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deceitful
Synonyms and Antonyms of deceitful
1
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
2
tending or having power to deceive
artful, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, shady, shifty, slick, sly, sneaking, sneaky, subtile, subtle, trick, trickish, tricky, underhand, underhanded, wily
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
Synonym Discussion of deceitful
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- a swindle usually involves two dishonest people
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- the secret affairs of a deceitful spouse
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- mendacious tales of adventure
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- an untruthful account of their actions
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