What is another word for deceitful?
2103 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ dɪsˈiːtfə͡l], [ dɪsˈiːtfəl], [ d_ɪ_s_ˈiː_t_f_əl]
The English language is full of synonyms that can effectively replace a word with another that shares similar or related meanings. For instance, the word "deceitful" can be replaced with a number of words that capture the same concept of dishonesty and cunningness. These include "fraudulent," "devious," "crafty," "dishonest," "sneaky," "tricky," "insidious," "treacherous," "sly," "duplicitous," and "double-dealing." Each of these words brings its unique nuance to convey how someone might be untrustworthy, manipulative, insincere, or deceptive in various ways. Knowing synonyms for words like deceitful can help individuals communicate more precisely and effectively in their writing and conversations.
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Similar words for deceitful:
- deceptive (adjective)
- dishonest (adjective)
- false (adjective)
- impious (adjective)
- insidious (adjective)
- pretentious (adjective)
- unprincipled (adjective)
- Machiavellian (adjective)
- all (adjective)
- ambidextrous (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- crooked (adjective)
- designing (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- dishonorable (adjective)
- double-faced (adjective)
- elusive (adjective)
- faithless (adjective)
- foxy (adjective)
- fraudulent (adjective)
- hallucinatory (adjective)
- hollow (adjective)
- illusive (adjective)
- illusory (adjective)
- illusory/illusive (adjective)
- insincere (adjective)
- loaded (adjective)
- lying (adjective)
- misleading (adjective)
- perfidious (adjective)
- rotten (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- treacherous (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- trumped up (adjective)
- underhanded (adjective)
- unfaithful (adjective)
- unscrupulous (adjective)
- untrue (adjective)
- untrustworthy (adjective)
- yellow (adjective)
- phoniness (noun)
- Janus-faced
- crafty
- deceitful
- double dealing
- insincere
- joking
- noun
- other relevant words (adjective)
- other relevant words (noun)
Synonyms for Deceitful:
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adj.
• deceptive • dishonest- Deceiving ,
- Prevaricating ,
- cheating ,
- corrupt ,
- deceptive ,
- felonious ,
- hypocritical ,
- immoral ,
- insincere ,
- study at dishonest ,
- traitorous ,
- turncoat ,
- underhanded .
- Deluding ,
- Misrepresentative ,
- bogus ,
- contrary to fact ,
- cooked-up ,
- counterfeit ,
- fictional ,
- mythomaniac ,
- off the mark ,
- phony ,
- rascally ,
- scoundrelly ,
- inexact .
- desecrative ,
- recusant ,
- un-hallowed ,
- un-regenerate ,
- un-sanctified ,
- undutiful ,
- unregenerate ,
- unrighteous ,
- unsanctified ,
- godless ,
- irreverent ,
- unholy .
- Impersonating ,
- Masquerading ,
- affected ,
- artificial ,
- ersatz ,
- facade ,
- fake ,
- forced ,
- forged ,
- histrionic ,
- imitation ,
- imposture ,
- la-di-da ,
- mannered ,
- mock ,
- ostentatious ,
- overdone ,
- posing ,
- pretentious ,
- showy ,
- stagy ,
- stiff ,
- stilted ,
- studied ,
- synthetic ,
- theatrical ,
- unnatural .
- dis creditable ,
- dis graceful ,
- dis honorable ,
- dis-creditable ,
- dis-graceful ,
- dis-honorable ,
- in famous ,
- in glorious ,
- in-famous ,
- in-glorious ,
- infamous ,
- more blackguardly ,
- more opprobious ,
- more unrespectable ,
- most blackguardly ,
- most opprobious ,
- most unrespectable ,
- scandalous ,
- un respectable ,
- un-respectable .
- difficult catch ,
- evanescent ,
- fugacious ,
- in comprehensible ,
- in definable ,
- in substantial ,
- in tangible ,
- in-comprehensible ,
- in-definable ,
- in-substantial ,
- in-tangible ,
- more elusory ,
- more phantom ,
- more stonewalling ,
- more unspecific ,
- most elusory ,
- most phantom ,
- most stonewalling ,
- most unspecific ,
- un specific ,
- un-specific .
- doubting ,
- in constant ,
- in-constant ,
- more changeful ,
- more fluctuating ,
- more unconverted ,
- more unloyal ,
- most changeful ,
- most fluctuating ,
- most unconverted ,
- most unloyal ,
- un believing ,
- un converted ,
- un loyal ,
- un stable ,
- un stabler ,
- un stablest ,
- un-believing ,
- un-converted ,
- un-loyal ,
- un-stable ,
- un-stabler ,
- un-stablest .
- bluesky ,
- more blue sky ,
- more blue-sky ,
- more bluesky ,
- more semblant ,
- most blue sky ,
- most blue-sky ,
- most bluesky ,
- most illusory ,
- most semblant .
