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100 Best Synonyms for “Fishy”

September 4, 2026

100 Best Synonyms for

No. Item Definition
1. abnormal not normal; suspicious
2. alarming causing concern or suspicion
3. ambiguous having unclear meaning
4. anomalous deviating from what is normal
5. backdoor secret and improper
6. black-market illegal and secretive
7. bogus not genuine or truthful
8. brazen boldly shameless or dishonest
9. cagey careful and evasive
10. clandestine kept secret, often suspiciously
11. cloak-and-dagger secretive and suspicious
12. conniving secretly plotting something wrong
13. corrupt dishonest for personal gain
14. covert hidden and secretive
15. crafty clever in a deceitful way
16. crooked dishonest or corrupt
17. crooky dishonest-looking or shady
18. cunning cleverly deceitful
19. deceitful given to lying or trickery
20. deceptive likely to mislead
21. devious dishonest in a sneaky way
22. dishonest not truthful or trustworthy
23. disingenuous not candid or sincere
24. disreputable not respectable or trustworthy
25. dodgy seeming dishonest or unreliable
26. double-dealing secretly dishonest
27. dubious not to be trusted
28. duplicitous deceitful in speech or action
29. enigmatic hard to interpret; suspicious
30. equivocal open to more than one meaning
31. evasive avoiding direct answers
32. false not true or genuine
33. far-fetched hard to accept as true
34. fixed dishonestly arranged beforehand
35. flaky unreliable or odd
36. fraudulent intended to deceive
37. fraudy seeming like a scam
38. funny odd or suspicious
39. furtive secretive and suspicious
40. glib smooth but untrustworthy
41. guileful full of deceit
42. half-baked poorly thought out
43. hazy not clear or definite
44. hokey fake or unbelievable
45. iffy somewhat doubtful or uncertain
46. illegal against the law
47. illicit not legally permitted
48. implausible hard to believe
49. improper not appropriate or honest
50. inexplicable hard to explain; suspicious
51. insincere not genuinely honest
52. irregular not normal or proper
53. janky poorly made and suspect
54. manipulated controlled unfairly or deceptively
55. mendacious given to lying
56. misleading giving a false impression
57. murky unclear and suspicious
58. mysterious difficult to understand or explain
59. not on the level not honest or fair
60. not right seeming wrong or suspicious
61. obscure not clear or obvious
62. odd strange in a suspicious way
63. off not quite right
64. oily smarmily insincere
65. opaque hard to understand clearly
66. peculiar odd in a suspicious way
67. phony fake or insincere
68. questionable open to doubt or suspicion
69. rigged dishonestly arranged
70. scheming making secret dishonest plans
71. shady dishonest or untrustworthy
72. shifty appearing deceitful or evasive
73. sketchy seeming unsafe or dishonest
74. slippery hard to pin down
75. sly secretively cunning or deceitful
76. sneaky secretive and dishonest
77. specious seemingly true but false
78. spurious false but appearing real
79. suspect possibly dishonest or false
80. suspicious seeming dishonest or questionable
81. tampered secretly interfered with
82. tenuous weak or doubtful
83. tricky deceptive or hard to trust
84. troubling causing worry or doubt
85. two-faced insincere and deceitful
86. unbelievable difficult to believe
87. uncertain not clearly known or trusted
88. unclear not clear or straightforward
89. unconvincing not believable
90. under the table done secretly and dishonestly
91. underhanded secretly dishonest or unfair
92. unethical not morally right
93. unsavory morally unpleasant or suspect
94. untrustworthy not deserving trust
95. vague not clearly expressed
96. weird strange and unsettling
97. wily skilled at trickery
98. wonky not working right; suspicious
99. worrying causing concern or doubt
100. wrongful unjust or dishonest

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