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Synonyms & Antonyms for deceptive
Synonyms
beguiling, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, misleading, specious
Antonyms
aboveboard, forthright, nondeceptive, straightforward
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The company is subject to a 20-year federal consent order signed in 2011 for deceptive data-mining related to Buzz, a now-defunct social network. — New York Times, "Google Is Fined $170 Million for Violating Children’s Privacy on YouTube," 4 Sep. 2019 Opportunity arrives in the form of her deceptive twin sister, Taryn, whose mortal life is in peril. — David Canfield, EW.com, "Queen of Nothing tour: See Holly Black for the conclusion of the Folk of the Air trilogy," 29 Aug. 2019 That was when teams started to figure out his deceptive delivery and pitch repertoire, which includes one of the slowest average fastballs in the majors (88.1 mph). — San Diego Union-Tribune, "Padres notes: Margevicius returns for coverage; Martini claimed for on-base ability," 28 Aug. 2019 Conjugate vaccines use a combination of polysaccharides (sugar molecules) and proteins to target bacteria that have a deceptive outer layer of polysaccharides. — Carolyn L. Todd, SELF, "What Parents Need to Know About the Immunization Schedule for Kids," 26 Aug. 2019 Somehow, the design by Pelli Clarke Pelli Architects fits all this together with deceptive ease. — John King, SFChronicle.com, "Park-topped Transbay transit center pays architectural dividends, past troubles aside," 26 Aug. 2019 Responding to the declaration, attorney for the plaintiffs Howard King of King, Holmes, Paterno & Soriano, LLP directed attention back on UMG's allegedly deceptive practices over the past decade to conceal the fire's actual damage. — Colin Stutz, Billboard, "Universal Music Group Claims Tom Petty, Tupac and Steve Earle's Original Masters Weren't Lost in Fire," 22 Aug. 2019 The idea that many important political events or economic and social trends are the products of deceptive plots that are largely unknown to the general public. — Peter Dawson, Houston Chronicle, "Houston's most famous conspiracy theories: the Bush family, Astrodome, NASA, more," 12 Aug. 2019 Cross-class and intergenerational friendships can help to address both social alienation and deceptive cultural cues. — David Lapp, National Review, "Restoring the Marriage Ecosystem," 25 July 2019These example sentences are selected automatically from various online news sources to reflect current usage of the word 'deceptive.' Views expressed in the examples do not represent the opinion of Merriam-Webster or its editors. Send us feedback.
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