| Main Entry: | catchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | captivating, addictive |
Synonyms: |
fetching, haunting, having a good hook, memorable, popular |
Antonyms: |
boring, dull, ignorable |
| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, astucious, beguiling, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, imposturous, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily |
| Notes: | deceitful means intended to deceive or cheat while deceptive means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone |
Antonyms: |
forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | fitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
Synonyms: |
bits and pieces, broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, fluctuating, haphazard, herky-jerky, hit-or-miss, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, on-again-off-again, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, shifting, spasmodic, spastic, spotty, unstable, variable |
Antonyms: |
constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying |
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
Synonyms: |
A-1, big-league, bodacious, catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, doozie, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, heavyweight, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, major-league, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter, remarkable, rememberable, rubric, serious, signal, something, standout, striking, super, surpassing, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable |
Antonyms: |
forgettable, insignificant, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
| Main Entry: | misleading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, confusing |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, beguiling, bewildering, casuistical, catchy, confounding, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, demagogic, disingenuous, distracting, evasive, fallacious, false, inaccurate, perplexing, puzzling, sophistical, specious, spurious, tricky, wrong |
Antonyms: |
honest, truthful |
| Main Entry: | treacherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, disloyal |
Synonyms: |
betraying, catchy, deceitful, deceptive, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicitous, faithless, false, false-hearted, fly-by-night, insidious, misleading, perfidious, recreant, shifty, slick*, slippery*, snake in the grass, traitorous, treasonable, tricky, two-faced, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unloyal, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy |
Antonyms: |
forthright, honest, loyal, true |
| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated, difficult |
Synonyms: |
catchy, complex, critical, delicate, intricate, involved, knotty, perplexing, precarious, problematic, quirky, risky, rocky, sensitive, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, undependable, unstable |
Antonyms: |
easy, uncomplicated |
| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, sly |
Synonyms: |
artful, astute, cagey, catchy, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, delusive, delusory, devious, dishonest, foxy, greasy, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, misleading, scheming, shady, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, smooth, streetwise, subtle, treacherous, wily, witted, wry |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, frank, honest |
| Main Entry: | tuneful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | melodic, melodious |
Synonyms: |
canorous, catchy*, dulcet, euphonic, euphonious, harmonic, harmonious, in tune, musical, pleasing, pleasing to the ear, resonant, songful, sonorous, sweet-sounding, symphonic, symphonious, tuned, well-tuned |
| Main Entry: | unforgettable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | memorable |
Synonyms: |
catchy, distinguished, enduring, eventful, exceptional, extraordinary, famous, great, historic, illustrious, important, lasting, meaningful, monumental, not to be forgotten, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, rememberable, remembered, significant, super |