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underhandedness

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Synonyms & Antonyms of underhandedness

as in deviousness, sneakiness

Synonyms & Near Synonyms for underhandedness

artfulness,
caginess
(also cageyness),
craftiness,
cunning,
deviousness,
foxiness,
oiliness,
shadiness,
sharpness,
shiftiness,
shrewdness,
slickness,
slipperiness,
slyness,
sneakiness,
treachery,
wiliness

artifice,
chicane,
chicanery,
gamesmanship,
hanky-panky,
jiggery-pokery,
jugglery,
legerdemain,
skulduggery
(or skullduggery),
subterfuge,
trickery,
wile

crookedness,
crookery,
cunning,
deceit,
deceitfulness,
deception,
deceptiveness,
dishonesty,
dissimulation,
double-dealing,
dupery,
duplicity,
guile,
guilefulness,
hypocrisy,
insincerity

fakery,
humbuggery,
imposture,
quackery

dirty pool,
dirty tricks

design,
plotting,
scheming,
secrecy,
stealth

Antonyms & Near Antonyms for underhandedness

artlessness,
forthrightness,
guilelessness,
ingenuousness,
sincerity

candidness,
candor,
directness,
openness,
plainness,
plainspokenness

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Thesaurus Entries Near underhandedness

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“Underhandedness.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/underhandedness. Accessed 19 May. 2022.

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