double-dealing

1 of 2

noun

dou·ble-deal·ing ˌdə-bəl-ˈdē-liŋ How to pronounce double-dealing (audio)

: action contradictory to a professed attitude : duplicity

double-dealer

ˌdə-bəl-ˈdē-lər How to pronounce double-dealing (audio)

noun

double-dealing

2 of 2

adjective

: given to or marked by duplicity

double-dealing 1 of 2

adjective

as in fraudulent

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

Synonyms & Similar Words

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fraudulent
dishonest
deceptive
deceitful
false
defrauding
duplicitous
crooked
misleading
deceiving
beguiling
specious
delusive
fallacious
deluding
delusory
spurious

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

honest
truthful
true
legitimate
aboveboard
valid

as in double

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 & Similar Words

double
fake
pretended
lip
hypocritical
two-faced
insincere
feigned
mealymouthed
strained
counterfeit
superficial
unctuous
meaningless
mechanical
backhanded
jive
pious
phony
hollow
double-faced
assumed
artificial
unnatural
dishonest
Janus-faced
false
affected
deceitful
phony-baloney
phoney-baloney
phoney
mealy
contrived
claptrap
sham
forced
empty
devious
simulated
untruthful
Pecksniffian
left-handed
glib
put-on
facile
pharisaical
sanctimonious
canting
jocular
bogus
campy
facetious
simon-pure
self-righteous
tongue-in-cheek

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

artless
genuine
honest
unfeigned
sincere
candid
heartfelt
forthright
plain
undesigning
frank
straightforward
direct
open
heart-to-heart

as in deceptive

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 & Similar Words

deceptive
fraudulent
shady
crooked
dishonest
duplicitous
underhanded
rogue
shifty
guileful
underhand
false
fast
bent
unscrupulous
artful
cunning
treacherous
unprincipled
deceitful
deceiving
unethical
sharp
wily
perfidious
unconscionable
sly
beguiling
crafty
subtle
cagey
delusive
delusory
slick
defrauding
insidious
sneaky
devious
deluding
slippery
foxy
furtive
sneaking
cagy
tricky
trickish

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

honest
ethical
honorable
scrupulous
straight
conscientious
aboveboard
upright
just
forthright
decent
straightforward

double-dealing

2 of 2

noun

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery a go-between suspected of double-dealing

Synonyms & Similar Words

deception
deceit
cheating
deceptiveness
cunning
fraud
deceitfulness
duplicity
lying
dishonesty
dissimulation
dissembling
guile
fakery
secrecy
cozenage
crookedness
cunningness
crookery
craftiness
wiliness
subterfuge
prevarication
artifice
skulduggery
trickery
dupery
chicanery
mendacity
fraudulence
swindling
skullduggery
hypocrisy
equivocation
craft
foxiness
insincerity
jugglery
deviousness
shrewdness
unscrupulousness
underhandedness
legerdemain
two-facedness
artfulness
guilefulness
hanky-panky
sneakiness
caginess
sanctimoniousness
shadiness
fib
obliquity
slyness
wile
covertness
falsehood
furtiveness
untruth
shiftiness
chicane
slipperiness
falsity
slickness
stealthiness
mountebankery
treacherousness
cageyness
smoothness
oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

ingenuousness
sincerity
guilelessness
artlessness
forthrightness
frankness
candor
openness
honesty
probity
directness
candidness
plainness
reliability
trustworthiness
goodness
dependability
solidity
integrity
truthfulness
good faith
plainspokenness
righteousness
virtuousness
uprightness
decency
incorruptibility
reliableness
trustability
trustiness

Synonym Chooser

Some common synonyms of double-dealing are deception, fraud, subterfuge, and trickery. While all these words mean "the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives," double-dealing suggests treachery or at least action contrary to a professed attitude.

a go-between suspected of double-dealing

The meanings of deception and double-dealing largely overlap; however, deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource.

magicians are masters of deception

While in some cases nearly identical to double-dealing, fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or practice.

indicted for fraud

The synonyms subterfuge and double-dealing are sometimes interchangeable, but subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end.

obtained the papers by subterfuge

In some situations, the words trickery and double-dealing are roughly equivalent. However, trickery implies ingenious acts intended to dupe or cheat.

