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deceitful

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms 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 of deceitful

crooked, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false, fraudulent

Words Related to deceitful

beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, specious

spurious

Near Antonyms of deceitful

legitimate, true, valid

Antonyms of deceitful

aboveboard, honest, truthful

2 tending or having power to deceive

the deceitful salesman neglected to mention some important information about the used car

Synonyms of deceitful

beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, fallacious, false, misleading, specious

Words Related to deceitful

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 of deceitful

candid, direct, foursquare, frank, free-spoken, open, openhearted, outspoken, plain, plainspoken, straight

clarifying, elucidative, explanatory, illuminating

revealing, revelatory

honest, trustworthy, truthful

Antonyms of deceitful

aboveboard, forthright, nondeceptive, straightforward

Synonym Discussion of deceitful

dishonest, deceitful, mendacious, untruthful mean unworthy of trust or belief. dishonest implies a willful perversion of truth in order to deceive, cheat, or defraud.