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devious

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of devious

1 clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
  • We left it to our most devious friends to find out the latest information.
Synonyms of devious

artful, beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, cute, designing, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
Words Related to devious

astute, facile, glib, sharp

crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous

backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced

circuitous, circular, roundabout

clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover

calculating, plotting
Near Antonyms of devious

obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed

aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, natural, outspoken, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straightforward, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished

childlike, impressionable, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly

unforced, unstudied

trustful, trusting
Antonyms of devious

artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning
2 marked by a long series of irregular curves
  • a devious trail through the swampland
Synonyms of devious

bending, crazy, crooked, curled, curling, curved, curving, curvy, serpentine, sinuous, tortuous, twisted, twisting, winding, windy
Words Related to devious

zigzag, zigzagging

circling, coiled, coiling, corkscrew, looping, spiral, spiraling (or spiralling), swirling

circuitous, indirect, roundabout

meandering, rambling, wandering

irregular, jagged, uneven
Near Antonyms of devious

direct, linear
Antonyms of devious

straight, straightaway

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