| Main Entry: |
devious |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
dishonest, crafty |
Synonyms: |
artful, calculating,
crooked,
deceitful, double-dealing,
duplicitous,
errant, erring,
evasive, faking one out, fishy,
foxy*,
fraudulent, guileful,
indirect,
insidious,
insincere, not straightforward,
oblique, obliquitous, playing games, playing politics,
put on, roundabout, scheming,
shady, shifty,
shrewd,
sly, sneaking,
sneaky,
surreptitious,
treacherous,
tricky, underhanded,
wily
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Antonyms: |
artless, frank, honest, open, straightforward, trustworthy, truthful
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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