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Dishonest

Merriam-Webster Online Dictionary
dishonest (adjective)
1.
obsolete - shameful unchaste
2.
characterized by lack of truth, honesty, or trustworthiness - unfair deceptive
Merriam-Webster Online Thesaurus
dishonest (adjective)
1.
telling or containing lies
SYNONYMS:
lying, mendacious, untruthful
RELATED WORDS:
erroneous, fallacious, false, misleading, untrue; double-dealing, hypocrite, hypocritical, insincere, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced; perjurious
NEAR ANTONYMS:
candid, open, plainspoken, straightforward; earnest, sincere, true; conscientious, moral, principled, scrupulous; dependable, reliable, trustable, trustworthy, trusty; decent, ethical, honorable, just, respectable, righteous, right-minded, straight, upright, upstanding, virtuous
honest, truthful, veracious
dishonest (adjective)
2.
given to or marked by cheating and deception
SYNONYMS:
bent, crooked, deceptive, double-dealing, duplicitous, fast, fraudulent, guileful, rogue, shady, sharp, shifty, underhand, underhanded
RELATED WORDS:
unconscionable, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous; deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, false; artful, beguiling, cagey ( cagy), crafty, cunning, foxy, slick, sly, subtle, wily; defrauding, devious, furtive, slippery, sneaking, sneaky, trickish, tricky; insidious, perfidious, treacherous
NEAR ANTONYMS:
conscientious, decent, ethical, honorable, just, scrupulous, upright; forthright, straightforward
aboveboard, honest, straight
dishonest (adjective)
3.
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value
SYNONYMS:
crooked, deceitful, defrauding, dishonest, double-dealing, false
RELATED WORDS:
beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, specious; spurious
NEAR ANTONYMS:
legitimate, true, valid
aboveboard, honest, truthful
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