Synonyms for Dishonest

Synonyms for "dishonest" (183 found)

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Closest matches (37)

abusive ambidextrous amoral artful bent casuistic cheating conscienceless corrupt corrupted counterfeit crafty criminal cronk crooked cunning dark deceitful deceiving deceptive

Adjective(12 words)

academic cheatingbribable brokencorrupt societycorruptible crook crookeder crookedest cruddiest deceitful deceiver deceptive

Noun(3 words)

bscheap trickcozening

Verb(2 words)

compromised corruptest

Strong matches (55)

Adjective(13 words)

deceptive discoursedirty dishonorablefalse assertionfalse descriptorfalse wordingfraudster fraudulentfraudulent actfraudulent claimfraudulent reportgreasy grimy

defrauding devious dirty dishonorable disingenuous doubledouble dealingdouble-dealing double-faced double-minded double-tongued doublehearted doubtful dubious duplicitous empty equivocal evasive evil faithless

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fake false false-principled falsehearted felonious fictitious fishy fixed forsworn foul foxy fraudulent furtive hollow hypocritical ill-got ill-gotten

Verb(1 words)

dissimulating

Noun(4 words)

falsifying fibbing foul humbugging

Related words (91)

immoral indirect insidious insincere jaundiced jesuitic jesuitical knavish lawless lying machiavellian mealymouthed mendaciousnot kosheroblique perfidious perjured phoney prevaricating questionable

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Adjective(18 words)

impure liar misleading purchasable rascally scummiest scummy swindler taintedunethical practiceunfaithfulunprincipled behavioruntrue untrustworthyuntrustworthy resourceuntrusty untruthful venal

Noun(6 words)

misleading examplerogue rooking sandbagging scammingunethical behavior

Verb(3 words)

misrepresented misrepresenting rooked

Related word relations

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

7 relation types

More general

8 entries

behavioral attributecharacter traitethical descriptorhuman beingindividualmoral traitpersonunethical behavior

More specific

6 entries

crook deceitfulness deceiver fraudster fraudulence swindler

Collocations

11 entries

dishonest accountingdishonest actdishonest behaviordishonest brokerdishonest claimdishonest dealingdishonest politiciandishonest practicesdishonest reportingsystemic dishonestythe dishonest

Inflections

2 entries

more dishonestmost dishonest

Derivations

2 entries

dishonestly dishonesty

Antonyms

1 entries

honest

similar

30 entries

Janus-faced ambidextrous beguiling blackguardly corrupt crooked deceitful deceptive dishonorable dishonourable double-dealing double-faced double-tongued duplicitous fallacious false

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Sample sentences

14 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

What a dishonest fellow!

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He was angry at the suggestion that he was dishonest.

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I feel nothing but contempt for such dishonest behavior.

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John claimed that the dishonest salesman had tricked him into buying a useless piece of machinery.

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Showing 4 of 14 available sentences.

Dishonest