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fishy

adjective

Synonyms and Antonyms of fishy

giving good reason for being doubted, questioned, or challenged

something's fishy about the way he's acting

Synonyms of fishy

debatable, disputable, dodgy [chiefly British], doubtable, doubtful, dubious, dubitable, equivocal, problematic (also problematical), queer, questionable, shady, shaky, suspect, suspicious

Words Related to fishy

alleged, so-called, supposed

ambiguous, open, unclear

uncertain, undecided, undetermined

far-fetched, flimsy, improbable, unlikely, weak

Near Antonyms of fishy

decisive, definitive

clear, obvious, open-and-shut, positive

Antonyms of fishy

certain, hands-down, incontestable, indisputable, indubitable, questionless, sure, undeniable, undoubted, unproblematic, unquestionable

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