Reverse Dictionary: DECEPTIVE

ADJECTIVES
– deceptive, apt to deceive, deluding, illusory DECEPTORY c1430 obs.
– deceptive, ‘catchy’ CATCHING 1603
– deceptive, deceitful DECEIVABLE 1303 obs.
– deceptive, deceiving ILLUDENT a1550 obs. rare
– deceptive, deceiving, deceitful DECEIVANT 1393 obs. rare
– deceptive, deluding, illusory DECEPTIONAL 1830 rare
– deceptive, deluding, illusory; that tends to deceive, cheat, or mislead DECEPTIOUS 1606 obs. rare
– deceptive, delusive; practising ‘prestigiation’ PRESTIGIATORY 1588 obs.
– deceptive, dishonest, unethical FUNNY 1903 colloq.
– deceptive, false FALSELY a1310 obs. rare
– deceptive, guileful, deceiving BEGUILEFUL 1530
– deceptive, guileful, deceiving BEGUILOUS 1483 obs. rare
– deceptive, misleading FALLACIOUS 1651
– deceptive, misleading; fallacious; deceitful FALLACE 1393 obs. rare
– deceptive, shrewd, elusive SLEEK AS AN EEL 1952 Amer. dial.
– deceptive, shrewd, elusive SLICK AS AN EEL 1906 Amer. dial.
– deceptive, sly, double-faced; underhand, mean, treacherous UNDERMINDED 1902 Eng. & Amer. dial.
– deceptive, swindling TAKE-IN 1819
– deceptive, that catches or entraps CATCHY 1885 colloq.
– engaged in deception ON THE FIDDLE 1874 sl.
– of a deceptive kind or character; deluding, illusory DECEPTITIOUS 1827 rare
– smooth-spoken but deceptive SMOOLY B1900 obs. exc. Eng. dial.

NOUNS
– ABETMENT deception …1586 obs.
– ABUSION perversion of the truth; deceit, deception, imposture; also, an instance of such perversion or deception …c1386 obs.
– ANGLE a scheme; a workable method of deception or exploitation …1920 Amer. sl.
– BAMBOSH deceptive humbug; a hoax, hoaxing; deception …1865 sl.
– BARRAT deception, fraud, fraudulent dealing …1340 obs.
– BEGINK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception …1725 Sc.
– BEGUILE a deception, a trick; disappointment …1637 Sc.
– BEGUNK a befooling or deluding trick; a piece of deception; a disappointment, misfortune …1725 Sc. & Eng. dial.
– BESWIKING cheating, deception …1340 obs.
– BITE an imposition, a deception; what is now called a ‘sell’; passing from the notion of playful imposition or hoax, to that of swindle or fraud …1711 sl. obs.
– BLADRY foolishness, deception …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLAWFLUM a flattering delusion; a gewgaw; a mere deception …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLETHERIE foolishness; deception …Bk1911 Sc.
– BLUFF deception …L19
– BULL misrepresentation; a lie; deception …Bk1914 criminals’ sl. 
– BULL CON a concerted attempt at flattery, deception, or persuasion …1896 US sl.
– BULLSHIT insincere or exaggerated talk intended to flatter or deceive; humbug or flattery; nonsense, lies, deception …1914 sl., orig. US
– BUNCO deceit, deception, swindling, fraud …1904 US sl.
– BUNKO deception, swindling, fraud …1904 US sl.
– BURN a deception; an instance of being cheated …Bk1990 Amer. sl.
– CARVE-UP deception, swindling, fraud, often implying an unfair distribution …1935 Brit. sl.
– COD deception, deceit; a lie …20C sl., orig. Irish
– CON deception; an act intended to trick or deceive; a tale intended to deceive …1896 US sl.
– CON GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1899 sl., orig. US
– CON JOB deception, swindling, fraud …1942 sl., orig. US
– CROCK OF SHIT a mass of lies and deception worth no more than dung …Bk2006 US sl.
– DEADBEAT a fraudulent or worthless item; also, a deception or disappointment …1866 Amer. sl.
– DEAD GIVEAWAY a swindle, a deception …L19 sl., orig. US
– DECEIVANCE deceit, deception …c1330 obs.
