deceiver
deceiver is defined in Webster's Unabridged Dictionary (1913) with 1 sense, and appears in Roget's Thesaurus (1911) with 40 related terms. The full text of each entry is reproduced verbatim below.
Definitions
- 1.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.
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Synonyms
Synonyms (Webster's 1913)
Source: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
Related terms (Roget's 1911)
- abroad
- acrobat
- actor
- adept
- admirable
- adventurer
- all
- amateur
- and
- ass
- awkward
- bad
- bidder
- blade
- blunderer
- blunderhead
- bungler
- bunko
- business
- campaigner
- capper
- carpetbagger
- charlatan
- cheat
- chef
- clean
- clod
- clothing
- coach
- cockatrice
- conjurer
- conjuror
- connoisseur
- crack
- cracksman
- crimp
- cuisine
- cunning
- dab
- dabster
Source: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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Sources
- Definitions: Webster's Unabridged Dictionary, 1913 edition (public domain, via GCIDE / Project Gutenberg).
- Synonyms & antonyms: Roget's Thesaurus, 1911 edition (public domain, via Project Gutenberg eBook #10681).
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