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Synonyms for under-handed

  • adjective

Most common

nefarious back-handed underarm

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Crooked — secret; surreptitious

crooked, sneaky, secret, corrupt, sly, covert, surreptitious, sinister, clandestine, nefarious, furtive

Other

false, foul, back-handed, understaffed, underarm

Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Secret; surreptitious.

Related words

Other spellings
underhanded

Example sentences

  • nefarious Nothing is more nefarious than hopelessness.

By length

3 letters
sly1
4 letters
foul1
5 letters
false1
6 letters
secret2, sneaky2, covert2
7 letters
corrupt2, crooked2, furtive2
8 letters
sinister3, underarm3
9 letters
nefarious4
11 letters
clandestine3
12 letters
understaffed3
13 letters
surreptitious4

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (secret2 = 2 syllables).