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Synonyms for deceitful
adj dishonest, insincere- artful
- deceptive
- disingenuous
- duplicitous
- false
- fraudulent
- hypocritical
- misleading
- underhanded
- untrustworthy
- untruthful
- astucious
- astute
- beguiling
- clandestine
- counterfeit
- crafty
- cunning
- deceiving
- delusive
- delusory
- designing
- double-dealing
- fallacious
- feline
- foxy
- furtive
- guileful
- illusory
- impostrous
- indirect
- insidious
- knavish
- lying
- mendacious
- rascal
- roguish
- shifty
- slick
- sly
- sneaky
- stealthy
- subtle
- treacherous
- tricky
- two-faced
- underhand
- wily
Antonyms for deceitful
- actual
- authentic
- forthright
- frank
- genuine
- honest
- ingenuous
- just
- naive
- open
- real
- reliable
- sincere
- truthful
- upright
- valid
- faithful
- loyal
- trustworthy
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.
More words related to deceitful
Machiavellian
adjective. scheming
ambidextrous
adjective. insincere
complicit
adjective. associated with unethical activity
crafty
adjective. clever, scheming
crooked
adjective. evil, corrupt
deceptive
adjective. dishonest
- 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
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the
Philip Lief Group.