Synonyms of dissembling

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noun

1

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

a crafty child given to frequent dissembling to get what she wants

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• fraud
• cheating
• cunning
• deceitfulness
• lying
• duplicity
• dishonesty
• dissimulation
• double-dealing
• fakery
• crookedness
• secrecy
• guile
• craftiness
• cozenage
• crookery
• wiliness
• dupery
• cunningness
• prevarication
• craft
• subterfuge
• artifice
• fraudulence
• mendacity
• trickery
• skullduggery
• equivocation
• hypocrisy
• chicanery
• swindling
• jugglery
• foxiness
• guilefulness
• skulduggery
• artfulness
• legerdemain
• insincerity
• wile
• shrewdness
• fib
• deviousness
• obliquity
• untruth
• hanky-panky
• falsehood
• sanctimoniousness
• mountebankery
• underhandedness
• covertness
• chicane
• furtiveness
• caginess
• sneakiness
• shiftiness
• unscrupulousness
• slipperiness
• slyness
• shadiness
• falsity
• two-facedness
• treacherousness
• smoothness
• slickness
• cageyness
• stealthiness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• ingenuousness
• artlessness
• forthrightness
• frankness
• candor
• openness
• directness
• honesty
• plainness
• guilelessness
• reliability
• probity
• integrity
• candidness
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• dependability
• goodness
• truthfulness
• righteousness
• plainspokenness
• decency
• incorruptibility
• uprightness
• reliableness
• trustiness
• virtuousness
• trustability

2

as in deceit

the pretending of having virtues, principles, or beliefs that one in fact does not have

in the end the preacher's smarmy dissembling is discovered, and he is exposed as a fraud

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• deceptiveness
• hypocrisy
• affectation
• dissimulation
• deceitfulness
• insincerity
• pretense
• pretension
• dishonesty
• piousness
• cant
• pretence
• double-dealing
• duplicity
• perfidy
• falseness
• shamming
• two-facedness
• fakery
• sanctimoniousness
• glibness
• falsity
• self-satisfaction
• affectedness
• artificiality
• smoothness
• self-righteousness
• pretentiousness
• fraudulentness
• unctuousness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• genuineness
• honesty
• frankness
• candor
• openness
• truthfulness
• directness
• forthrightness
• probity
• straightforwardness
• sincereness
• artlessness
• naturalness
• openheartedness
• guilelessness
• unaffectedness

dissembling

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adjective

as in lying

Synonyms & Similar Words

• lying
• mendacious
• duplicitous
• dishonest
• fraudulent
• misleading
• untrustworthy
• untruthful
• deceiving
• deceptive
• faithless
• deceitful
• fallacious
• specious
• cunning
• beguiling
• trick
• knavish
• crooked
• delusive
• double-dealing
• wily
• crafty
• ambidextrous
• defrauding
• underhanded
• artful
• shifty
• deluding
• sneaky
• delusory
• sly
• devious
• subtle
• tricky
• confounding
• inaccurate
• slick
• perplexing
• subtile
• underhand
• incorrect
• distracting
• false
• guileful
• foxy
• puzzling
• perfidious
• trickish
• wrong
• shady
• insidious
• fast
• feigned
• evasive
• phoney
• treacherous
• counterfeit
• bewildering
• ambiguous
• sham
• spurious
• phony
• sneaking
• bogus
• forged
• fake
• hypocritical
• jive
• insincere
• equivocal
• circuitous
• backhanded
• artificial
• two-faced
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• plain
• direct
• frank
• outspoken
• open
• candid
• illuminating
• straight
• explanatory
• revealing
• clarifying
• plainspoken
• revelatory
• truthful
• honest
• openhearted
• free-spoken
• trustworthy
• elucidative
• forthright
• foursquare
• straightforward
• aboveboard
• nondeceptive

dissembling

3 of 3

verb

present participle of dissemble

1

as in pretending

to present a false appearance of

he dissembled happiness at the news that his old girlfriend was getting married—to someone else

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• assuming
• simulating
• acting
• feigning
• affecting
• passing (for)
• professing
• bluffing
• counterfeiting
• shamming
• faking
• concealing
• forging
• posing
• putting on
• masquerading
• making believe
• playing
• dissimulating
• imitating
• masking
• disguising
• impersonating
• camouflaging
• playacting
• malingering
• letting on
• feinting

2

as in dissimulating

to take on a false or deceptive appearance

children learn to dissemble at a surprisingly early age

Synonyms & Similar Words

• pretending
• dissimulating
• posing
• acting
• making a show
• making believe
• letting on
• playing
• masquerading
• putting on an act
• making out
• feigning
• making a pretense
• putting up a front
• concealing
• playacting
• shamming
• simulating
• affecting
• faking
• camouflaging
• impersonating
• disguising
• counterfeiting
• professing
• masking
• assuming
• feinting
• bluffing
• putting on