Synonyms for Deceitful

Synonyms for "deceitful" (155 found)

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Closest matches (31)

Adjective(5 words)

fraudulent ambidextrous crookeder crookedestdeceptive discourse

acute ambidextrous arch artful astute cagey calculating canny chiseling clandestine clever collusive counterfeit covinous crafty crooked cunning cute deceptive deep

Noun(6 words)

backstabbing bamboozling blarneying cheating colluding conning

Strong matches (47)

deep-laid delusive delusory designing devious diplomatic dirty dishonest disingenuous disloyal doubledouble dealingdouble-dealing double-faced double-minded double-tongued doublehearted duplicitous evasive faithless

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false false-principled falsehearted feline finagling forsworn foxy fraudulent furtive guileful hollow hypocritical indirect ingenious insidious insincere

Noun(3 words)

defrauding diddling duping

Adjective(7 words)

devious dishonest double-dealing double-faced double-tongued duplicitous fallacious

Adjective(1 words)

evasive

Related words (77)

inventive knavish knowing lying machiavellian machiavellic mealy-mouthed mendacious misleading oblique pawky perfidious perjured phoney plausible politic ready resourceful roguish rotten

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Adjective(14 words)

janus-faced misleading rascally scummiest shiftier shiftiest slimier slimiest snakier snakiest thievish two-faceduntrustworthy resourceuntruthful

Verb(1 words)

phonied

Noun(3 words)

rooking swindlingtongued the label

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

2 entries

character traitmoral quality

More specific

2 entries

fabricated evidencefalse claim

Collocations

5 entries

deceitful advertisingdeceitful behaviordeceitful claimdeceitful rhetoricdeceitful tactics

Inflections

2 entries

more deceitfulmost deceitful

Derivations

2 entries

deceitfully deceitfulness

similar

2 entries

dishonest dishonorable

Sample sentences

13 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

Favour is deceitful, and beauty is vain: but a woman that feareth the LORD, she shall be praised.

Source: tatoeba (694376)

Tom is deceitful.

Source: tatoeba (2202727)

You're deceitful.

Source: tatoeba (2202728)

I think Tom is deceitful.

Source: tatoeba (3171934)

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Deceitful