delude, betray, lead on are derivatives of 'deceptive'.

Similar to deceptive

dishonest, dishonorable are similar to 'deceptive'.

Example of deceptive used within this context

"the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm", "deliberately deceptive packaging", "a misleading similarity", "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading", "shoddy business practices"



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