Below are possible answers for the crossword clue Deceptive.
8 letter answer(s) to deceptive
DELUSORY
causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure"
ILLUSORY
based on or having the nature of an illusion; "illusive hopes of finding a better job"; "Secret activities offer presidents the alluring but often illusory promise that they can achieve foreign policy goals without the bothersome debate and open decision that are staples of democracy"
10 letter answer(s) to deceptive
MISLEADING
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
give false or misleading information to
lead someone in the wrong direction or give someone wrong directions; "The pedestrian misdirected the out-of-town driver"
6 letter answer(s) to deceptive
TRICKY
having concealed difficulty; "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"
marked by skill in deception; "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"
not to be trusted; "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
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