Synonyms of devious

devious

adjective

1

as in cunning

clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means

we always left it to our most devious friends to find out the latest information

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cunning
• cute
• subtle
• wily
• deceptive
• scheming
• dishonest
• sly
• fraudulent
• treacherous
• slick
• shrewd
• guileful
• crooked
• artful
• crafty
• deceitful
• beguiling
• tricky
• cagey
• designing
• foxy
• shady
• dodgy
• calculating
• plotting
• slippery
• unscrupulous
• cagy
• sneaky
• underhanded
• astute
• shifty
• knavish
• covert
• clandestine
• underhand
• sharp
• oblique
• undercover
• insinuating
• Machiavellian
• circuitous
• hypocritical
• glib
• secret
• serpentine
• insincere
• circular
• facile
• stealthy
• furtive
• surreptitious
• concealed
• roundabout
• two-faced
• backhanded
• mealy
• smooth-tongued
• double-dealing
• mealymouthed
• left-handed
• hugger-mugger

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• innocent
• obvious
• guileless
• artless
• simple
• plain
• ingenuous
• public
• real
• straightforward
• forthright
• sincere
• honest
• outspoken
• open
• unsophisticated
• frank
• natural
• childlike
• direct
• candid
• unpretentious
• unconcealed
• unaffected
• patent
• aboveboard
• unworldly
• impressionable
• unvarnished
• unpretending
• simpleminded
• undesigning
• unstudied
• trusting
• plainspoken
• trustful
• unforced

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• innocent
• obvious
• guileless
• artless
• simple
• plain
• ingenuous
• public
• real
• straightforward
• forthright
• sincere
• honest
• outspoken
• open
• unsophisticated
• frank
• natural
• childlike
• direct
• candid
• unpretentious
• unconcealed
• unaffected
• patent
• aboveboard
• unworldly
• impressionable
• unvarnished
• unpretending
• simpleminded
• undesigning
• unstudied
• trusting
• plainspoken
• trustful
• unforced

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2

as in twisted

marked by a long series of irregular curves

a devious trail through the swampland

Synonyms & Similar Words

• twisted
• winding
• curved
• twisting
• curving
• serpentine
• crooked
• tortuous
• sinuous
• crazy
• bending
• windy
• curvy
• jagged
• curling
• curled
• circuitous
• coiled
• zigzagging
• spiral
• indirect
• zigzag
• coiling
• uneven
• swirling
• circling
• meandering
• looping
• spiraling
• rambling
• roundabout
• wandering
• corkscrew
• irregular
• spiralling

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• linear
• straight
• direct
• straightaway

• linear
• straight
• direct
• straightaway

3

as in unnatural

departing from some accepted standard of what is normal

her behavior is devious because of a developmental disorder

Synonyms & Similar Words

• unnatural
• abnormal
• unusual
• deviant
• unusual
• irregular
• uncommon
• bizarre
• odd
• eccentric
• atypical
• anomalous
• aberrant
• uncommon
• unconventional
• strange
• extraordinary
• funny
• odd
• aberrational
• curious
• weird
• deviate
• untypical
• quirky
• wacky
• peculiar
• strange
• extraordinary
• idiosyncratic
• outlandish
• kinky
• unorthodox
• remarkable
• whacky
• screwy
• freakish
• outré
• peculiar
• quaint
• unrepresentative
• rare
• unwonted
• preternatural
• wild
• way-out
• far-out
• rare
• unwonted
• nonconformist
• uncustomary
• preternatural
• out-of-the-way
• queer
• queerish
• uncustomary

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• typical
• natural
• normal
• common
• familiar
• ordinary
• regular
• standard
• usual
• commonplace
• unremarkable
• everyday
• routine
• unexceptional
• customary
• characteristic
• archetypal
• run-of-the-mill
• wonted
• workaday
• run-of-the-mine
• average
• representative
• archetypical
• run-of-mine

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• typical
• natural
• normal
• common
• familiar
• ordinary
• regular
• standard
• usual
• commonplace
• unremarkable
• everyday
• routine
• unexceptional
• customary
• characteristic
• archetypal
• run-of-the-mill
• wonted
• workaday
• run-of-the-mine
• average
• representative
• archetypical
• run-of-mine

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