What is another word for dishonest?
Synonyms for dishonest
dɪsˈɒn ɪstdis·hon·est
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dishonest
Synonyms:
deceitful, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrueAntonyms:
candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright
Princeton's WordNet
dishonest, dishonorableadjective
deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive
Synonyms:
dishonourable, purchasable, venal, bribable, corruptible, dishonorablecorruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venaladjective
capable of being corrupted
"corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"
Synonyms:
for sale, purchasable, venal, bribable, corruptible, dishonorable
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dishonestadjective
Synonyms:
faithless, knavish, false, unfair, disingenuous, fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous, slippery, unscrupulous, perfidious, wicked, false-hearted
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dishonestadjective
Synonyms:
unscrupulous, corruptible, deceitful, fraudulent
PPDB, the paraphrase database
List of paraphrases for "dishonest":
unfair, dishonesty, disingenuous, untruthful, dishonourable, rogue, conniving, deceitful, fraudulent, unscrupulous, crooked
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#2392 | false | |
#7137 | lying | |
#10657 | rogue | |
#10658 | unfair | |
#15352 | fraudulent | |
#19040 | crooked | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30218 | untrue | |
#30443 | dishonesty | |
#32281 | faithless | |
#37389 | treacherous | |
#38412 | hypocritical | |
#40826 | unscrupulous | |
#50824 | unfaithful | |
#55524 | deceitful | |
#60164 | disingenuous | |
#83872 | dishonorable | |
#98300 | conniving | |
#118674 | traitorous | |
#123607 | untruthful | |
#128190 | perfidious | |
#129275 | venal | |
#130249 | corruptible | |
#170225 | dishonourable | |
#174612 | mendacious | |
#187346 | purchasable |
How to use dishonest in a sentence?
'I hope you know what you're doing,' and 'I do,' is not a conversation. That's a failed 'gotcha' -- and if that's the best the most dishonest president in American history can do, it's even more clear why Joe Biden's annihilated him in over 70 polls.
This is a success for the Serious Fraud Office, which has put immense resources into pursuing this ground-breaking prosecution, seen as a test case to determine whether it can prosecute other allegedly dishonest Libor traders, it is now more likely to do so.
McAuliffe has been called out many times for making false claims that he made a record investment in education, this is his M.O., make a dishonest statement and hope no one checks the facts.
Trump's dishonest tweets and robocalls means his team either knows nothing about Pennsylvania election law or he's just scared to death we're going to beat him.
A vote for Dishonest Danny boy and the Democrats is a vote to let criminals and drugs pour into our country.
Translations for dishonest
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- غير أمين, غشاش, مخادعArabic
- непочтен, нечестенBulgarian
- deshonestCatalan, Valencian
- unehrlichGerman
- deshonesto, embustero, mentirosoSpanish
- malhonnêteFrench
- disonestoItalian
- 不正直Japanese
- uærligNorwegian
- nieuczciwyPolish
- desonestoPortuguese
- necinstitRomanian
- бесчестный, нечестныйRussian
- неискрен, neiskrenSerbo-Croatian
- neiskrénSlovene
- oärligSwedish
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