| 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
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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: |
forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright
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