- dis simulating ,
- dis-simulating ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- more dissembling ,
- more dissimulating ,
- more put on ,
- more put-on ,
- more puton ,
- most dissembling ,
- most dissimulating ,
- most put on ,
- most put-on ,
- most puton ,
- puton .
- in venting ,
- in-venting ,
- mis representing ,
- mis stating ,
- mis-representing ,
- mis-stating ,
- more equivocating ,
- more falsifying ,
- more fibbing ,
- more inventing ,
- more misrepresenting ,
- more misstating ,
- more prevaricating ,
- most equivocating ,
- most falsifying ,
- most fibbing ,
- most inventing ,
- most misrepresenting ,
- most misstating ,
- most prevaricating .
- be wildering ,
- be-wildering ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more bewildering ,
- more casuistical ,
- more confounding ,
- more demagogic ,
- more distracting ,
- most bewildering ,
- most casuistical ,
- most confounding ,
- most demagogic ,
- most distracting .
- de filed ,
- de generate ,
- de-filed ,
- de-generate ,
- more bribable ,
- more contaminated ,
- more dirtied ,
- more polluted ,
- more sullied ,
- more vitiated ,
- most bribable ,
- most contaminated ,
- most dirtied ,
- most polluted ,
- most sullied ,
- most vitiated ,
- un clean ,
- un cleaner ,
- un cleanest ,
- un-cleaner ,
- un-cleanest .
- fore sworn ,
- fore-sworn ,
- foresworn ,
- in continent ,
- in-continent ,
- incontinent ,
- more adulterine ,
- more foresworn ,
- more moonlighting ,
- more philandering ,
- most adulterine ,
- most foresworn ,
- most moonlighting ,
- most philandering ,
- un chaste ,
- un chaster ,
- un chastest ,
- un faithful ,
- un-chaste ,
- un-chaster ,
- un-chastest ,
- un-faithful .
- de graded ,
- de grading ,
- de-graded ,
- de-grading ,
- low down ,
- more exploitative ,
- more low down ,
- more low-down ,
- more lowdown ,
- more unconscientious ,
- most exploitative ,
- most lowdown ,
- most unconscientious ,
- self seeking ,
- selfseeking ,
- un conscientious ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un worthier ,
- un worthiest ,
- un worthy ,
- un-conscientious ,
- un-scrupulous ,
- un-worthier ,
- un-worthiest .
- fairweather ,
- finker ,
- finkest ,
- more fair weather ,
- more fair-weather ,
- more fairweather ,
- more trustless ,
- more unassured ,
- most fair weather ,
- most fair-weather ,
- most fairweather ,
- most trustless ,
- most unassured ,
- un assured ,
- un safe ,
- un safer ,
- un safest ,
- un trustier ,
- un trustiest ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un trusty ,
- un-assured ,
- un-safe ,
- un-safer ,
- un-safest ,
- un-trustier ,
- un-trustiest ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- un-trusty ,
- untrustier ,
- untrustiest .
-
n.
• phoniness- ambidextrou ,
- backhandeds ,
- deceitfuls ,
- deceptives ,
- deviou ,
- dis ingenuousness ,
- dis ingenuousnesses ,
- dis-ingenuousness ,
- dis-ingenuousnesses ,
- disingenuou ,
- dissemblings ,
- dissimulatings ,
- duplicitou ,
- evasives ,
- faithlesses ,
- falses ,
- hypocriticals ,
- lyings ,
- mendaciou ,
- perfidiou ,
- pretentiou ,
- shifties ,
- snides ,
- two faceds ,
- two-faceds ,
- twofaceds ,
- un faithfuls ,
- un trues ,
- un-faithfuls ,
- un-trues ,
- unfaithfuls ,
- untrues ,
- untruthfuls .
Other synonyms:
- conniving ,
- corruptible ,
- disreputable ,
- evasive ,
- faithless ,
- fast-talking ,
- fly-by-night ,
- foxy ,
- grubby ,
- light-fingered ,
- lowdown ,
- machiavellian ,
- shifty ,
- shonky ,
- sleazy ,
- slippery ,
- thieving ,
- tricksy ,
- unfaithful ,
- unprincipled ,
- unreliable ,
- unworthy ,
- venal ,
- wily .
- low .
- sharp .
- dodgy ,
- manipulative ,
- shabby .
- bent .
- clever .
