Deceptive (Crossword clue)

We found 16 answers for “Deceptive” .

This page shows answers to the clue Deceptive, followed by 3 definitions like “Perceptually misleading: It looks like a curved line”, “Causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true” and “Tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently”. Synonyms for Deceptive are for example ambiguous, confusing and disingenuous. More synonyms can be found below the puzzle answers.

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SLY

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ELUSORY

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DELUSORY

ILLUSORY

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COLORABLE

DISHONEST

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DECEIVABLE

FALLACIOUS

MISLEADING

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ILLUSIONARY

Definitions of “Deceptive”

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• Tending to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
• Tending to deceive; having power to mislead, or impress with false opinions
• Apt or tending to deceive: The enemy's peaceful overtures may be deceptive
• Delusory causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

Synonyms of “Deceptive”

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ambiguous, confusing, disingenuous, erroneous, false, illusive and not real.

More crossword answers

We found 16 answers for the crossword clue Deceptive . A further 50 clues may be related.

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