Synonyms of the word

deception

• n. An instance of actions and/or schemes fabricated to mislead someone into believing a lie or inaccuracy.

conjuration

• n. Conjuring, legerdemain or magic.
• n. A magic trick.
• n. (obsolete) The act of calling or summoning by a sacred name, or in solemn manner, or binding by an oath;…
• n. (obsolete) A league for a criminal purpose; conspiracy.

deceit

• n. An act or practice intended to deceive; a trick.
• n. An act of deceiving someone.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceitful or deceptive.
• n. (law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or…

dissembling

• n. The action of the verb dissemble.
• v. present participle of dissemble.

dissimulation

• n. The act of concealing the truth; hypocrisy or deception.
• n. Hiding one's feelings or intentions.

falsehood

• n. (uncountable) The property of being false.
• n. (countable) A false statement, especially an intentional one; a lie.
• n. (archaic, rare) Mendacity, deceitfulness; the trait of a person who is mendacious and deceitful.

falsification

• n. the act of falsifying, or making false; a counterfeiting; the giving to a thing an appearance of something…
• n. knowingly false statement or wilful misrepresentation.
• n. showing an item of charge in an account to be wrong.

falsity

• n. (countable) Something that is false; an untrue assertion.
• n. (uncountable) The characteristic of being untrue.

illusion

• n. (countable) Anything that seems to be something that it is not.
• n. (countable) A misapprehension; a belief in something that is in fact not true.
• n. (countable) A magician’s trick.
• n. (uncountable) The state of being deceived or misled.

legerdemain

• n. Sleight of hand; "magic" trickery.
• n. A show of skill or deceitful ability.

magic

• n. The use of rituals or actions, especially based on occult knowledge, to subdue or manipulate natural or…
• n. A specific ritual or procedure associated with such magic; a spell.
• n. The supernatural forces which are drawn on in such a ritual.
• n. Something producing remarkable results, especially when not fully understood; an enchanting quality; exceptional…
• n. A conjuring trick or illusion performed to give the appearance of supernatural phenomena or powers.
• n. A specific kind of special power or ability.
• adj. Having supernatural talents, properties or qualities attributed to magic.
• adj. Producing extraordinary results, as though through the use of magic; wonderful, amazing.
• adj. Pertaining to conjuring tricks or illusions performed for entertainment etc.
• adj. (colloquial) Great; excellent.
• adj. (physics) Describing the number of nucleons in a particularly stable isotopic nucleus; 2, 8, 20, 28, 50,…
• v. (transitive) To produce, transform (something), (as if) by magic.

misrepresentation

• n. Erroneous or false representation; an unfair or dishonest account or exposition; a false statement: as,…
• n. Incorrect or unfaithful representation in the capacity of agent or official representative, such as of…
• n. In map-making, faultiness in a map-projection, estimated with regard to its unequal scale in different…

performance

• n. The act of performing; carrying into execution or action; execution; achievement; accomplishment; representation…
• n. That which is performed or accomplished; a thing done or carried through; an achievement; a deed; an act;…
• n. (art) A live show or concert.
• n. The amount of useful work accomplished estimated in terms of time needed, resources used, etc.

thaumaturgy

• n. The working of miracles.
• n. Magic; witchcraft, wizardry.

trick

• adj. (slang) Stylish or cool.
• n. Something designed to fool or swindle.
• n. A single piece of a magician's (or any variety entertainer's) act.
• n. An entertaining difficult physical action.
• n. An effective, clever or quick way of doing something.
• n. Mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank.
• n. (dated) A particular habit or manner; a peculiarity; a trait.
• n. A knot, braid, or plait of hair.
• n. (card games) A sequence in which each player plays a card and a winning play is determined.
• n. (slang) An act of prostitution. (Generally used with turn.).
• n. (slang) A customer to a prostitute.
• n. A daily period of work, especially in shift-based jobs.
• n. (nautical) A sailor's spell of work at the helm, usually two hours long.
• n. A toy; a trifle; a plaything.
• v. (transitive) To fool; to cause to believe something untrue; to deceive.
• v. (heraldry) To draw (as opposed to blazon - to describe in words).
• v. To dress; to decorate; to adorn fantastically; often followed by up, off, or out.

untruth

• n. A lie or falsehood.
• n. The condition of being false; truthlessness.