Other relevant words:
- abandon ,
- abdominal external oblique muscle ,
- abject ,
- abnormal ,
- abrupt ,
- abstruse ,
- act ,
- act as ,
- acuate ,
- acute accent ,
- acutely ,
- ad-lib ,
- address ,
- adept ,
- admit ,
- adulterate ,
- adulterated ,
- adulterous ,
- affluent ,
- affray ,
- agitation ,
- ague ,
- aim ,
- al qaeda ,
- al qaida ,
- alkali ,
- alluring ,
- ambagious ,
- amiss ,
- amusing ,
- anticipate ,
- apotheosis ,
- apparent ,
- apparitional ,
- apprehensiveness ,
- appropriate ,
- apt ,
- arc ,
- arcanum ,
- archway ,
- arrest ,
- artfully ,
- ask ,
- askance ,
- askant ,
- askew ,
- asquint ,
- assign ,
- assumed ,
- asymmetrical ,
- atomic number 102 ,
- attach ,
- aught ,
- average ,
- aviate ,
- awe ,
- backstair ,
- backstairs ,
- bad ,
- baffling ,
- bag ,
- basal ,
- base of operations ,
- baseborn ,
- bash ,
- basis ,
- bass ,
- bastard ,
- bastardly ,
- be known as ,
- bear ,
- bear on ,
- bear upon ,
- bearded darnel ,
- beggarly ,
- begrime ,
- begrimed ,
- beguiler ,
- bellow ,
- below the belt ,
- bemire ,
- bemock ,
- bended ,
- bent grass ,
- bent on ,
- bent-grass ,
- besotted ,
- bet ,
- betray ,
- bid ,
- bimanual ,
- birdcall ,
- birdsong ,
- bivalent ,
- blabbermouth ,
- bland ,
- blare ,
- blaring ,
- blind drunk ,
- blotto ,
- blue ,
- blue air ,
- boom ,
- borrow ,
- brassy ,
- bribe ,
- bring ,
- broad ,
- broken ,
- brouhaha ,
- buck private ,
- buckram ,
- bull ,
- bullshit ,
- bum ,
- buttery ,
- buy ,
- byzantine ,
- cacophony ,
- cadaver ,
- cagy ,
- calculative ,
- call for ,
- call in ,
- call off ,
- call option ,
- call up ,
- caper ,
- capture ,
- care ,
- caricature ,
- carousel ,
- carrousel ,
- carry ,
- catch ,
- catchy ,
- celluloid ,
- challenging ,
- chancy ,
- changeable ,
- charter ,
- chary ,
- cheap ,
- cheat on ,
- cheater ,
- cheesy ,
- chess ,
- chicane ,
- chicken ,
- chickenhearted ,
- child's play ,
- chintzy ,
- chisel ,
- chiseler ,
- chiseller ,
- choose ,
- chouse ,
- cipher ,
- circle ,
- circumlocutious ,
- claim ,
- clamor ,
- clay ,
- cloak ,
- cloak-and-dagger ,
- clochard ,
- close ,
- closed book ,
- closelipped ,
- closemouthed ,
- cloud ,
- clutch ,
- cockeyed ,
- collar ,
- collateral ,
- colly ,
- comic ,
- comical ,
- common soldier ,
- commotion ,
- complex number ,
- complex quantity ,
- concealed ,
- concealment ,
- conceited ,
- concern ,
- condemnable ,
- condescending ,
- conduct ,
- confidential ,
- confiscate ,
- conquer ,
- consent ,
- consider ,
- conspirative ,
- constrained ,
- construct ,
- consume ,
- contain ,
- contaminating ,
- contract ,
- convey ,
- convoluted ,
- convulsion ,
- cook ,
- cook up ,
- copy ,
- core out ,
- cornerstone ,
- corpse ,
- corrupted ,
- counterfactual ,
- course ,
- cover ,
- cozen ,
- craft ,
- craftiness ,
- crappy ,
- craven ,
- crisp ,
- crocked ,
- crook ,
- cruddy ,
- crummy ,
- crumpled ,
- crushed ,
- cry ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cuckold ,
- curious ,
- curve ,
- cypher ,
- dally ,
- damage ,
- darnel ,
- dastard ,
- dead set ,
- deal ,
- debase ,
- debauch ,
- debauched ,
- decayed ,
- deceivingly ,
- deception ,
- deeply ,
- defile ,
- degraded ,
- deliberate ,
- delude ,
- demagogical ,
- demand ,
- demonic ,
- demoralise ,
- demoralize ,
- dented ,
- dependable ,
- depleted ,
- deplorable ,
- deprave ,
- depressed ,
- depression ,
- deserter ,
- design ,
- despicable ,
- deteriorate ,
- devalued ,
- develop ,
- deviant ,
- deviate ,
- devilish ,
- devolve ,
- diabolic ,
- diabolical ,
- dicey ,
- diddle ,
- dig ,
- dim ,
- dingy ,
- diplomatical ,
- direct ,
- disappointing ,
- discernment ,
- discharge ,
- discriminating ,
- disgraceful ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dishonesty ,
- dispirited ,
- disruption ,
- dissatisfactory ,
- dissembler ,
- dissentient ,
- dissident ,
- dissimulation ,
- dissipated ,
- dissolute ,
- dissonance ,
- distasteful ,
- distorted ,
