deceiver
nounUK /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/ · US /dɪˈsivɚ/
Etymology Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er. Displaced native Old English swica.
1
A person who lies or deceives.
- My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:
2
Another name for Satan.
Usually preceded by "the"
- Synonyms
30 terms
bamboozler, bouncer, bullshitter, cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher, crammer, deceiver, deceptor, fabricator, fabulist, falser, gabber, grifter, guiler, liar, losenger, mocker, pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon, shammer, Spanish athlete, swindler, swike, treacher, trickster, trucker, wernard- Antonyms
- Honest Abe, nonliar, square shooter, straight shooter, truthteller
- Derived terms
- amethyst deceiver, archdeceiver, beaver deceiver, self-deceiver
- Related terms
- dissembler, faker, forger, hypocrite, misrepresenter, kidder, phoney, pretender, sophist, deceive, deception, dupe
- Hypernyms
- person
- Hyponyms
26 terms
abydocomist, charlatan, confidence trickster, con artist, conman, crap artist, deceptress, falsifier, fibber, flatterer, fraud, fraudster, imposter, impostor, inside man, medicaster, mountebank, pathological liar, pious fraud, pseudologue, quack, scammer, shill, shiller, smooth operator, whillywha