'Deceiver' definitions:
Definition of 'deceiver'
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Definition of 'Deceiver'
From: GCIDE
- Deceiver \De*ceiv"er\, n. One who deceives; one who leads into error; a cheat; an impostor. [1913 Webster]
- The deceived and the deceiver are his. --Job xii. 16.
- Syn: Deceiver, Impostor.
- Usage: A deceiver operates by stealth and in private upon individuals; an impostor practices his arts on the community at large. The one succeeds by artful falsehoods, the other by bold assumption. The faithless friend and the fickle lover are deceivers; the false prophet and the pretended prince are impostors. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'deceiver'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- actor,
- affecter,
- bad person,
- betrayer,
- convict,
- criminal,
- crook,
- debaucher,
- defiler,
- delinquent,
- desperado,
- desperate criminal,
- despoiler,
- double-dealer,
- evildoer,
- fake,
- felon,
- fraud,
- fugitive,
- gallows bird,
- gangster,
- gaolbird,
- hollow man,
- jailbird,
- Judas,
- lawbreaker,
- malefactor,
- malevolent,
- malfeasant,
- malfeasor,
- man of straw,
- mannerist,
- misfeasor,
- mobster,
- outlaw,
- paper tiger,
- performer,
- phony,
- playactor,
- pretender,
- public enemy,
- quisling,
- racketeer,
- raper,
- rapist,
- ravager,
- ravisher,
- scofflaw,
- scoundrel,
- seducer,
- sinner,
- straw man,
- swindler,
- thief,
- thug,
- traitor,
- transgressor,
- two-timer,
- villain,
- violator,
- worker of ill,
- wrongdoer