- distrustfulness ,
- don ,
- dope ,
- double cross ,
- double over ,
- double up ,
- doubled ,
- doubling ,
- doubly ,
- doubtful ,
- doubtfulness ,
- down ,
- down in the mouth ,
- downcast ,
- downhearted ,
- drama ,
- dramatic play ,
- dramatise ,
- dramatize ,
- dread ,
- drifter ,
- drive ,
- drop ,
- dry ,
- dual ,
- dubiety ,
- dubiousness ,
- dubitable ,
- dupery ,
- duple ,
- duplicate ,
- dustup ,
- earnest ,
- egotistic ,
- egotistical ,
- embrace ,
- empty-bellied ,
- encounter ,
- engage ,
- enigma ,
- entail ,
- enticing ,
- ephemeral ,
- erratic ,
- espouse ,
- establish ,
- esteemed ,
- evacuate ,
- evilness ,
- evolve ,
- exact ,
- exaggerated ,
- excavate ,
- excitement ,
- exorbitant ,
- expert ,
- exploitatory ,
- exploitive ,
- extemporaneous ,
- extemporary ,
- extempore ,
- external oblique muscle ,
- extortionate ,
- fabrication ,
- facile ,
- faint ,
- fair ,
- faithlessly ,
- faker ,
- falsify ,
- fancied ,
- fanciful ,
- fast ,
- faulty ,
- fearfulness ,
- felid ,
- fell ,
- felon ,
- fictive ,
- fiddle ,
- fiddling ,
- fill ,
- film ,
- firm ,
- first ,
- first gear ,
- fishy ,
- fix ,
- flamboyant ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- flat ,
- flavorless ,
- flavourless ,
- flee ,
- flirt ,
- floating policy ,
- floor ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- flush ,
- flutter ,
- fly ball ,
- fly front ,
- fly sheet ,
- folie ,
- follow ,
- foot ,
- footling ,
- forebode ,
- foretell ,
- forge ,
- forgery ,
- forked ,
- foul ,
- found ,
- foundation ,
- foxiness ,
- fraudulence ,
- fray ,
- freakish ,
- free rein ,
- free-base ,
- free-for-all ,
- freedom fighter ,
- fright ,
- frolic ,
- frontage ,
- frontal ,
- fuddled ,
- fudge ,
- fulsome ,
- fun ,
- fundament ,
- fundamental ,
- funky ,
- funny remark ,
- funny story ,
- gain ,
- gambling ,
- gambol ,
- gaming ,
- garboil ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- gear up ,
- get ,
- get hold of ,
- get into ,
- ghostlike ,
- ghostly ,
- gilded ,
- gimcrack ,
- glib ,
- glimmer ,
- glimmering ,
- gloomy ,
- glossy ,
- glue ,
- go for ,
- good ,
- good story ,
- goose egg ,
- gouger ,
- grab ,
- grandiose ,
- grease one's palms ,
- greasy ,
- grifter ,
- grim ,
- grime ,
- grimy ,
- ground ,
- groundless ,
- groundwork ,
- grow ,
- grungy ,
- guerilla ,
- guerrilla ,
- guess ,
- guide ,
- guile ,
- hang ,
- haphazardness ,
- hateful ,
- have ,
- have in mind ,
- haywire ,
- hazard ,
- heavy ,
- hellish ,
- hesitating ,
- heterodox ,
- hifalutin ,
- highfalutin ,
- highfaluting ,
- hire ,
- hoax ,
- hoity-toity ,
- hokey ,
- hold ,
- hole ,
- hole-and-corner ,
- holier-than-thou ,
- holler ,
- hollo ,
- hollow out ,
- home ,
- honorable ,
- honored ,
- hoo-ha ,
- hoo-hah ,
- hugger-mugger ,
- hullabaloo ,
- humble ,
- humbled ,
- humbug ,
- humiliated ,
- hump ,
- hunch forward ,
- hunch over ,
- hunched ,
- hurly burly ,
- hush-hush ,
- hypocrite ,
- icky ,
- idealistic ,
- idle ,
- ill-famed ,
- ill-gotten ,
- ill-timed ,
- image ,
- imaginary number ,
- imaginative ,
- imitate ,
- imitative ,
- immorality ,
- imp ,
- impact ,
- impersonation ,
- impertinent ,
- implike ,
- imply ,
- imposter ,
- impostor ,
- impound ,
- impressment ,
- imprint ,
- impromptu ,
- improper ,
- impulsive ,
- in question ,
- inauthentic ,
- incendiary ,
- incertitude ,
- incisive ,
- incitive ,
- incorrect ,
- incorrectly ,
- individual ,
- ineffective ,
- infernal ,
- inflammatory ,
- infrastructure ,
- ingest ,
- ingrain ,
- iniquity ,
- inscrutable ,
- insignificant ,
- insipid ,
- instigative ,
- instill ,
- insubstantial ,
- intend ,
- intense ,
- intentional ,
- interference ,
- intimate ,
- intimation ,
- intuition ,
- invent ,
- involve ,
- involved ,
- ironic ,
- ironical ,
- irregular ,
- issue ,
- jaundiced ,
- jazzy ,
- jesuit ,
- jesuitic ,
- jockey ,
- katzenjammer ,
- keen ,
- kerfuffle ,
- kinky ,
- knack ,
- knave ,
- knifelike ,
- knotty ,
