What is "deceptive" in English? Definition and Explanations

Meaning of "deceptive": causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

Adjective

Meaning of "deceptive": designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently

Adjective

Synonyms:

tricky, ambiguous, underhanded, deceitful, sneaky, slick, fraudulent, misleading, subtle, unreliable, disingenuous, bum, catchy, crafty, cunning, delusive, designing, fake, fallacious, fishy, foxy, illusory, indirect, insidious, lying, mock, oblique, off, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slippery, sly, snide, specious, spurious, treacherous, two-faced, underhand, wily, delusory, false, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, imposturous,

Antonyms:

aboveboard, frank, honest, real, valid, reliable, truthful, sincere, trustworthy, forthright, genuine, true, open, upright,