resorted to trickery to gain their ends

单词	double-dealing
释义	double-dealing 1 of 2 noun dou·ble-deal·ing ˌdə-bəl-ˈdē-liŋ : action contradictory to a professed attitude : duplicity double-dealer ˌdə-bəl-ˈdē-lər noun double-dealing 2 of 2 adjective : given to or marked by duplicity Synonyms Noun artifice cheating cozenage craft craftiness crookedness crookery cunning cunningness deceit deceitfulness deception deceptiveness dishonesty dissembling dissimulation dupery duplicity fakery foxiness fraud guile guilefulness wiliness Adjective crooked deceitful defrauding dishonest false fraudulent See all Synonyms & Antonyms Word History First Known Use Noun 1529, in the meaning defined above Adjective 1587, in the meaning defined above double-dealing 1 of 2 adjective 1 as in fraudulent 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 Synonyms & Similar Words Relevance fraudulent dishonest deceptive deceitful false defrauding duplicitous crooked misleading deceiving beguiling specious delusive fallacious deluding delusory spurious Antonyms & Near Antonyms honest truthful true legitimate aboveboard valid 2 as in double 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 & Similar Words double fake pretended lip hypocritical two-faced insincere feigned mealymouthed strained counterfeit superficial unctuous meaningless mechanical backhanded jive pious phony hollow double-faced assumed artificial unnatural dishonest Janus-faced false affected deceitful phony-baloney phoney-baloney phoney mealy contrived claptrap sham forced empty devious simulated untruthful Pecksniffian left-handed glib put-on facile pharisaical sanctimonious canting jocular bogus campy facetious simon-pure self-righteous tongue-in-cheek Antonyms & Near Antonyms artless genuine honest unfeigned sincere candid heartfelt forthright plain undesigning frank straightforward direct open heart-to-heart See More 3 as in deceptive 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 & Similar Words deceptive fraudulent shady crooked dishonest duplicitous underhanded rogue shifty guileful underhand false fast bent unscrupulous artful cunning treacherous unprincipled deceitful deceiving unethical sharp wily perfidious unconscionable sly beguiling crafty subtle cagey delusive delusory slick defrauding insidious sneaky devious deluding slippery foxy furtive sneaking cagy tricky trickish Antonyms & Near Antonyms honest ethical honorable scrupulous straight conscientious aboveboard upright just forthright decent straightforward See More double-dealing 2 of 2 noun as in deception the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery a go-between suspected of double-dealing Synonyms & Similar Words deception deceit cheating deceptiveness cunning fraud deceitfulness duplicity lying dishonesty dissimulation dissembling guile fakery secrecy cozenage crookedness cunningness crookery craftiness wiliness subterfuge prevarication artifice skulduggery trickery dupery chicanery mendacity fraudulence swindling skullduggery hypocrisy equivocation craft foxiness insincerity jugglery deviousness shrewdness unscrupulousness underhandedness legerdemain two-facedness artfulness guilefulness hanky-panky sneakiness caginess sanctimoniousness shadiness fib obliquity slyness wile covertness falsehood furtiveness untruth shiftiness chicane slipperiness falsity slickness stealthiness mountebankery treacherousness cageyness smoothness oiliness Antonyms & Near Antonyms ingenuousness sincerity guilelessness artlessness forthrightness frankness candor openness honesty probity directness candidness plainness reliability trustworthiness goodness dependability solidity integrity truthfulness good faith plainspokenness righteousness virtuousness uprightness decency incorruptibility reliableness trustability trustiness See More Synonym Chooser Some common synonyms of double-dealing are deception, fraud, subterfuge, and trickery. While all these words mean "the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives," double-dealing suggests treachery or at least action contrary to a professed attitude. a go-between suspected of double-dealing The meanings of deception and double-dealing largely overlap; however, deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource. magicians are masters of deception While in some cases nearly identical to double-dealing, fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or practice. indicted for fraud The synonyms subterfuge and double-dealing are sometimes interchangeable, but subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end. obtained the papers by subterfuge In some situations, the words trickery and double-dealing are roughly equivalent. However, trickery implies ingenious acts intended to dupe or cheat. resorted to trickery to gain their ends
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