- know as ,
- knowledgeable ,
- laden ,
- ladened ,
- larceny ,
- larn ,
- late ,
- lateral ,
- laughable ,
- lay claim ,
- lead ,
- lead astray ,
- lead on ,
- learn ,
- learned ,
- lease ,
- legal injury ,
- legato ,
- lettered ,
- libertine ,
- library paste ,
- lilliputian ,
- lily-livered ,
- limber ,
- liquid ,
- lissom ,
- lissome ,
- lithe ,
- lithesome ,
- little ,
- live with ,
- loath ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- look at ,
- look-alike ,
- looseness ,
- lopsided ,
- loth ,
- loud ,
- low gear ,
- low-pitched ,
- low-spirited ,
- low-toned ,
- lowly ,
- make ,
- make believe ,
- make for ,
- make noise ,
- make up ,
- make-believe ,
- malefactor ,
- malefic ,
- malign ,
- malingering ,
- man-made ,
- maneuver ,
- manipulate ,
- manoeuvre ,
- manufacture ,
- margin call ,
- marked-up ,
- mask ,
- mean value ,
- meaningless ,
- meanspirited ,
- meet ,
- melodramatic ,
- melt off ,
- mental disorder ,
- mental disturbance ,
- mentally ill ,
- mercurial ,
- merry-go-round ,
- mingy ,
- mirthful ,
- misanthropic ,
- misanthropical ,
- misbegot ,
- misbegotten ,
- mischievous ,
- misdirect ,
- miserable ,
- miserly ,
- misleadingly ,
- misrepresent ,
- misrepresentation ,
- misrepresented ,
- mistaken ,
- mistrustful ,
- model ,
- modest ,
- moneyed ,
- monkey ,
- moo ,
- moth-eaten ,
- move ,
- moved ,
- muddied ,
- muddy ,
- musculus obliquus externus abdominis ,
- mysterious ,
- mystery ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- mystifying ,
- nada ,
- name ,
- nasty ,
- naught ,
- nauseating ,
- nauseous ,
- neat ,
- necessitate ,
- need ,
- needlelike ,
- nice ,
- niggling ,
- nil ,
- nimble-fingered ,
- niminy-piminy ,
- nix ,
- no more ,
- nobelium ,
- noisome ,
- nonconformist ,
- nonesuch ,
- nonpareil ,
- nonsuch ,
- nothing ,
- notional ,
- notorious ,
- nucleotide ,
- oblique case ,
- obliquely ,
- obscure ,
- obstinate ,
- occult ,
- occupy ,
- oceanic abyss ,
- odd ,
- off-key ,
- off-the-cuff ,
- offensive ,
- offhanded ,
- offhandedly ,
- oleaginous ,
- opportunist ,
- opportunistic ,
- orphic ,
- ostensible ,
- otiose ,
- out of sight ,
- out of true ,
- out to ,
- outcry ,
- outlaw ,
- outrageous ,
- overstated ,
- pack ,
- paltering ,
- paragon ,
- passing ,
- pat ,
- patronising ,
- patronizing ,
- payoff ,
- peculiar ,
- pedestal ,
- penetrating ,
- penetrative ,
- period of play ,
- pernicious ,
- pert ,
- perturbation ,
- perverse ,
- pervert ,
- pestiferous ,
- petty ,
- phantasmagorical ,
- pharisaical ,
- phone ,
- phone call ,
- picayune ,
- pick out ,
- piddling ,
- pie-eyed ,
- piercing ,
- pietistic ,
- pietistical ,
- piffling ,
- pilot ,
- pinch ,
- pissed ,
- pixilated ,
- placid ,
- plastered ,
- playact ,
- playing period ,
- polish ,
- poltroon ,
- poop ,
- postiche ,
- postulate ,
- potent ,
- practiced ,
- prankish ,
- precious ,
- precipitous ,
- predict ,
- prehend ,
- prepare ,
- presume ,
- pretence ,
- pretender ,
- pretense ,
- prevarication ,
- prevaricator ,
- prim ,
- privy ,
- problematic ,
- problematical ,
- proceeds ,
- produce ,
- profane ,
- profess ,
- proficient ,
- profligate ,
- prognosticate ,
- promise ,
- pseud ,
- psychological disorder ,
- puckish ,
- punic ,
- punk ,
- purchasable ,
- put on ,
- put-on ,
- quarrel ,
- queasiness ,
- queasy ,
- queer ,
- question ,
- questioning ,
- quick ,
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- quiet ,
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- radical ,
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- ratter ,
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- read ,
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- reliable ,
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- rent ,
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- repellant ,
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- repelling ,
- replicate ,
- reprehensible ,
- represent ,
- reprobate ,
- require ,
