🔄 Synonyms of "Untrustworthy"
9 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| tricky | Hard to deal with, complicated. |
| devious | Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank. |
| shadynoun | Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. |
| slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. |
| shifty | (informal, idiomatic) Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable. |
| fly-by-nightnoun | (idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience. |
| unreliablenoun | Not reliable. |
| undependable | Not dependable. |
| untrusty | Not trusty. |
↔️ Antonyms of "Untrustworthy"
Words with the opposite meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| trustworthy | Deserving of trust, reliable. |
| trustynoun | Reliable or trustworthy. |
💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Untrustworthy"
Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.
| Word | Definition |
|---|---|
| undependable | Not dependable. |
| untrusty | Not trusty. |
| unreliable | Not reliable. |
| devious | Cunning or deceiving, not straightforward or honest, not frank. |
| tricky | Hard to deal with, complicated. |
| shady | Overspread with shade; sheltered from the glare of light or sultry heat. |
| shifty | (informal, idiomatic) Having the appearance of being dishonest, criminal, or unreliable. |
| slippery | Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard to grip, hard to stand on without falling, etc. |
| fly-by-nightnoun | (idiomatic, derogatory) A person or business that appears and/or disappears rapidly, appearing untrustworthy, or giving an impression of transience. |
| unsafe | Not safe (various senses); dangerous. |
| unfair | Not fair. |
| disloyal | Not loyal, without loyalty. |
| dodgy | (UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable. |
| sly | Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily. |
| nontrustworthy | Not trustworthy. |
| untrustful | Not trustful. |
| untrustable | That cannot be trusted. |
| trustless | (computing, cryptocurrencies) Which does not need any trust, or a trusted third party. |
| untrusting | Without trust; not inclined to trust. |
| untrusted | Not trusted. |
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🎨 Adjectives for "Untrustworthy"
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