Synonyms of deceitful

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adjective

1

as in fraudulent

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 & Similar Words

• fraudulent
• dishonest
• deceptive
• false
• misleading
• crooked
• duplicitous
• double-dealing
• defrauding
• delusive
• specious
• deceiving
• fallacious
• beguiling
• delusory
• deluding
• spurious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• truthful
• honest
• true
• legitimate
• valid
• aboveboard

2

as in deceptive

tending or having power to deceive

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

deceitfulness

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noun

1

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

her deceitfulness about the long-term effects of her weight-loss program was finally exposed

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in deceit

the tendency to tell lies

his lifelong deceitfulness began when he was just a toddler

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deceit
• dishonesty
• untruthfulness
• mendacity
• falseness
• falsehood
• mendaciousness
• duplicity
• cunning
• insincerity
• crookedness
• dissimulation
• guile
• double-dealing
• fakery
• hypocrisy
• craftiness
• dissembling
• wiliness
• artifice
• craft
• trickishness
• guilefulness
• foxiness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• integrity
• truthfulness
• honesty
• sincerity
• veracity
• probity
• good faith
• reliability
• verity
• frankness
• honor
• candor
• trustworthiness
• accuracy
• straightforwardness
• dependability
• incorruptibility
• objectivity
• correctness
• veraciousness
• genuineness
• authenticity
• candidness
• credibility
• plainspokenness
• reliableness