All deceptive synonyms
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D d adj deceptive
- tricky β given to or characterized by deceitful tricks; crafty; wily.
- ambiguous β If you describe something as ambiguous, you mean that it is unclear or confusing because it can be understood in more than one way.
- underhanded β underhand.
- deceitful β If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- sneaky β like or suggestive of a sneak; furtive; deceitful.
- slick β smooth and glossy; sleek.
- fraudulent β characterized by, involving, or proceeding from fraud, as actions, enterprise, methods, or gains: a fraudulent scheme to evade taxes.
- misleading β deceptive; tending to mislead.
- subtle β thin, tenuous, or rarefied, as a fluid or an odor.
- unreliable β not reliable; not to be relied or depended on.
- disingenuous β lacking in frankness, candor, or sincerity; falsely or hypocritically ingenuous; insincere: Her excuse was rather disingenuous.
- false β not true or correct; erroneous: a false statement.
- bum β Someone's bum is the part of their body which they sit on.
- catchy β If you describe a tune, name, or advertisement as catchy, you mean that it is attractive and easy to remember.
- crafty β If you describe someone as crafty, you mean that they achieve what they want in a clever way, often by deceiving people.
- cunning β Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- delusive β tending to delude; misleading
- designing β artful and scheming; conniving; crafty
- fake β to lay (a rope) in a coil or series of long loops so as to allow to run freely without fouling or kinking (often followed by down).
- fallacious β containing a fallacy; logically unsound: fallacious arguments.
- fishy β like a fish in shape, smell, taste, or the like.
- foxy β foxlike; cunning or crafty; slyly clever.
- illusory β causing illusion; deceptive; misleading.
- indirect β not in a direct course or path; deviating from a straight line; roundabout: an indirect course in sailing.
- insidious β intended to entrap or beguile: an insidious plan.
- lying β the manner, relative position, or direction in which something lies: the lie of the patio, facing the water. Synonyms: place, location, site.
- mock β to attack or treat with ridicule, contempt, or derision.
- oblique β neither perpendicular nor parallel to a given line or surface; slanting; sloping.
- off β so as to be no longer supported or attached: This button is about to come off.
- phony β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.
- plausible β having an appearance of truth or reason; seemingly worthy of approval or acceptance; credible; believable: a plausible excuse; a plausible plot.
- rascal β a base, dishonest, or unscrupulous person.
- roguish β pertaining to, characteristic of, or acting like a rogue; knavish or rascally.
- scheming β given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- seeming β apparent; appearing, whether truly or falsely, to be as specified: a seeming advantage.
- serpentine β of, characteristic of, or resembling a serpent, as in form or movement.
- shifty β resourceful; fertile in expedients.
- slippery β tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- sly β cunning or wily: sly as a fox.
- snide β derogatory in a nasty, insinuating manner: snide remarks about his boss.
- specious β apparently good or right though lacking real merit; superficially pleasing or plausible: specious arguments.
- spurious β not genuine, authentic, or true; not from the claimed, pretended, or proper source; counterfeit.
- treacherous β characterized by faithlessness or readiness to betray trust; traitorous.
adjective deceptive
- deceiving β Present participle of deceive.
- dishonest β not honest; disposed to lie, cheat, or steal; not worthy of trust or belief: a dishonest person.
- illusive β illusory.
- pretended β Informal. make-believe; simulated; counterfeit: pretend diamonds.
- devious β If you describe someone as devious you do not like them because you think they are dishonest and like to keep things secret, often in a complicated way.
- astucious β Subtle; cunning; astute.
noun deceptive
- phoniness β not real or genuine; fake; counterfeit: a phony diamond.