Definition of deceptive

Scrabble & Words with friends points

• deceptive is a valid Scrabble US word with a point value of 17
• deceptive is a valid Scrabble UK word with a point value of 17
• deceptive is a valid Words with friends word with a point value of 20

Definition of deceptive

• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true (adjective)

  Examples

  1. deceptive calm

  Synonyms

  1. delusory
• designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently (adjective)

  Examples

  1. the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm
  2. deliberately deceptive packaging

  Synonyms

  1. misleading

See definition of deceptive in Merriam Webster