deceit

Thesaurus: synonyms, antonyms, and examples

deceiving others and not telling the truth
dishonestThe press called out the campaign's dishonest tactics.
untrustworthyHe made the mistake of basing his news story on an untrustworthy source.
deviousIt was a devious plan - but would it work?
deceitfulShe's deeply deceitful and not to be trusted.
She is trying to decide whether to give her deceitful husband a second chance.
We protect consumers against unfair or deceitful practices.
At best it was misleading; at worst it was downright deceitful.

SMART Vocabulary: related words and phrases

Dishonest
artificiality
bad faith
be rotten to the coreidiom
bent
cowboy
false
finagle
fishy
fly-by-night
fraudulence
mendacious
mendaciously
misleading
misleadingly
perjured
under false pretencesphrase
underhand
unreliability
unreliable
unscrupulous