Synonyms for Deceitful
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Words related to "Deceitful" (adjective) include fallacious, fraudulent.
Adjective
intended to deceive
"deceitful advertising" "fallacious testimony" "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"
Synonyms
fallaciousfraudulent
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dishonestdishonorable
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
"she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill "a double-dealing double agent" "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray
Synonyms
ambidextrousdouble-dealingduplicitousjanus-facedtwo-faceddouble-faceddouble-tongued
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dishonestdishonorable
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