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 will lead a national coordinated effort ... to reverse perverse incentives that lead to corruption, close the loopholes that dishonest officials use to steal and to tighten our legislation work.
Regulations are designed to keep honest people honest. If someone really wants to be dishonest, there are lots of ways around it.
It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune...
It’s obvious that in this particular case, the athlete could not have intentionally used a prohibited substance, it just does not make any sense, curling, in theory, in not the kind of sport in which dishonest athletes dope.
She has done nothing dishonest. Only the economic crisis can bring her down, by fueling social discontent.
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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