– DEREGLES loose habits, irregularities; deceptions, fraudulent informations …B1900 Sc.
– DIPLOMACY deception …1938 Trinidad and Tobago
– DODGE a swindle; a scam; a deception …Bk2006 US sl.
– EYEWASH intentionally deceptive words or actions …1917 US sl.
– FACRERE the art of ‘make-believe’, deception …1393 obs.
– FAITERY fraud, deception, hypocrisy …1377 obs.
– FAKE-OUT a feint or bluff; deception; broadly, an unpleasant surprise …1959 Amer. sl.
– FALLACE deception, trickery, falsehood; deceitfulness …a1300 obs.
– FALLAX deception; guile, trickery; fallacy …1530 obs.
– FALLAXITY deception, guile, trickery; fallacy …c1640 obs.
– FALSEHOOD deception, falsification, imposture; a forgery, counterfeit …1340 obs. or arch.
– FALSERY deception, falsification, falsehood …1594 obs.
– FIDDLE deception, swindling, fraud …1874 sl., orig. US
– FLAM a falsehood, deception, or sham …1632 chiefly Eng. dial.
– FLIMFLAM nonsense; deception …Bk2006 US sl.
– FRATCH a lie; a petty deception or theft …19C Eng. dial.
– FUBBERY the act of cheating; deception, deceit …1604 obs. rare
– FUNNY BUSINESS nonsense; fooling around; later, action or behaviour that is deceptive, dishonest, or otherwise suspect …1882 colloq.
– FUNNY DOPE deceptive, dishonest, or unethical actions or behaviour …1911 obs.
– GAB mockery, derisive deception; a lie, deceit …a1300 obs.
– GAG cheating, fraud, deception, a hoax …1805 sl.
– GAGGERY a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing …1819 Sc.
– GAGGING a deception, hoax; the act of deceiving or hoaxing …1819 Sc.
– GAME any form of negative activity, as deception, fooling around …19C sl.
– THE GAME deception, trickery …1950s African-American sl.
– GASUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZOOMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMP deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GAZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GEZUMPH deception, swindling, fraud …1932 Brit. sl.
– GYP an act of deception; a hoax; a purchase made at an exorbitant price or the item so purchased; broadly, an unfair action; a swindle, a con …1898 colloq.
– HAVE-ON a playful deception …1931 sl.
– HEAD deception …1993 Trinidad & Tobago
– HOAX a deception, a fraud …L18 sl.
– HOSING a cheating; a deception …20C US sl.
– HUSTLE a swindle, a racket; a means of deception or fraud; a source of income; a paid job …1963 sl., orig. US
– HYPE deception, cheating; a confidence trick, a racket, a swindle, a publicity stunt …1955 sl., orig. US
– INTAKE a cheat, deception, fraud, swindle …1865 Sc.
– JAPE something used to deceive; a means of deception; a deception, fraud …c1400 obs. rare
– JAPERY trickery, deception …1496 obs.
– JOLLY a deception or hoax …L19 US
– LARRY cunning or deception; also, a deceptive remark …1859 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– LEGERDEMAIN trickery, deception, hocus-pocus …1532
– LEG-PULL the act of deceiving or fooling someone …1915 Amer. sl.
– MISBEGOWK a deception, disappointment …1896 Sc.  
– a fraud, a deception NICKEL PLATE L19 US sl.
– a swindle, trick or deception; a confidence trick  OKEY-DOKE 1967 sl., esp. African-American usage
– any form of trickery, deception, or evasion THE OLD ARMY GAME 1910 Amer. sl.
–  a deceiving with fair words; deception PELLICULATION B1900
– a deception, fraud, cheat PUT-ON 20C sl.
– a swindle or a means of deception; criminal trickery; hoaxing; a trick, dodge, scheme, game, line of business or action RACKET 1812 sl.
– something which is hard to swallow or difficult to believe; an act of deception, a swindle THE RAW PRAWN 1940 Aust. colloq.
– deception, swindling, fraud RIP-OFF 1970 sl.
– a bluff, a deception, a trick, a joke SANDY 1916 Amer. dial.
– a pretext; an apology, an excuse; a trick; deception SCONCE Bk1904 Eng. dial.
– SELL a deception that leaves the victim feeling disappointed …1838 sl.
