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| Main Entry: | catchy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | captivating, addictive |
| Synonyms: | fetching, haunting, memorable, popular, having a good hook |
| Antonyms: | boring, dull, ignorable |
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| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, delusive, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, 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, astucious, beguiling, deceiving, deluding, delusory, imposturous |
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | fitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | irregular, sporadic |
| Synonyms: | broken, capricious, catchy*, changeable, desultory, disturbed, erratic, flickering, haphazard, hit-or-miss*, impulsive, inconstant, intermittent, interrupted, periodic, random, recurrent, restive, restless, spasmodic, spotty, unstable, variable, bits and pieces, fluctuating, herky-jerky, on-again-off-again, shifting, spastic |
| Antonyms: | constant, continuous, even, regular, undisturbed, unvarying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | memorable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | noteworthy, significant |
| Synonyms: | catchy, celebrated, critical, crucial, decisive, distinguished, enduring, eventful, extraordinary, famous, great, heavy*, historic, hot*, illustrious, important, impressive, indelible, interesting, lasting, meaningful, mind-blowing*, momentous, monumental, notable, observable, red-letter*, remarkable, serious, signal, something, striking, super, terrible, terrific, top-drawer, unforgettable, A-1*, big-league*, bodacious, doozie, heavyweight, major-league, rememberable, rubric, standout, surpassing |
| Antonyms: | insignificant, forgettable, unimpressive, unnoteworthy |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | misleading |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, confusing |
| Synonyms: | ambiguous, catchy, deceitful, delusive, disingenuous, evasive, fallacious, false, inaccurate, perplexing, puzzling, specious, spurious, tricky, wrong, beguiling, bewildering, casuistical, confounding, deceiving, deluding, delusory, demagogic, distracting, sophistical |
| Antonyms: | honest, truthful |
| Main Entry: | tuneful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | melodic, melodious |
| Synonyms: | catchy*, dulcet, euphonious, harmonious, musical, pleasing, resonant, sonorous, symphonic, canorous, euphonic, harmonic, in tune, pleasing to the ear, songful, sweet-sounding, symphonious, tuned, well-tuned |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unforgettable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | memorable |
| Synonyms: | catchy, distinguished, enduring, eventful, exceptional, extraordinary, famous, great, historic, illustrious, important, lasting, meaningful, monumental, notable, noteworthy, remarkable, remembered, significant, super, not to be forgotten, rememberable |
| Main Entry: | treacherous |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, disloyal |
| Synonyms: | catchy, deceitful, deceptive, double-dealing*, duplicitous, faithless, false, fly-by-night*, insidious, misleading, perfidious, recreant, shifty*, slick*, slippery*, snake in the grass, traitorous, tricky, two-faced*, two-timing, undependable, unfaithful, unreliable, untrue, untrustworthy, betraying, double-crossing, false-hearted, treasonable, unloyal |
| Antonyms: | forthright, honest, loyal, true |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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 |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, sly |
| Synonyms: | artful, astute, cagey, catchy, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, delusive, devious, dishonest, foxy, greasy*, insidious, intelligent, keen, misleading, scheming, shady, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, smooth, subtle, treacherous, wily, wry, delusory, guileful, streetwise, witted |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, frank, honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
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Adjectives: |
ad captandum, adulterated, artificial, babyshed, barefaced, bastard, bogus, brummagem, calophantic, catchpenny, catchy, colorable, contraband, counterfeit, covinous, cunning, deceitful, deceived, deceiving, deceptious, deceptive, delusive, delusory, devious, disguised, double-dealing, elusive, ersatz, factitious, fair-weather, faithless, feigned, fraudulent, fucatory, ill-gotten, illegitimate, illicit, illusive, illusory, insidious, make-believe, meretricious, mock, parlous, pawky, pinchbeck, predatory, prestigiatory, prestigious, pretended, pseudo, rotten at the core, scamped, sham, simulated, so-called, sophisticated, spurious, supposititious, surreptitious, tinsel, tricky, trumped-up, two-faced, unconscionable, unscrupulous, unsound, unsupported by evidence, untrue, wildcat
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