100 Best Synonyms for “Deceitful”

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. artful Clever, often deceptively so.
2. backstabbing Secretly treacherous.
3. bad-faith Dishonest in intent.
4. bogus Fake or fraudulent.
5. cagey Unwilling to be open.
6. calculating Coldly planning for advantage.
7. canting Hypocritically moralistic.
8. concocted Invented to deceive.
9. conniving Secretly plotting wrongdoing.
10. cooked-up Dishonestly invented.
11. corrupt Dishonest for personal gain.
12. counterfeit Made to deceive as genuine.
13. crafty Skilled at tricking others.
14. crooked Dishonest or corrupt.
15. cunning Clever in a tricky way.
16. deceptive Intended to mislead or trick.
17. designing Scheming for selfish ends.
18. devious Using indirect dishonest methods.
19. dirty Dishonest or underhanded.
20. dishonest Not truthful or fair.
21. dishonorable Not honest or honorable.
22. disingenuous Not candid or sincere.
23. double-dealing Deceitfully working both sides.
24. dubious Doubtful or suspicious.
25. duplicitous Deceitful in speech or conduct.
26. empty Lacking sincerity or truth.
27. equivocal Ambiguous to mislead.
28. evasive Avoiding direct or honest answers.
29. fabricated Invented falsely.
30. faithless Disloyal or untrustworthy.
31. fake Not genuine or real.
32. false Not true or genuine.
33. falsehearted Insincere and treacherous.
34. feigned Pretended, not genuine.
35. forged Falsely made or copied.
36. foxy Cunning and sly.
37. fraudulent Involving deliberate deception.
38. furtive Secretive and suspicious.
39. glib Smooth but insincere.
40. guileful Full of deceitful cunning.
41. hollow Insincere or meaningless.
42. hypocritical Pretending false virtue or beliefs.
43. illusory Deceptive or unreal.
44. insidious Subtly harmful and deceptive.
45. insincere Not genuinely meant or felt.
46. intriguing Secretly plotting or scheming.
47. invented Made up and untrue.
48. Janus-faced Two-faced and deceitful.
49. knavish Dishonest and untrustworthy.
50. libelous Falsely damaging to reputation.
51. low-down Mean and dishonest.
52. lying Telling or involving lies.
53. Machiavellian Cunning and unscrupulous.
54. made-up Invented rather than true.
55. manipulative Controlling others by deceit.
56. masquerading Pretending to be something else.
57. mendacious Given to lying.
58. misleading Likely to give a false idea.
59. misrepresenting Presenting falsely.
60. paltering Deceiving with partial truths.
61. perfidious Treacherous and deceitful.
62. perjurious Involving lying under oath.
63. phony Fake or insincere.
64. plausible Seemingly believable but doubtful.
65. pretend Not genuine; feigned.
66. pretended Claimed falsely or insincerely.
67. prevaricating Avoiding the truth.
68. professed Claimed, often insincerely.
69. rascally Dishonest or mischievous.
70. roguish Dishonest in a playful way.
71. sanctimonious Falsely appearing morally superior.
72. scheming Secretly planning dishonest acts.
73. shady Dishonest or suspicious.
74. sham False or not genuine.
75. silver-tongued Persuasive, often deceptively so.
76. simulated Imitated, not genuine.
77. slick Smoothly clever and untrustworthy.
78. sly Secretly clever and deceptive.
79. smooth-tongued Persuasively but deceitfully charming.
80. sneaky Secretly dishonest or sly.
81. specious Seemingly true but false.
82. spurious False or not genuine.
83. traitorous Disloyal and treacherous.
84. treacherous Dangerously disloyal or deceptive.
85. tricksy Full of tricks or deceit.
86. tricky Likely to deceive or mislead.
87. trumped-up Falsely invented.
88. two-faced Insincere and deceitful.
89. undependable Not reliable or trustworthy.
90. underhanded Secretly dishonest or unfair.
91. unfair Not honest or just.
92. unfaithful Not loyal or true.
93. unprincipled Lacking moral standards.
94. unreliable Not dependable or trustworthy.
95. unscrupulous Unrestrained by moral principles.
96. untrue Not true.
97. untrustworthy Not deserving trust.
98. untruthful Not telling the truth.
99. villainous Wicked or criminally dishonest.
100. wily Skilled at clever deception.