Thesaurus
double–dealing
adjective
Synonyms and Antonyms of DOUBLE-DEALING
1
marked by, based on, or done by the use of dishonest methods to acquire something of value <double-dealing business practices that are being investigated by the state's attorney general>
Related Words beguiling, deceiving, deceptive, deluding, delusive, delusory, duplicitous, fallacious, misleading, specious; spurious
2
not being or expressing what one appears to be or express <the double-dealing salesman never told me that the car had been in an accident and repaired>
Synonyms artificial, backhanded, counterfeit, double, double-dealing, double-faced, fake, feigned, hypocritical, Janus-faced, jive [slang], left-handed, lip, mealy, mealymouthed, Pecksniffian, phony (also phoney), phony-baloney (or phoney-baloney), pretended, two-faced, unctuous
Related Words affected, assumed, claptrap, contrived, forced, mechanical, put-on, simulated, strained, unnatural; empty, hollow, meaningless; deceitful, devious, dishonest, false, untruthful; facile, glib, superficial; bogus, sham; campy, facetious, jocular, tongue-in-cheek; canting, pharisaical, pious, sanctimonious, self-righteous, simon-pure
3
given to or marked by cheating and deception <the double-dealing team owners were pitting the two cities against one another, both of whom badly wanted the franchise>
Synonyms bent [chiefly British], 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 (also 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
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