Synonyms for insincere
- adjective
All synonyms
Adjective
hypocritical, false, dishonest, disingenuous, hollow, deceitful, obsequious, smarmy, sycophantic, contrived, untrustworthy, fawning, specious, affected, fulsome, faithless, plausible, oily, glossy, double, plastic informal, canting, buttery informal, meretricious, pharisaical, uncandid, unctuous, perfidious, treacherous, oleaginous, soapy slang
Definitions
- adj. 1
Expressing words or behaviors that one does not genuinely feel or endorse; not genuine; artificial; factitious.
Janice's furious glare showed that her apology was insincere.
Example sentences
- hollow Near Sleepy Hollow is a village called Tarry Town.
- dishonest At least he's honest about the fact he's dishonest.
- hypocritical I have never known someone as hypocritical as you.
- disingenuous Tom was either being naïve or disingenuous.
- deceitful I learned the hard way that silence can be deceitful.
- smarmy Her smarmy remark left a bad taste in my mouth.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| insincere | rising | |
| hollow | steady | |
| dishonest | steady | |
| hypocritical | steady | |
| disingenuous | rising | |
| deceitful | rising |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- oily2
- 5 letters
- false1, soapy2
- 6 letters
- double2, hollow2, glossy2, smarmy2
- 7 letters
- plastic2, buttery3, fawning2, fulsome2, canting
- 8 letters
- affected3, specious2, unctuous2, uncandid
- 9 letters
- plausible3, dishonest3, contrived2, deceitful3, faithless
- 10 letters
- obsequious4, perfidious, oleaginous5
- 11 letters
- treacherous3, sycophantic4, pharisaical
- 12 letters
- hypocritical5, disingenuous5, meretricious
- 13 letters
- untrustworthy4
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (oily2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- insincère
- Italiano
- insincero
- Deutsch
- unaufrichtig