Synonyms for dishonest
dɪsˈɒn ɪstdis·hon·est

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1. dishonestadjective

   Antonyms:
   honest

2. dishonestadjective

   Antonyms:
   honest

3. dishonestadjective

   Antonyms:
   honest

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1. dishonest

   Synonyms:
   deceitful, disingenuous, faithless, false, fraudulent, hypocritical, lying, mendacious, perfidious, traitorous, treacherous, unfaithful, unscrupulous, untrue

   Antonyms:
   candid, equitable, fair, faithful, frank, genuine, good, honest, honorable, ingenuous, just, sincere, straightforward, true, trustworthy, trusty, upright

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1. dishonest, dishonorableadjective

   deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

   Synonyms:
   dishonourable, purchasable, venal, bribable, corruptible, dishonorable

   Antonyms:
   downright, honorable, honest, incorrupt

2. corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venaladjective

   capable of being corrupted

   "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"

   Synonyms:
   for sale, purchasable, venal, bribable, corruptible, dishonorable

   Antonyms:
   honest, downright, honorable, incorrupt

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1. dishonestadjective

   Synonyms:
   faithless, knavish, false, unfair, disingenuous, fraudulent, deceitful, treacherous, slippery, unscrupulous, perfidious, wicked, false-hearted

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1. dishonestadjective

   Synonyms:
   unscrupulous, corruptible, deceitful, fraudulent

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1. List of paraphrases for "dishonest":

   unfair, dishonesty, disingenuous, untruthful, dishonourable, rogue, conniving, deceitful, fraudulent, unscrupulous, crooked

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How to use dishonest in a sentence?

1. Samuel Smiles:

   It is possible that the scrupulously honest man may not grow rich so fast as the unscrupulous and dishonest one but the success will be of a truer kind, earned without fraud or injustice. And even though a man should for a time be unsuccessful, still he must be honest better lose all and save character. For character is itself a fortune...

2. Donald Trump:

   Lying Cruz put out a statement, 'Trump Rubio are w/Obama on gay marriage.' Cruz is the worst liar, crazy or very dishonest. Perhaps all 3?

3. Prosecutor Mukul Chawla:

   The reality is that he simply changed his mind, was he lying to the SFO then, is he lying now, or is he simply a man out for himself, thoroughly dishonest and manipulative?

4. Edward Zehr:

   I wouldn't call it fascism exactly, but a political system nominally controlled by an irresponsible, dumbed down electorate who are manipulated by dishonest, cynical, controlled mass media that dispense the propaganda of a corrupt political establishment can hardly be described as democracy either.

5. Blessing Abeng:

   The truth is that we were supposed to be having a' conversation', the context of our conversation was personal and warm, i had made the decision to speak from the heart, and it would be dishonest to pretend that I had not reacted personally to so many issues around Ms. Hillary Clinton, whose life has become a kind of crucible of all the questions that affect women.