deceiver
A person who lies or deceives.
Noun
- A person who lies or deceives.
- My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay - 1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:
- Another name for Satan.
Origin
Inherited from Middle English deceyvour, from Anglo-Norman decevour; by surface analysis, deceive + -er.
Forms
Synonyms
bamboozler bouncer bullshitter cheat cheater cogger cony-catcher crammer deceiver deceptor fabricator fabulist falser gabber grifter guiler liar losenger mocker pseudologist rook Scandaroon shammer Spanish athlete
Antonyms
Honest Abe nonliar square shooter straight shooter truthteller
Hypernyms
Hyponyms
abydocomist charlatan confidence trickster con artist conman crap artist deceptress falsifier fibber flatterer fraud fraudster imposter impostor inside man medicaster mountebank pathological liar pious fraud pseudologue quack scammer shill shiller
Related
dissembler faker forger hypocrite misrepresenter kidder phoney pretender sophist deceive deception dupe
Derived
amethyst deceiver archdeceiver beaver deceiver self-deceiver