Tom is devious.
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Devious
//ˈdiː.vi.əs//
Synonyms for "devious" (184 found)
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Strong matches (55)
Related words (92)
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Adjective(3 words)
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Synonyms
1 entriesderived
4 entriesderived from
1 entriesrelated to
6 entriessimilar
6 entriesTranslations
57 translations across 14 languages.
Bulgarian
4 entries- лъкату́шен adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- неи́скрен adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- непря́к adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- нече́стен adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Dutch
3 entries- heimelijk adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- kronkelend adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- onoprecht adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Esperanto
3 entries- firuza adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- ruza adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- trompema adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Finnish
4 entries- epäsuora adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- katala adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- kiero adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- kiertelevä adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
French
3 entries- roublard adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- rusé adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- sournois adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
German
4 entries- abwegig adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- doppelzüngig adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- durchtrieben adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- gewunden adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
Hebrew
1 entries- עַרְמוּמִי adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Interlingua
1 entries- insidiose adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Russian
4 entries- кова́рный adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- неи́скренний adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- непрямо́й adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- нече́стный adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Spanish
4 entries- artero adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- desvioso adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- desvioso adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- engañoso adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Swedish
1 entries- lömsk adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Turkish
1 entries- sinsi adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Ukrainian
4 entries- звивистий adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- непрямий adj (roundabout, circuitous, deviating)
- підступний adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- хитрий adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Yiddish
2 entries- כיטרע adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
- ממזריש adj (cunning or deceiving, not straightforward)
Sample sentences
14 total sentences available.
I think Tom is devious.
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Tom is being kind of devious, isn't he?
Source: tatoeba (3417228)
Tom is devious, isn't he?
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