Definition for Duplicity:

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

Synonyms for Duplicity:

• n.

  •Jekyll and Hyde (noun)
  • double lives,
  • jekyll hyde,
  • proteuses.
  •
  • honest.
  •art (noun)
  • wilinesses,
  • canninesses.
  •betrayal (noun)
  • double-crossings,
  • un faithfulness,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • judas kisses,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • doublecrossings,
  • un-faithfulness,
  • let downs,
  • double crossings.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • fourberies,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • hankypanky,
  • sharp practices.
  •communication (noun)
  • duplicity.
  •craft (noun)
  • dis ingenuities,
  • disingenuities,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • cageynesses.
  •cunning (noun)
  • art.
  •deceit (noun)
  • dirty dealings,
  • ambidextrousnesses,
  • cozenings,
  • fraudulences,
  • dis simulations,
  • dis semblance,
  • dissimulations,
  • mis-representations,
  • over reaching,
  • pre tense,
  • mis representations,
  • dis-semblance,
  • dis-simulations,
  • pre-tense,
  • dis semblances,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • mis-representation,
  • entrappings,
  • dis-semblances,
  • pre tenses,
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis simulation,
  • defraudings,
  • overreachings,
  • mis representation,
  • over-reaching.
  •deception (noun)
  • deceptiveness,
  • dualism,
  • falsehood,
  • cozenage,
  • twoness,
  • boondoggle,
  • perfidy,
  • dupery,
  • judas kiss,
  • disinformation,
  • fast one,
  • beguilement,
  • one-upmanship,
  • dirty work,
  • Dissemblance,
  • Defraudation,
  • dirty pool,
  • faithlessness,
  • hokum,
  • beguilements,
  • boondoggles,
  • perfidiousness.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • indirection,
  • criminalities,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • criminality,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • Improbity,
  • infamy,
  • insidiousness.
  •double-dealing (noun)
  • doubledealing,
  • bad faiths.
  •dual personality (noun)
  • Jekyll And Hyde.
  •empty talk (noun)
  • lip service.
  •equivocation (noun)
  • evasion,
  • tergiversation,
  • coverup,
  • runaround,
  • shufflings,
  • amphibology,
  • quibbling routine,
  • double meaning,
  • fibbing,
  • cover up,
  • equivocality.
  •falsehood (noun)
  • crookedness,
  • figment,
  • delusion,
  • fiction.
  •falsity (noun)
  • dis-ingenuousnesses,
  • dis-ingenuousness,
  • un candidnesses,
  • un candidness,
  • in accuracy,
  • dis ingenuousness,
  • uncandidnesses,
  • un-realities,
  • in accuracies,
  • un-reality,
  • un reality,
  • in-accuracies,
  • dis ingenuousnesses,
  • un-candidness,
  • un-candidnesses,
  • in-accuracy,
  • un realities.
  •fraud (noun)
  • bamboozlements,
  • swindlings,
  • fast shuffles,
  • dupings,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • barratries.
  •guile (noun)
  • stab the back,
  • stab back.
  •hypocrisy (noun)
  • dis plays,
  • false professions,
  • glibnesses,
  • dis-plays,
  • unctuousnesses,
  • dis-play,
  • pharisaicalnesses,
  • dissemblings,
  • dis play.
  •quibble (noun)
  • quibble,
  • nit-picker,
  • Quiddities,
  • niggle,
  • hairsplitters,
  • hair-splitter,
  • quiddity,
  • Hairsplitter.
  •treachery (noun)
  • dis affection,
  • puton,
  • dis-affection,
  • dis affections,
  • dis-affections,
  • buncos.
  •treason (noun)
  • lese-majeste,
  • breach faith,
  • sub-versions,
  • seditious acts,
  • sub versions,
  • re volts,
  • lese-majestes,
  • sub-version,
  • lese majestes,
  • lesemajestes,
  • sub version,
  • re-volts,
  • re volt,
  • lesemajeste,
  • re-volt.
  •trick (noun)
  • de coys,
  • dis-guises,
  • dis guise,
  • de coy,
  • dis guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • de-coy,
  • de-coys.
  •two (noun)
  • bi furcation,
  • bi lateralities,
  • bi-furcation,
  • bi-furcations,
  • diremptions,
  • bi-lateralities,
  • bi laterality,
  • bi nary,
  • duplexities,
  • bilateralities,
  • bi-laterality,
  • bi furcations,
  • twains,
  • bi-nary.
  •two-facedness (noun)
  • twofacedness,
  • two facedness.
  •underhandedness (noun)
  • under handednesses,
  • under handedness,
  • under-handedness,
  • under-handednesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • double talk,
  • cant,
  • doublespeak,
  • sleaze,
  • casuistry,
  • graft,
  • skulduggery,
  • jiggery-pokery,
  • funny business,
  • pose,
  • play-acting,
  • misconduct,
  • hot air,
  • dramatics,
  • crocodile tears,
  • facade,
  • pretension,
  • foul play,
  • collusion,
  • obscurantism,
  • corruption,
  • rigging,
  • monkey business,
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • Maneuvering,
  • turpitude,
  • newspeak,
  • gentility,
  • camouflage,
  • masquerade.
  •
  • front,
  • the black arts,
  • sleight of hand,
  • piety,
  • veneer,
  • air.
  •
  • show.
  •
  • act.

Paraphrases for Duplicity:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    duplication, ambiguity.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    duality, hypocrisy, doublespeak, deceit.

Antonyms for Duplicity:

• n.

  • deception
    faithfulness, frankness, trustworthiness, openness, truthfulness, constancy, truth, loyalty, forthrightness, honesty, sincerity.
  • Other antonyms:
    dependability, candor, simplicity, plainness, incorruptibility, ingenuousness, solidity, good faith, trustiness, candidness, probity, reliableness, reliability, trustability, integrity, uprightness, decency, virtuousness, guilelessness, goodness, plainspokenness, artlessness, directness, righteousness, veracity.

Duplicity Sentence Examples:

• Believe me, if I tell you that such duplicity is very distasteful to my character.

• He then said that if Mendoza would declare with sincerity, and " without any of the duplicity of a minister" - that Philip would league himself with Henry for the purpose of invading England, in order to reduce the three kingdoms to the Catholic faith, and to place their crowns on the head of the Queen of Scotland, to whom they of right belonged; then that the King, his master, was most ready to join in so holy an enterprise.

Homophones for Duplicity:

• deflect, duplicate, Diphylla Ecaudata, defalcate, duffel coat, duffle coat, devil's weed, diabolist.

Hyponym for Duplicity:

• n.

  • communication
    deceit, deception, misrepresentation.