| Main Entry: |
deceitful |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
dishonest, insincere |
Synonyms: |
artful, astucious,
astute, beguiling,
clandestine,
counterfeit,
crafty,
cunning, deceiving,
deceptive,
delusive, delusory, designing,
disingenuous, double-dealing,
duplicitous,
fallacious,
false, feline,
foxy,
fraudulent,
furtive, guileful,
hypocritical,
illusory, impostrous,
indirect,
insidious, knavish,
lying,
mendacious,
misleading,
rascal, roguish, shifty,
slick,
sly,
sneaky,
stealthy,
subtle,
treacherous,
tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded,
untrustworthy, untruthful,
wily
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| 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: |
faithful, frank, honest, loyal, open, sincere, trustworthy, truthful, upright
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