Synonyms for fishy
ˈfɪʃ ifishy

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1. fishyadjective

   of or relating to or resembling fish

   "the soup had a fishy smell"

   Synonyms:
   suspicious, suspect, shady, funny

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

2. fishy, funny, shady, suspect, suspiciousadjective

   not as expected

   "there was something fishy about the accident"; "up to some funny business"; "some definitely queer goings-on"; "a shady deal"; "her motives were suspect"; "suspicious behavior"

   Synonyms:
   fly-by-night, shady, louche, comic, laughable, rum, shadowed, untrusting, umbrageous, singular, odd, wary, amusing, comical, suspicious, leery, funny, mirthful, risible, peculiar, shadowy, mistrustful, suspect, rummy, curious

   Antonyms:
   unquestionable

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1. suspicion, doubt

   something just doesn't add.

   i'm not sure about the evidence put forward, i need some more background work done before any conclusions are made.

   Submitted by greenwriter60 on March 26, 2019  

2. piscatorial

   suspicious looking

   the man outside the bank looks piscatorial

   Submitted by anonymous on January 12, 2020  

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1. fishyadjective

   Synonyms:
   fishlike, extravagant, exaggerated, improbable

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1. List of paraphrases for "fishy":

   blueberry, fish

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How to use fishy in a sentence?

1. Noël Coward:

   There's always something fishy about the French.

2. Rupert Brooke:

   But somewhere, beyond Space and Time, is wetter water, slimier slime! And there (they trust) there swimmeth one who swam ere rivers were begun, immense of fishy form and mind, squamous omnipotent, and kind.

3. Arthur Liu:

   I didn’t feel good about it. I felt something fishy was going on, from my dealings with the U.S. Figure Skating association, they would never call me on the phone to get copies of our passports. I really cut it short once I realized what he was asking for.

4. Richard Theoharis:

   He’s very capable on the paddle board so it seems fishy to me, he was under pressure. He owed $600,000 and he didn’t have it. He was afraid the judge would throw him in jail. If he’s scared, we hope he will contact us. Make a phone call. Just let somebody know you’re safe so we can rest at night.

5. Mouchegh Petrossian:

   Great caviar should have a buttery smoothness to it and shouldn’t really taste fishy at all.