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100 Best Synonyms for “Dishonest”

March 22, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. artful cleverly deceptive
2. backstabbing betraying trust deceitfully
3. bad-faith not sincere; deceitful
4. betraying being disloyal and deceitful
5. bogus not genuine; intended to mislead
6. bought corruptly influenced by money
7. bribable open to bribes
8. bullshitting speaking dishonestly or insincerely
9. cagey evasive and possibly dishonest
10. calculating coldly deceptive for advantage
11. cheating breaking rules to gain unfairly
12. conniving scheming and deceitful
13. cooked falsified, especially figures
14. corrupt morally rotten; dishonest
15. counterfeit fake and made to deceive
16. crafty clever in a deceptive way
17. crooked dishonest; corrupt
18. cunning cleverly deceitful
19. deceitful given to lying or trickery
20. deceptive misleading by design
21. dirty dishonest or unfair
22. dishonorable lacking honor; untrustworthy
23. dodgy dishonest or unreliable
24. double-dealing acting deceitfully in two ways
25. dubious not to be trusted
26. duplicitous two-faced; deliberately deceptive
27. economical with truth deliberately not fully truthful
28. equivocal deliberately ambiguous to mislead
29. equivocating using ambiguity to mislead
30. evasive avoiding truth; not direct
31. exploitative taking unfair advantage deceitfully
32. fabricated invented dishonestly
33. faithless not loyal; untrustworthy
34. fake not real; meant to deceive
35. false not true; intended to deceive
36. falsified made false to deceive
37. fast-talking talking to deceive or pressure
38. fishy suspiciously dishonest
39. fixed dishonestly arranged outcome
40. forged faked to mislead
41. fraudulent involving deception for gain
42. grifting conning for small gains
43. guileful full of cunning deception
44. hucksterish pushy and deceitful
45. hustling scheming for money dishonestly
46. in bad faith with dishonest intent
47. inaccurate on purpose deliberately untrue
48. insincere not genuine; deceptive
49. less than honest somewhat dishonest
50. lying telling lies; not truthful
51. maliciously false intentionally untrue and harmful
52. manipulative controlling others by deceit
53. mendacious habitually lying
54. misleading causing wrong beliefs intentionally
55. misrepresenting presenting falsely
56. misstating stating wrongly to mislead
57. not aboveboard not open or honest
58. not entirely honest not fully truthful
59. not on the level not honest or fair
60. not playing fair acting dishonestly
61. not straight not honest or truthful
62. not telling the truth lying; being untruthful
63. obfuscating making truth unclear on purpose
64. paltering misleading with truthful statements
65. perfidious faithless and deceitful
66. perjurious lying under oath
67. phony not genuine; deceptive
68. pilfering stealing small amounts
69. piratical stealing or plundering
70. plotting secretly planning something dishonest
71. prevaricating speaking evasively to deceive
72. questionable doubtful in honesty
73. rigged dishonestly arranged to win
74. scheming plotting dishonestly
75. shady suspiciously dishonest
76. sham false; meant to deceive
77. sketchy seemingly dishonest or unsafe
78. sleazy morally low; dishonest
79. slimy disgustingly dishonest
80. sly secretive and deceitful
81. sneaky acting in a secret, dishonest way
82. stacked unfairly arranged to favor someone
83. suspect likely dishonest
84. thieving stealing; dishonest
85. thievish inclined to steal
86. traitorous betraying loyalty; treacherous
87. treacherous betraying trust; deceitful
88. tricky using deceit to mislead
89. truth-bending distorting facts dishonestly
90. truth-twisting distorting truth to mislead
91. two-faced insincerely friendly; deceitful
92. underhanded sneaky and dishonest
93. unfaithful not loyal; deceitful
94. unprincipled lacking moral standards
95. unscrupulous without moral principles
96. untrustworthy not worthy of trust
97. untruthful not telling the truth
98. venal willing to sell integrity
99. whitewashing hiding wrongdoing dishonestly
100. wily cleverly deceitful
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