Synonyms for deceitful
dɪˈsit fəlde·ceit·ful

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1. deceitful

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

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1. deceitful

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious

   Antonyms:
   open, fair, honest, truthful, veracious

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1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective

   intended to deceive

   "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

   Synonyms:
   double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous, unsound

   Antonyms:
   honorable, honest

2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tonguedadjective

   marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

   "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

   Synonyms:
   double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, two-handed, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous

   Antonyms:
   honest, honorable

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1. deceitfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, delusive, illusive, illusory, fallacious

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1. deceitfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, illusive, insidious, fraudulent, wily, artful, disingenuous

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1. List of paraphrases for "deceitful":

   misleading, deceptive, dishonest, duplicitous, sly

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1. Yvonne Padmos:

   Amidst the deceitful clouds of lies and cries, let us seek out genuine smiles in the sky. For in the company of those who are true, we find solace, peace, and a love that's pure and new.”

2. Madame de Lambert:

   The pleasures of the world are deceitful; they promise more than they give. They trouble us in seeking them, they do not satisfy us when possessing them and they make us despair in losing them.

3. Rachel Dolezal:

   Even the word 'disguise' has been put out there, but it just sounds very intentional and deceitful, i just want to feel beautiful, and this is how I feel beautiful.

4. The Cruz campaign:

   This person, we don’t know who that is, but they Photoshopped Marco’s face onto somebody else. This is how phony and how deceitful the Senator Ted Cruz campaign has become.

5. Prince William:

   It is my view that the deceitful way that the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said, the interview was a major contribution to making my parents ’ relationship worse and has since hurt countless others.