📖 Definitions of "Dishonest"
adjective
- 1
Not honest.
- 2
Interfering with honesty.
- 3
Dishonourable; shameful; indecent; unchaste; lewd.
- 4
Dishonoured; disgraced; disfigured.
🔄 Synonyms of "Dishonest"
29 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| beguilingnoun | That beguiles or beguile. |
| duplicitous | Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. |
| unscrupulous | Without scruples; immoral. |
| fallacious | Deceptive or misleading. |
| deceitful | Deliberately misleading or cheating. |
| roguish | (idiomatic) Mischievous and playful. |
| crooked | Not straight; having one or more bends or angles. |
| corruptverb | Willing to act dishonestly for personal gain; accepting bribes. |
| misleadingnoun | Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. |
| fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. |
| deceptive | Likely or attempting to deceive. |
| falseverb | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| rascally | Like a rascal. |
| venal | Capable of being bought (of a person); willing to take bribes. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| double-dealingnoun | (of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous. |
| ambidextrous | Having equal or comparable ability in both hands; in particular, able to write well with both hands. |
| picaresquenoun | (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero. |
| two-faced | Deceitful, duplicitous |
| corruptiblenoun | (of a person) bribable, that can be bought |
| double-tongued | (idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech. |
| thievish | Having a tendency to steal. |
| double-faced | Deceitful; hypocritical; treacherous. |
| scoundrelly | Like or befitting a scoundrel. |
| untruthful | Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Dishonest"
Words with the opposite meaning.
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Dishonest"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| unscrupulous | Without scruples; immoral. |
| dishonorable | Without honor, or causing dishonor. |
| roguish | (idiomatic) Mischievous and playful. |
| untruthful | Not giving the truth; providing untrue facts; lying. |
| false | Untrue, not factual, factually incorrect. |
| blackguardly | Characteristic of a blackguard. |
| misleading | Deceptive or tending to mislead or create a false impression, even if technically true. |
| duplicitous | Given to or marked by deliberate deceptiveness in behavior or speech. |
| deceptive | Likely or attempting to deceive. |
| double-dealing | (of a person) Cheating, dishonest; treacherous. |
| deceitful | Deliberately misleading or cheating. |
| janus-faced | double-faced; deceitful |
| scoundrelly | Like or befitting a scoundrel. |
| fraudulent | Dishonest; based on fraud or deception. |
| rascally | Like a rascal. |
| double-tongued | (idiomatic) Saying one thing to one person and something different to another; double talking; deceitful in speech. |
| fallacious | Deceptive or misleading. |
| picaresque | (literature) Characteristic of a genre of Spanish satiric novel dealing with the adventures of a roguish hero. |
| thievish | Having a tendency to steal. |
| beguiling | That beguiles or beguile. |
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🎨 Adjectives for "Dishonest"
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