deceptive

Questions about deceptive

What does deceptive mean?

deceptive means "causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deceptive?

deceptive has 3 syllables: de-cep-tive. The stress falls on "cep". In IPA it is /dɪˈsɛptɪv/.

What is another word for deceptive?

Close synonyms include delusory, misleading. 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.

Is deceptive a common word?

deceptive 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 deceptive?

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