| Main Entry: |
shifty |
| Part of Speech: |
adjective |
| Definition: |
deceitful, untrustworthy |
Synonyms: |
cagey, collusive, conniving, contriving,
crafty,
crooked,
cunning,
devious,
dishonest, dodging,
duplicitous,
elusive, equivocating,
evasive, fly-by-night,
foxy,
fraudulent,
furtive,
insidious,
lying,
mendacious, prevaricative, prevaricatory, roguish, scheming,
shady,
shrewd, shuffling,
slick,
slimy*,
slippery,
sly,
sneaky,
treacherous,
tricky, underhand, unhonest, unprincipled, untruthful,
wily
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Antonyms: |
forthright, frank, honest, trustworthy
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* = informal/non-formal usage
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