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Synonyms & Antonyms of double-dealing
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1
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
- double-dealing business practices that are being investigated by the state's attorney general
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2
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express
- the double-dealing salesman never told me that the car had been in an accident and repaired
Synonyms for double-dealing
- artificial,
- backhanded,
- counterfeit,
- double,
- double-faced,
- fake,
- feigned,
- hypocritical,
- insincere,
- Janus-faced,
- jive
- [slang],
- left-handed,
- lip,
- mealy,
- mealymouthed,
- Pecksniffian,
- phony
- (also phoney),
- phony-baloney
- (or phoney-baloney),
- pretended,
- two-faced,
- unctuous
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3
given to or marked by cheating and deception
- the double-dealing team owners were pitting the two cities against one another, both of whom badly wanted the franchise
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- bent
- [chiefly British],
- crooked,
- deceptive,
- dishonest,
- duplicitous,
- fast,
- fraudulent,
- guileful,
- rogue,
- shady,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- underhand,
- underhanded
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double-dealing
nounSynonyms & Antonyms of double-dealing (Entry 2 of 2)
the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery
- a go-between suspected of double-dealing
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The first known use of double-dealing was in 1529
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