Hypernyms for "deceit"
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Hypernyms
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bill of goods
blind
bluff
cheat
cheating
chicane
chicanery
delusion
dissembling
double-dealing
duplicity
equivocation
evasion
exaggeration
facade
fakery
feigning
four flush
fraudulence
guile
half-truth
hanky panky
head game
hocus-pocus
humbug
illusion
impersonation
imposture
indirection
jiggery-pokery
magnification
obscurantism
overstatement
pretence
pretending
pretense
shenanigan
simulation
skulduggery
skullduggery
slickness
snake oil
snow job
subterfuge
take-in
trickery
wile
window dressing
What are hypernyms?
Hypernyms are words with a broader meaning that includes the meaning of the original word. For example, "animal" is a hypernym of "dog" because a dog is a type of animal.
Think of hypernyms as "umbrella terms" or categories that include the original word.