- resound ,
- restrained ,
- retiring ,
- return ,
- revealing ,
- revere ,
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- revolting ,
- revolutionary ,
- revolutionist ,
- rich ,
- rig ,
- rigid ,
- ring ,
- riotous ,
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- rogue ,
- role player ,
- roleplay ,
- romp ,
- root ,
- root word ,
- rotary ,
- rotted ,
- round-backed ,
- round-shouldered ,
- rowing ,
- ruckus ,
- ruction ,
- ruffle ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- rumpus ,
- run ,
- run-in ,
- saint ,
- satanic ,
- satiny ,
- saucy ,
- savorless ,
- savourless ,
- savvy ,
- scalawag ,
- scallywag ,
- scammer ,
- scamp ,
- scandalmongering ,
- sceptical ,
- scream ,
- screen ,
- screw ,
- scummy ,
- scurvy ,
- seamy ,
- sebaceous ,
- secluded ,
- seedy ,
- select ,
- self-conceited ,
- self-effacing ,
- self-righteous ,
- semisynthetic ,
- send for ,
- sensationalistic ,
- sequester ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- severe ,
- shadowed ,
- shadowy ,
- shaft ,
- shameful ,
- shammer ,
- shanghai ,
- sharp-worded ,
- sharply ,
- shifting ,
- shimmer ,
- shine ,
- shitty ,
- shocking ,
- shoddy ,
- shoot ,
- short-lived ,
- shout ,
- shout out ,
- shrill ,
- sickening ,
- sideways ,
- signify ,
- silken ,
- silklike ,
- silky ,
- simulation ,
- sinful ,
- singular ,
- sinuous ,
- sitting ,
- skanky ,
- skeptical ,
- skew-whiff ,
- skilful ,
- sleek ,
- sleek down ,
- sleeveless ,
- slender ,
- slenderize ,
- slick down ,
- slick magazine ,
- slicker ,
- slickness ,
- slight ,
- slim down ,
- slimed ,
- slip ,
- slipperiness ,
- slippy ,
- slopped ,
- sloshed ,
- slyness ,
- small ,
- smarmy ,
- smashed ,
- smooth out ,
- smoothen ,
- smutty ,
- snakelike ,
- sneak ,
- sneering ,
- soaked ,
- soapy ,
- soil ,
- soiled ,
- solemn ,
- song ,
- sophistic ,
- sordid ,
- sound ,
- sour ,
- soused ,
- sozzled ,
- spectral ,
- spiel ,
- spiritual ,
- spitter ,
- splashy ,
- spoil ,
- sport ,
- sporty ,
- spots ,
- spread ,
- squalid ,
- squall ,
- squeamishness ,
- squiffy ,
- squint ,
- squint-eyed ,
- squinty ,
- stagey ,
- stand ,
- stand for ,
- starchy ,
- steadfast ,
- steady ,
- stealing ,
- steep ,
- stem ,
- stiffly ,
- still ,
- stillborn ,
- stinking ,
- stinky ,
- stirred ,
- stochasticity ,
- stooped ,
- stooping ,
- strained ,
- strategical ,
- strike ,
- strong ,
- stubborn ,
- study ,
- stunt man ,
- stunt woman ,
- suave ,
- submit ,
- subscribe ,
- subscribe to ,
- substantial ,
- substitute ,
- substructure ,
- subvert ,
- subverter ,
- sully ,
- sunshine ,
- supercilious ,
- superficial ,
- surreal ,
- surrealistic ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- suspiciousness ,
- svelte ,
- swallow ,
- sweep up ,
- swindle ,
- swollen ,
- swollen-headed ,
- swordplay ,
- synthetic substance ,
- synthetical ,
- tacky ,
- taint ,
- tainted ,
- take aim ,
- take away ,
- take flight ,
- take for granted ,
- take in ,
- take on ,
- take over ,
- take up ,
- taking into custody ,
- takings ,
- talebearer ,
- taleteller ,
- talk through one's hat ,
- tangled ,
- tare ,
- tart ,
- tattler ,
- tattletale ,
- tatty ,
- tawdry ,
- telephone ,
- telephone call ,
- telling ,
- temperateness ,
- tempting ,
- tent flap ,
- tent-fly ,
- terrible ,
- the skinny ,
- theft ,
- theme ,
- thick ,
- thievery ,
- thin ,
- think ,
- think of ,
- three-fold ,
- threefold ,
- tight ,
- tightlipped ,
- tinny ,
- to-do ,
- touch ,
- touch on ,
- touched ,
- tough ,
- toy ,
- traffic circle ,
- train ,
- traitorously ,
- tranquil ,
- transient ,
- transitory ,
- trashy ,
- treasonably ,
- treble ,
- trench ,
- trickster ,
- trifle ,
- true ,
- tumultuousness ,
- turn ,
- twee ,
- twice ,
- twisted ,
- twisting ,
- twisty ,
- two-bagger ,
- two-base hit ,
- two-baser ,
- two-fold ,
- twofold ,
- ugly ,
- umbrageous ,
- unable ,
- unavowed ,
- unbendable ,
- unblushing ,
- uncertainty ,
- unclean ,
- unconsecrated ,
