HONESTY Antonyms
Best Opposite Words For HONESTY
| Word | Save | Syns.. | Usage | Type | ||
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| dishonesty | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||
| artifice | nounn | |||||
noun • a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | ||||||
| cheating | nounn | |||||
noun • a deception for profit to yourself adjective satellite • not faithful to a spouse or lover • violating accepted standards or rules | ||||||
| corruption | nounn | |||||
noun • lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain • in a state of progressive putrefaction • decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation) • moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles • destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity • inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony) | ||||||
| deceit | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| deceitfulness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being deceitful | ||||||
| duplicity | nounn | |||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| falsehood | nounn | |||||
noun • a false statement • the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting | ||||||
| falseness | nounn | |||||
noun • the state of being false or untrue • unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||||
| fraudulence | nounn | |||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • the quality of being fraudulent • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage | ||||||
| guile | nounn | |||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
| insincerity | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical | ||||||
| lying | verb, adjectivev, adj | |||||
noun • the deliberate act of deviating from the truth | ||||||
| mendacity | nounn | |||||
noun • the tendency to be untruthful | ||||||
| treachery | nounn | |||||
noun • betrayal of a trust • an act of deliberate betrayal | ||||||
| trickery | nounn | |||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
| untruthfulness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being untruthful | ||||||
Alternatives for DISHONESTY
Alternatives for ARTIFICE
Alternatives for CHEATING
Alternatives for CORRUPTION
- depravity
- putrefaction
- putrescence
- adulteration
- bastardization
- bribery
- contamination
- corruptness
- debasement
- decay
- decomposition
- defilement
- degeneracy
- depravation
- deterioration
- dirtying
- erosion
- evil
- impurity
- putridness
- rent-seeking
- rot
- rottenness
- rotting
- ruining
- sinfulness
- soiling
- spoiling
- subversion
- wickedness
- worsening
- destroying
- tainting