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as in devious

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playing games

adjective as in devious

Strongest matches

  • calculating
  • deceitful
  • duplicitous
  • fraudulent
  • insidious
  • insincere
  • shrewd
  • sly
  • sneaky
  • underhanded
  • wily

Weak matches

  • artful
  • crooked
  • double-dealing
  • errant
  • erring
  • evasive
  • faking one out
  • fishy
  • foxy
  • guileful
  • indirect
  • not straightforward
  • oblique
  • obliquitous
  • playing politics
  • put on
  • roundabout
  • scheming
  • shady
  • shifty
  • sneaking
  • surreptitious
  • treacherous
  • tricky

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devious

adjectiveas in dishonest, crafty

  • artful
  • calculating
  • crooked
  • deceitful
  • double-dealing
  • duplicitous
  • errant
  • erring
  • evasive
  • faking one out
  • fishy
  • foxy
  • fraudulent
  • guileful
  • indirect
  • insidious
  • insincere
  • not straightforward
  • oblique
  • obliquitous
  • playing games
  • playing politics
  • put on
  • roundabout
  • scheming
  • shady
  • shifty
  • shrewd
  • sly
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • surreptitious
  • treacherous
  • tricky
  • underhanded
  • wily
more devious

adjectiveas in dishonest, crafty

  • artful
  • calculating
  • crooked
  • deceitful
  • double-dealing
  • duplicitous
  • errant
  • erring
  • evasive
  • faking one out
  • fishy
  • foxy
  • fraudulent
  • guileful
  • indirect
  • insidious
  • insincere
  • not straightforward
  • oblique
  • obliquitous
  • playing games
  • playing politics
  • put on
  • roundabout
  • scheming
  • shady
  • shifty
  • shrewd
  • sly
  • sneaking
  • sneaky
  • surreptitious
  • treacherous
  • tricky
  • underhanded
  • wily

From Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition Copyright © 2013 by the Philip Lief Group.

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