deceive

Other forms of deceive

past tense

deceived·

present participle

deceiving·

third person

deceives·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about deceive

What does deceive mean?

deceive means "be false to; be dishonest with". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deceive?

deceive has 2 syllables: de-ceive. The stress falls on "ceive". In IPA it is /dɪˈsiv/.

What is another word for deceive?

Close synonyms include lead on, delude, cozen, betray, lead astray. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of deceive?

The recorded antonyms are undeceive.

Is deceive a common word?

deceive is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

What rhymes with deceive?

6 words rhyme with deceive. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.