Entry Word: dishonesty

Function: noun

Meaning: 1 the tendency to tell lies <if you gain a reputation for dishonesty, no one will believe you even when youʼre telling the truth>

Synonyms deceitfulness, mendacity, untruthfulness

Related Words artifice, craft, craftiness, crookedness, cunning, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, guile, wiliness; falseness; hypocrisy

Near Antonyms honor, incorruptibility; candidness, candor, frankness, good faith, sincerity, straightforwardness; dependability, reliability, reliableness, trustworthiness; accuracy, objectivity; authenticity, correctness, genuineness; credibility

Antonyms honesty, integrity, probity, truthfulness, veracity, verity

2 the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery <a religious cult that recruits members through dishonesty and subterfuge> — see deceit