Synonyms for deceitful
- adjective
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Adjective
1. Dishonest — deceptive, two-faced
dishonest, deceptive, duplicitous, mendacious, double-faced, double-dealing, fraudulent, treacherous, two-faced, fallacious, insincere, untrustworthy, perfidious, cunning, misleading, disingenuous, hypocritical, artful, false, insidious, crooked, delusive
Definitions
- adj. 1
Deceptive, two-faced.
Related words
- Word family
- deceitfully deceitfulness
Example sentences
- dishonest At least he's honest about the fact he's dishonest.
- deceptive And, as you know, appearances are often deceptive.
- duplicitous Fadil fell hard for a duplicitous married woman.
- mendacious My wife is mendacious for dating another man behind my back.
- lying I saw a gangster lying in the light from the hall.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| deceitful | rising | |
| dishonest | steady | |
| deceptive | steady | |
| duplicitous | rising | |
| mendacious | rising | |
| lying | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 5 letters
- lying2, false1
- 6 letters
- rotten2, artful2
- 7 letters
- crooked2, cunning2
- 8 letters
- delusive, fraudful
- 9 letters
- dishonest3, deceptive3, insidious4, insincere3
- 10 letters
- misleading3, fraudulent3, fallacious3, mendacious3, perfidious
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, duplicitous4
- 12 letters
- hypocritical5, disingenuous5
- 13 letters
- untrustworthy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (lying2 = 2 syllables).