- undefined ,
- underarm ,
- undercover ,
- underground ,
- underhandedly ,
- understanding ,
- understructure ,
- undeserving ,
- uneffective ,
- unemotional ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfathomed ,
- unfit ,
- unfounded ,
- ungodly ,
- unhallowed ,
- unjust ,
- unpersuaded ,
- unplumbed ,
- unreformable ,
- unregenerated ,
- unrehearsed ,
- unruffled ,
- unseasonable ,
- unshakable ,
- unsounded ,
- unstable ,
- unsuccessful ,
- untalkative ,
- untimely ,
- untrusting ,
- unusable ,
- unuseable ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwavering ,
- upheaval ,
- upset ,
- use up ,
- usurious ,
- vacate ,
- vacuous ,
- vagabond ,
- vagrant ,
- vanish ,
- vaporize ,
- varlet ,
- venally ,
- venerate ,
- veneration ,
- venture ,
- vicious ,
- visit ,
- vitiate ,
- vitiated ,
- vociferation ,
- void ,
- volatile ,
- voluminous ,
- vulpecular ,
- wager ,
- wakeless ,
- wander ,
- wangle ,
- wealthy ,
- wear ,
- well-educated ,
- well-read ,
- wet ,
- whimsical ,
- whirligig ,
- white-livered ,
- wickedness ,
- wild ,
- wild blue yonder ,
- wiliness ,
- win ,
- winding ,
- window dressing ,
- wing ,
- wise ,
- wise to ,
- wispy ,
- with-it ,
- withdraw ,
- wonky ,
- words ,
- work ,
- wrangle ,
- wreak ,
- wretched ,
- wrongfulness ,
- wrongly ,
- xanthous ,
- yarn-dye ,
- yawp ,
- yell ,
- yellow-bellied ,
- yellowed ,
- yellowish ,
- yellowness ,
- yield ,
- yucky ,
- zero ,
- zilch ,
- zip ,
- zippo .
- sly .
- Astucious ,
- Chiseling ,
- Concocted ,
- Conspiring ,
- Contriving ,
- Covinous ,
- Deceived ,
- Deceptious ,
- Defrauding ,
- Doublehearted ,
- ENG ,
- Equivocating ,
- Forsworn ,
- Hollow-hearted ,
- Impostrous ,
- Misled ,
- Perjured ,
- Perjurious ,
- Plotting ,
- Prestigiatory ,
- Subdolous ,
- Subreptitious ,
- Subtile ,
- Time-serving ,
- Trickish ,
- Trothless ,
- Trustless ,
- Uncandid ,
- Uningenuous ,
- Unreasoned ,
- Unsincere ,
- Unveracious ,
- abortive ,
- accept ,
- acquire ,
- acute ,
- ad captandum vulgus ,
- adopt ,
- affect ,
- ambidextrous ,
- ambiguous ,
- amoral ,
- apostate ,
- apprehension ,
- arch ,
- arrogate ,
- arty ,
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- behind ones back ,
- bootless ,
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- cagey ,
- calculating ,
- call ,
- canny ,
- capricious ,
- casuistic ,
- chanceful ,
- cheat ,
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- clandestine ,
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- dastardly ,
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- deceit ,
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- deceive ,
- deceiver ,
- deceptively ,
- deep ,
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- degenerate ,
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- depraved ,
- designing ,
- din ,
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- disloyal ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- dissimulate ,
- dissimulating ,
- distrust ,
- disturbance ,
- double ,
- double-crossing ,
- double-minded ,
- double-tongued ,
- doubt ,
- duplicitous ,
- duplicity ,
- elusive ,
- empty ,
- equivocal ,
- euphemistic ,
- evil ,
- fabricate ,
- fabricated ,
- factitious ,
- faking ,
- fallacious ,
- falsehearted ,
- falsely ,
- faux ,
- fear ,
- feign ,
- feigned ,
- feigning ,
- feline ,
- fibbing ,
- fickle ,
- fictitious ,
- filthy ,
- finagling ,
- fly ,
- fraud ,
- fraudulently ,
- furtive ,
- guileful ,
- hallucinatory ,
- heretical ,
- hesitant ,
- hidden ,
- hollow ,
- hubbub ,
- hugger mugger ,
- hunch ,
- hypocritically ,
- ideal ,
- illusive ,
- illusory ,
- imaginary ,
- impious ,
- implied ,
- impress ,
- inconstant ,
- indirect ,
- ineffectual ,
- ingenious ,
- iniquitous ,
- inkling ,
- insidious ,
- insincerely ,
- insurgent ,
- insurrectionist ,
- intriguing ,
- inventive ,
- jackleg ,
- jesuitical ,
- knavery ,
- knavish ,
- knowing ,
- leery ,
- liar ,