– SINONISM a trick, deception; a treacherous act …1864
– SKIN GAME deception, swindling, fraud …1868 US sl.
– SNOW JOB an act of deception; a lie; an excuse; strong and persistent persuasion, esp. in a dubious cause …1943 US sl.
– SUCK a deception; a disappointing event or result …1856 sl.
– SUCK-IN a deception; a disappointing event or result; cheat, a trick …1856 sl.
– TAKE-DOWN a swindle; a deception …L19 sl.
– TAKE-IN a cheat, swindle, deception; a hoax, a fraud …1778 colloq.
– DECEIVABLENESS deceitfulness, deceit; deceptiveness …1526 obs.
– DECEPTIVITY deceptiveness; a thing of deceptive character …1843
– FANTASTRY visionary delusion; illusory character; deceptiveness …a1677 obs.
– FAST SHUFFLE a swindle; a deceptive act …1930 US sl.
– GYVO humbug; flattery; insincerity, pretense; deceptive talk or behaviour …c1935 Aust. sl.
– MADAME DE LUCE deceptive talk …20C rhyming sl. for ‘spruce’ vb.
– RANICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam …1916 Amer. dial.
– RANI-CUM-BOOGERIE a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam …1945 Amer. dial.
– RANIKABOO, RANNIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper, a prank; ‘monkeyshine’; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity …1916 Amer. dial.
– RANNYGAZOO a deceptive story or scheme; a caper; a prank; a trick; horseplay; nonsense; irrelevant, irritating activity …L19 Amer. sl.
– REINIKABOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam …1901 Amer. dial.
– RENICKY a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam …1916 Amer. dial.
– RENICKY-BOO a deceptive story or scheme; a prank, a racket, a scam …1916 Amer. dial.
– SUBREPTION a fallacious or deceptive representation …1865

NOUNS, PERSON
– GAGGER one who practices a hoax or deception …Bk1900 Sc.
– BAD SHIT a bad or extremely unpleasant person, usually male; a dangerous or deceptive person …Bk1975 Amer sl.
– BALLHOPPER one who is deliberately deceptive or tells fabrications’ a rumour-monger  …1972 Irish sl. 
– EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person; a treacherous person …1933 Amer. dial.
– GIPSIE;  GIPSY;  GYPSY a person who acts in a disreputable, unscrupulous, or deceptive manner …1616 obs.
– MAC a deceptive and convincing speaker …1973 US sl., chiefly Black usage 
– PAIK a low character; a deceptive fellow …1825 Sc.
– PAKE a low character; a deceptive fellow …1899 Sc.
– SLIPPERY EEL (usually derogatory) an elusive, shrewd, sly, or deceptive person …1966 Amer. dial.
– WILL O’ THE WISP an elusive or deceptive person …Bk2004 

VERBS
– ACE to manipulate someone, esp. through flattery or deception …1920s US sl.
– CLIP to obtain (money) by deception or cheating …sl.
– HOOK to snare, to entice, or to swindle a victim; to persuade with deception or flattery; to trick; to defraud …c1730 Amer. sl.
– PLAY THE OLD SOLDIER to malinger; to feign illness; to practice deception …1713 military sl.
– PULL A FAST ONE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle …1933 Amer. sl.
– PULL A SWIFTIE to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle; to play a deceptive trick …1945 Aust. sl.
– PULL A SWIFTY to execute or attempt a deception; to achieve a clever fraud or swindle …1960s Amer. & Aust. sl.
– PUT ACROSS to perpetrate a deception …1913-15 Amer. sl.
– RACKETEER to practise any form of criminal deception, trickery, extortion, etc. …1920s sl.
– SKANK to use deception to get one’s way …1980s US students’ sl.
– THROW THE HOOKS to persuade victims with deception or flattery …1887 Amer. criminals’ sl.
– TOSS ACROSS to perpetrate a deception …1912 Amer. sl.
– MACK to lie or exaggerate in order to deceive, exploit, or influence someone; to convince or persuade in a deceptive way …1975 African-American sl.
– to be deceptive or evasive; to tell tall tales or lies; to fool around, to tease SHUCK 1968 Amer. dial.
– to put forward deceptively SIMULATE 1652 obs. rare