English
Etymology
From deceive + -er.
Pronunciation
Noun
deceiver (plural deceivers)
- A person who lies or deceives.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:deceiver
1983, Matt Johnson, “The Sinking Feeling”, in Soul Mining, performed by The The:My memory my fond deceiver / Is turning all my past into pain / While I'm being raped by progress / Tomorrow's world is here to stay
- (usually preceded by "the") Another name for Satan.
- Synonyms: see Thesaurus:Satan
Derived terms
Translations
person who lies or deceives
- Arabic: غَشَّاش m (ḡaššāš), خَدَّاع m (ḵaddāʕ)
- Chinese:
- Mandarin: 欺詐者 / 欺诈者 (zh) (qīzhàzhě)
- Czech: podvodník (cs) m, podvodnice f
- Dutch: bedrieger (nl) m, bedriegster (nl) f
- French: trompeur (fr), trompeuse (fr) f
- German: Betrüger (de) m, Betrügerin (de) f
- Hebrew: רמאי (rammai)
- Hindi: धोखा देनेवाला m (dhokhā denevālā), धोखेबाज़ m (dhokhebāz), छली (hi) m (chalī)
- Indonesian: penipu (id), pendusta (id)
- Irish: cealgaire m
- Italian: ingannatore (it) m, ingannatrice (it) f
- Japanese: 詐欺師 (ja) (さぎし, sagishi)
- Latin: dēceptor m
- Malayalam: വഞ്ചകൻ (ml) m (vañcakaṉ), തട്ടിപ്പുകാരൻ m (taṭṭippukāraṉ)
- Middle English: losengeour
- Ottoman Turkish: یالانجی (yalancı)
- Portuguese: enganador (pt) m, enganadora f
- Russian: обма́нщик (ru) m (obmánščik), обма́нщица (ru) f (obmánščica)
- Sardinian: trasséri m, trasséra f
- Spanish: embustero (es) m, embaucador (es) m, impostor (es) m, mentiroso (es) m, trapacero m
- Telugu: మోసగాడు (te) (mōsagāḍu)
- Ukrainian: дури́світ (uk) m (durýsvit), ошука́ч m (ošukáč), ошука́нець m (ošukánecʹ), бма́нник m (bmánnyk), дури́людок m (durýljudok), дури́люд (durýljud)
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