- loaded ,
- made-up ,
- mala fide ,
- malevolent ,
- malicious ,
- mealy-mouthed ,
- mealymouthed ,
- mean ,
- meretricious ,
- mincing ,
- misgiving ,
- misleading ,
- mistrust ,
- nefarious ,
- no ,
- noise ,
- null ,
- oblique ,
- offhand ,
- oily ,
- paste ,
- pawky ,
- perfidious ,
- periphrastic ,
- perverted ,
- pettifogging ,
- phantasmagoric ,
- phantasmal ,
- phantasmic ,
- pharisaic ,
- phoney ,
- phoniness ,
- picaresque ,
- plausible ,
- play ,
- politic ,
- prestigious ,
- pretend ,
- pretended ,
- pretending ,
- private ,
- profound ,
- pseudo ,
- qualm ,
- rascal ,
- ready ,
- recreant ,
- reluctant ,
- renegade ,
- resourceful ,
- reticent ,
- roguish ,
- rotten ,
- roundabout ,
- row ,
- sanctimonious ,
- scheming ,
- scruple ,
- secret ,
- secretive ,
- seditious ,
- seize ,
- serpentine ,
- shady ,
- sham ,
- shameless ,
- shrewd ,
- sidelong ,
- simulate ,
- simulated ,
- skillful ,
- skulking ,
- slick ,
- slim ,
- slimy ,
- smooth ,
- snaky ,
- sneaky ,
- sophistical ,
- specious ,
- spurious ,
- stealthy ,
- strategic ,
- streetwise ,
- subtle ,
- subversive ,
- supple ,
- surreptitious ,
- suspicion ,
- swindler ,
- tactical ,
- take ,
- telltale ,
- thievish ,
- timeserving ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonable ,
- treasonous ,
- trivial ,
- tumult ,
- turmoil ,
- two-timing ,
- unauthentic ,
- unavailing ,
- unconscionable ,
- unctuous ,
- undependable ,
- underhand ,
- unethical ,
- unfair ,
- unfairly ,
- unfrank ,
- ungenuine ,
- unpatriotic ,
- unprofitable ,
- unreal ,
- unsound ,
- unsporting ,
- unsportsmanlike ,
- unsubstantial ,
- untrue ,
- untruthful ,
- up to snuff ,
- uproar ,
- useless ,
- usurp ,
- vague ,
- vile ,
- villainous ,
- vulpine ,
- warped ,
- wary ,
- weep ,
- wicked ,
- wrong ,
- yellow .
- Elusory ,
- Retiary ,
- Semblant ,
- Truthless ,
- Witted ,
- adulterine ,
- blackguardly ,
- blue sky ,
- blue-sky ,
- bribable ,
- casuistical ,
- changeful ,
- committing perjury ,
- complicit ,
- crafty ,
- crazy like a fox ,
- crazy like fox ,
- crooked ,
- demagogic ,
- devious ,
- difficult to catch ,
- dishonest ,
- dishonorable ,
- double-faced ,
- exploitative ,
- fair weather ,
- fair-weather ,
- faking one out ,
- false ,
- floater ,
- fraudulent ,
- imprecise ,
- low-down ,
- moonlighting ,
- not straightforward ,
- not true to ,
- obliquitous ,
- of bad faith ,
- opprobious ,
- out of line ,
- playing games ,
- snake in grass ,
- sneaking ,
- treacherous ,
- trumped up ,
- unassured ,
- unconscientious ,
- unconverted ,
- unloyal ,
- unrespectable ,
- unscrupulous ,
- unspecific ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untrusty .
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How to use "Deceitful" in context?
Deceit manifests itself in a myriad of ways. Sometimes it's a matter of withholding information from someone we care about, or misrepresenting our intentions. Other times it's deliberately lying to get what we want. Regardless of the motive, deceptions are often harmful and can lead to hurt feelings, mistrust, and broken relationships.
The Truth About Deception
Unfortunately, deceit is all too common in our society. Lying to get ahead, to avoid confrontations, or simply because we feel like it, can take many different forms.
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Equivalence
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Adjective
deceptive, fraudulent, misleading.
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deception.
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Other Related
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Adjective
cunning, devious, dishonest, disingenuous, specious, unfair, untruthful, wicked.
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Noun, singular or mass
deceit.
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Homophones for Deceitful:
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