Dishonesty synonyms | Best 84 synonyms for dishonesty

The act or practice of tricking; use of tricks; deception; fraud

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(Law) The tort or fraudulent representation of a material fact made with knowledge of its falsity, or recklessly, or without reasonable grounds for believing its truth and with intent to induce reliance on it; the plaintiff justifiably relies on the deception, to his injury.

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duplicity

The quality or state of being twofold or double.

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insidiousness

A surreptitious harmfulness, quality of entrapment, or treacherousness; the characteristic of being insidious.

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craftiness

Skill in deception, slyness

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treachery

Treachery is a betrayal of trust.

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knavishness

The quality of being knavish.

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fraud

Something said or done to deceive; trick; artifice

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corruption

(Computing) The destruction of data by manipulation of parts of it, either by deliberate or accidental human action or by imperfections in storage or transmission media.

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deception

Deception is defined as an untrue falsehood, or is the act of lying to or tricking someone.

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falsehood

Lack of conformity to truth or fact; inaccuracy.

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infidelity

Unfaithfulness or disloyalty to another; esp., sexual unfaithfulness of a husband or wife; adultery

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faithlessness

The quality of being faithless

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falsity

Disloyalty

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craft

Skill in doing or making something, as in the arts; proficiency.

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artifice

Cleverness or ingenuity in making or doing something; art or skill:

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wiliness

A wily quality or condition

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untrustworthiness

The state or quality of being untrustworthy.

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guile

The definition of guile is slyness shown in a charming way.

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perfidiousness

(Rare) Unfaithfulness; deceitfulness; perfidy.

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slyness

(Countable) The result or product of being sly.

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perfidy

Deliberate breach of faith; calculated violation of trust; treachery:

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double-dealing

The act or practice of doing the opposite of what one pretends to do; duplicity; deceit

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trickiness

The quality of being tricky.

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knavery

Dishonest or crafty dealing.

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cant

Slope, the angle at which something is set.

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crookedness

The state of being crooked

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lying

The telling of a lie or lies

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cheating

An act of deception, fraud, trickery, imposture, or imposition.

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stealing

(Archaic, chiefly in the plural) That which is stolen; stolen property.

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subtlety

(Uncountable) The quality or fact of being subtle.

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hypocrisy

A pretending to be what one is not, or to feel what one does not feel; esp., a pretense of virtue, piety, etc.

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insincerity

An insincere act, remark, etc.

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prevarication

Evasion of the truth; deceit, evasiveness.

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swindle

An instance of swindling.

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chicanery

The use of clever but tricky talk or action to deceive, evade, etc., as in legal dealings

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mendacity

The quality or state of being mendacious

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artfulness

The quality of being artful or of acting in an artful manner.

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subtleness

Subtleness is the indirect or small distinction between two things or ideas.

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cunning

The natural wit or instincts of an animal.

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fraudulence

The condition of being fraudulent

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pettifoggery

The actions of a pettifogger; a trivial quarrel.

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embezzlement

(Law, business) The fraudulent conversion of property from a property owner.

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counterfeiting

The act of one who counterfeits.

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deviousness

The characteristic of being devious; sneakiness; underhandedness.

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truthfulness (antonym)

The quality of being truthful

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integrity (antonym)

The quality or condition of being whole or undivided; completeness:

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lie (related)

Something meant to deceive or mistakenly accepted as true:

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improbity

Lack of probity; dishonesty

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indirection

Roundabout act, procedure, or means

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unscrupulousness

The state of being unscrupulous

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scrupulousness (antonym)

(Uncountable) The property of being scrupulous.

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sincerity (antonym)

Sincerity is the quality of being honest, true and real.

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fairness (antonym)

The property of being fair.

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frankness (antonym)

The state of being frank; candour; honesty.

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honesty (antonym)

The definition of honesty is the quality of being truthful.

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openness (antonym)

lying; unwillingness to tell the truth

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corruptness

The state of being corrupt.

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shadiness

The property of being shady.

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shiftiness

(Uncountable) The property of being shifty.

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sneakiness

The state or quality of being sneaky.

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underhandedness

The characteristic of being underhanded.

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honest (related)

Lack of integrity

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incompetence (related)

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misrepresentation (related)

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wrongdoing (related)

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recklessness (related)

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misconduct (related)

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malpractice (related)

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wrong-doing (related)

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bad faith (related)

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illegality (related)

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sharp-practice (related)

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impropriety (related)

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rascality

The behavior of a rascal.

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mythomania

A compulsion to embroider the truth, engage in exaggeration, or tell lies.

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forgery

The act of forging, fabricating, or producing falsely; especially the crime of fraudulently making or altering a writing or signature purporting to be made by another, the false making or material alteration of or addition to a written instrument for the purpose of deceit and fraud.

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perjury

The crime of willfully and knowingly making a false statement about a material fact while under oath.

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treason

Violation of the allegiance owed to one's sovereign or state; betrayal of one's country, specif., in the U.S. (as declared in the Constitution), consisting only in levying war against the U.S. or in giving aid and comfort to its enemies

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false pretenses

Any deceptive claims or methods used in order to attain a desired result

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flimflam

Nonsense

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hocus-pocus

A magician's trick or trickery; sleight of hand; legerdemain