nnoun.communicationa misleading falsehoodSynset:deceit misrepresentation
Derivationally Related Form:misrepresentdeceive
Hypernyms:falsehood falsity untruth
Inherited Hypernyms:misrepresentationfalsehoodstatementmessagecommunicationabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bill of goodsblinddissemblingduplicityequivocationevasionexaggerationfacadefeigningfraudulencehalf-truthhanky pankyhocus-pocushumbugjiggery-pokerymagnificationoverstatementpretencepretenseskulduggeryskullduggeryslicknesssnake oilsnow jobsubterfugetrickerywindow dressing
Full Hyponyms:bill of goodsbluffcircumlocutioncrocodile tearsdoublespeakevasionexaggerationfacadefraudulencehalf-truthhedgehumbughypocrisypretensepretextputoffquibblesnow jobsubterfugetrickery
nnoun.actthe act of deceivingSynset:deceit dissembling dissimulation
Derivationally Related Form:dissimulatedeceive
Hypernyms:falsification misrepresentation
Inherited Hypernyms:deceptionfalsificationwrongdoingactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:bluffcheatcheatingchicanechicanerydelusiondouble-dealingduplicityfakeryfeigningfour flushguilehead gameillusionimpersonationimpostureindirectionobscurantismpretencepretendingpretenseshenanigansimulationtake-intrickerywile
Full Hyponyms:affectationappearanceattitudebluffcheatdelusionduplicityfakeryfraudgerrymandergoldbrickimpostureindirectionjugglerymake-believemasqueradeobscurantismpretenseradical chictake-intrickery
nnoun.actan illusory feat; considered magical by naive observersSynset:conjuration conjuring trick illusion legerdemain magic magic trick thaumaturgy trick
Derivationally Related Form:magicianillusionistmagical
Hypernyms:performance
Inherited Hypernyms:magic trickperformancepresentationshowentertainmentdiversionactivityacteventpsychological featureabstractionentity
Direct Hyponyms:card trickprestidigitationsleight of hand
Full Hyponyms:card trickprestidigitation