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Showing words for DECEPTIVE using the English dictionary

9 Letter Words for Deceptive

deceptive

7 Letter Words for Deceptive

deceive, epicede, evected, evetide, evicted, evictee, pedetic

6 Letter Words for Deceptive

deceit, deepie, depict, device, evited, pecite, peeved, pieced

5 Letter Words for Deceptive

cited, citee, civet, deeve, deice, depit, divet, edict, edite, evict, evite, pedee, peece, peeve, piece, tepee, tepid, ticed, vedet, vedic, viced

4 Letter Words for Deceptive

cede, cedi, cepe, cete, ceti, cide, cite, cive, deep, deet, deev, depe, dept, deti, deve, devi, dice, dict, diet, dipt, dite, dive, edit, eide, epee, epic, epit, etic, evet, iced, idee, ieee, peed, pete, pice, pict, pied, piet, teed, tepe, tice, tide, tied, tipe, veep, vice, vide, vied, vite

3 Letter Words for Deceptive

cee, cep, cid, cie, cit, civ, cpd, cpi, cpt, cte, dec, dee, dei, dep, det, dev, die, dip, dit, div, dpi, dpt, ect, edp, eec, epi, etc, eve, ice, ide, idp, itd, ive, pci, pct, pec, ped, pee, pet, pic, pid, pie, pit, pte, pvc, pvt, tcp, tec, ted, tee, tic, tid, tie, tip, tpd, tpi, vee, vei, vet, vic, vid, vie, vip

Definitions for Deceptive

[1] apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive.
[2] perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line, but it's deceptive.
[3] likely or designed to deceive; misleading appearances can be deceptive
[4] music (of a cadence) another word for interrupted (def. 3)

Words related to Deceptive

tricky, ambiguous, underhanded, deceitful, sneaky, slick, fraudulent, misleading, subtle, unreliable, disingenuous, false, bum, catchy, crafty, cunning, delusive, designing, fake, fallacious

Words nearby Deceptive

decentralized processing, decentre, deception, deception bed, deception table, deceptive, deceptive cadence, decerebrate, decerebration, decern, decertify

Origin of Deceptive

1605–15; < Medieval Latin dēceptīvus, equivalent to Latin dēcept(us ) (see deception) + -īvus -ive

Other words from Deceptive

de·cep·tive·ly , adverb
de·cep·tive·ness , noun
non·de·cep·tive , adjective
non·de·cep·tive·ly , adverb
non·de·cep·tive·ness , noun
un·de·cep·tive , adjective
un·de·cep·tive·ly , adverb
un·de·cep·tive·ness , noun

Synonyms for Deceptive

ambiguous, deceitful, disingenuous, false, fraudulent, misleading, slick, sneaky, subtle, tricky, underhanded, unreliable, astucious, beguiling, bum, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, designing, fake, fallacious, fishy, foxy, illusory, imposturous, indirect, insidious, lying, mock, oblique, off, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slippery, sly, snide, specious, spurious, treacherous, two-faced, underhand, wily