"deceiver" meaning in English

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Noun

IPA: /dɪˈsiːvə(ɹ)/ [Received-Pronunciation], /dɪˈsivɚ/ [General-American] Audio: En-us-deceiver.ogg [US] Forms: deceivers [plural]
Rhymes: -iːvə(ɹ) Etymology: deceive + -er Etymology templates: {{root|en|ine-pro|*keh₂p-}}, {{affix|en|deceive|-er|id2=agent noun}} deceive + -er Head templates: {{en-noun}} deceiver (plural deceivers)
  1. A person who lies or deceives. Categories (topical): People Synonyms: deceiver Translations (person who lies or deceives): غَشَّاش (ḡaššāš) [masculine] (Arabic), خَدَّاع (ḵaddāʕ) [masculine] (Arabic), 欺詐者 (Chinese Mandarin), 欺诈者 (qīzhàzhě) (Chinese Mandarin), podvodník [masculine] (Czech), podvodnice [feminine] (Czech), trompeur (French), trompeuse [feminine] (French), Betrüger [masculine] (German), Betrügerin [feminine] (German), רמאי (rammai) (Hebrew), धोखा देनेवाला (dhokhā denevālā) [masculine] (Hindi), धोखेबाज़ (dhokhebāz) [masculine] (Hindi), छली (chalī) [masculine] (Hindi), penipu (Indonesian), pendusta (Indonesian), cealgaire [masculine] (Irish), ingannatore [masculine] (Italian), ingannatrice [feminine] (Italian), 詐欺師 (sagishi) (alt: さぎし) (Japanese), വഞ്ചകൻ (vañcakaṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ (taṭṭippukāraṉ) [masculine] (Malayalam), losengeour (Middle English), enganador [masculine] (Portuguese), enganadora [feminine] (Portuguese), обма́нщик (obmánščik) [masculine] (Russian), обма́нщица (obmánščica) [feminine] (Russian), trasséri [masculine] (Sardinian), trasséra [feminine] (Sardinian), embustero [masculine] (Spanish), embaucador [masculine] (Spanish), impostor [masculine] (Spanish), mentiroso [masculine] (Spanish), trapacero [masculine] (Spanish), మోసగాడు (mōsagāḍu) (Telugu), дури́світ (durýsvit) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ошука́ч (ošukáč) [masculine] (Ukrainian), ошука́нець (ošukánecʹ) [masculine] (Ukrainian), бма́нник (bmánnyk) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дури́людок (durýljudok) [masculine] (Ukrainian), дури́люд (durýljud) (Ukrainian)
    Sense id: en-deceiver-en-noun-8-9-tDYc Disambiguation of People: 95 5 Disambiguation of 'person who lies or deceives': 94 6
  2. (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan. Synonyms: Satan
    Sense id: en-deceiver-en-noun-U5GRe4sP Categories (other): English entries with incorrect language header, English entries with topic categories using raw markup, English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun) Disambiguation of English entries with incorrect language header: 31 69 Disambiguation of English entries with topic categories using raw markup: 25 75 Disambiguation of English terms suffixed with -er (agent noun): 21 79
The following are not (yet) sense-disambiguated
Hypernyms: person Derived forms: amethyst deceiver, beaver deceiver
Synonyms: bamboozler, bouncer [archaic], cheat, cheater, cogger, cony-catcher [obsolete], crammer [British, dated, slang], deceiver, deceptor [rare], fabulist, falser [obsolete], gabber [obsolete], grifter, guiler [obsolete], liar, losenger [obsolete], mocker [archaic], pseudologist, rook, Scandaroon [obsolete], shammer, swindler, swike [dialectal, obsolete], treacher [archaic, error-misspelling], trickster, trucker [dialectal], wernard [obsolete] Hyponyms: abydocomist [obsolete], bullshitter, charlatan, confidence trickster, con artist, conman, crap artist [US, slang], deceptress, fibber, flatterer, fraud, fraudster, imposter, impostor, medicaster, mountebank, pathological liar, pious fraud, pseudologue, quack, scammer, smooth operator, whillywha [Scotland] Related terms: dissembler, faker, forger, hypocrite, misrepresenter, kidder, phoney, pretender, sophist, deceive, deception, dupe

Inflected forms

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          "word": "വഞ്ചകൻ"
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          "roman": "taṭṭippukāraṉ",
          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "roman": "obmánščik",
          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
          "word": "మోసగాడు"
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          "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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        "Another name for Satan."
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "欺詐者"
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      "code": "cmn",
      "lang": "Chinese Mandarin",
      "roman": "qīzhàzhě",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "word": "欺诈者"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "podvodník"
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      "code": "cs",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "podvodnice"
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      "code": "fr",
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      "word": "trompeur"
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    {
      "code": "fr",
      "lang": "French",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "trompeuse"
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      "code": "de",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "Betrüger"
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    {
      "code": "de",
      "lang": "German",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "Betrügerin"
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      "code": "he",
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      "word": "רמאי"
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "hi",
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      "code": "id",
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      "code": "id",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "word": "pendusta"
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      "code": "ga",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "word": "cealgaire"
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      "code": "it",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "ingannatore"
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      "code": "it",
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      "word": "詐欺師"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "വഞ്ചകൻ"
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      "code": "enm",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
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      "code": "pt",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "обма́нщик"
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "обма́нщица"
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      "code": "sc",
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      "code": "sc",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "trasséra"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "embustero"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "embaucador"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "code": "es",
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      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
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      "word": "mentiroso"
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      "code": "es",
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      "tags": [
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      "word": "trapacero"
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      "code": "te",
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      "roman": "mōsagāḍu",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "word": "మోసగాడు"
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      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "durýsvit",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дури́світ"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukáč",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́ч"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "ošukánecʹ",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "ошука́нець"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "bmánnyk",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "бма́нник"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "durýljudok",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "tags": [
        "masculine"
      ],
      "word": "дури́людок"
    },
    {
      "code": "uk",
      "lang": "Ukrainian",
      "roman": "durýljud",
      "sense": "person who lies or deceives",
      "word": "дури́люд"
    }
  ],
  "word": "deceiver"
}

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