deceitful

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adjective

Definition of DECEITFUL

1

marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value <charged the store owner with such deceitful practices as inflating the list prices for items only so he could put them on sale at drastically reduced prices>

Synonyms crooked, deceitful, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false

Related Words beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, specious; spurious

Near Antonyms legitimate, true, valid

Antonyms aboveboard, honest, truthful

2

tending or having power to deceive <the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car>

Synonyms beguiling, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, misleading, specious

Related Words artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, shady, shifty, slick, sly, sneaking, sneaky, subtile, subtle, trick, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhanded, wily; inaccurate, incorrect, wrong; bewildering, confounding, distracting, perplexing, puzzling; ambidextrous, crooked, defrauding, dishonest, dissembling, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, fast, fraudulent, knavish, lying, mendacious, untrustworthy, untruthful; bogus, counterfeit, fake, feigned, forged, jive [slang], phony (also phoney), sham, spurious; insidious, perfidious, treacherous; ambiguous, circuitous, equivocal, evasive; artificial, backhanded, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, two-faced

Near Antonyms candid, direct, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, openhearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straight; clarifying, elucidative, explanatory, illuminating; revealing, revelatory; honest, trustworthy, truthful

Antonyms aboveboard, forthright, nondeceptive, straightforward