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Antonyms for deceitful
dɪˈsit fəlde·ceit·ful
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term deceitful.
English Synonyms and Antonyms
deceitful
Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.
Compare synonyms for UTILITY.
Antonyms:
adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthySynonyms:
abortive, baseless, bootless, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless
Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
deceitful
Antonyms:
open, fair, honest, truthful, veraciousSynonyms:
deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious
Princeton's WordNet
deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective
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:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous, unsoundambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tonguedadjective
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:
double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, two-handed, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
deceitfuladjective
Synonyms:
deceptive, illusive, insidious, fraudulent, wily, artful, disingenuous
How to use deceitful in a sentence?
The regime is notoriously deceitful in its financial transactions in order to continue its illicit weapons programs and other destabilizing activities.
Even the word 'disguise' has been put out there, but it just sounds very intentional and deceitful, i just want to feel beautiful, and this is how I feel beautiful.
The American way of life is being dismantled by a group of bitter, deceitful, vengeful activists.
Read not books alone, but men, and amongst them chiefly thyself. If thou find anything questionable there, use the commentary of a severe friend rather than the gloss of a sweet lipped flatterer; there is more profit in a distasteful truth than in deceitful sweetness.
Roman Catholic Church is Roman Catholic Church, playbook page 82. Roman Catholic Church is what they do -- they hide, they are deceitful in what they do. Roman Catholic Church is self-seeking, and they're going to spin every story.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#212 | real | |
#283 | open | |
#803 | sound | |
#1068 | effective | |
#1412 | useful | |
#1442 | valid | |
#1667 | fair | |
#2159 | solid | |
#2389 | powerful | |
#3315 | efficient | |
#3614 | sufficient | |
#4080 | valuable | |
#4434 | substantial | |
#4555 | adequate | |
#5698 | honest | |
#7883 | beneficial | |
#8085 | worthy | |
#9018 | competent | |
#10437 | profitable | |
#12949 | honorable | |
#15642 | potent | |
#23212 | advantageous | |
#28112 | truthful | |
#34267 | expedient | |
#44203 | serviceable | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#324754 | veracious |
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