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Synonyms for dishonesty
dɪsˈɒn ə stidis·hon·esty
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English Synonyms and Antonyms
dishonesty
A fraud is an act of deliberate deception with the design of securing something by taking unfair advantage of another. A deceit or deception may be designed merely to gain some end of one's own, with no intent of harming another; an imposition, to take some small advantage of another, or simply to make another ridiculous. An imposture is designed to obtain money, credit, or position to which one is not entitled, and may be practised by a street beggar or by the pretender to a throne. All action that is not honest is dishonesty, but the term dishonesty is generally applied in business, politics, etc., to deceitful practises which are not directly criminal. Fraud includes deceit, but deceit may not reach the gravity of fraud; a cheat is of the nature of fraud, but of a petty sort; a swindle is more serious than a cheat, involving larger values and more flagrant dishonesty. Fraud is commonly actionable at law; cheating and swindling are for the most part out of the reach of legal proceedings. Treachery is chiefly used of dishonesty in matters of friendship, social relations, government, or war; treachery may be more harmful than fraud, but is not so gross, and is not ordinarily open to legal redress. Treason is a specific form of treachery of a subject to the government to which he owes allegiance, and is definable and punishable at law. Compare ARTIFICE; DECEPTION.
Synonyms:
artifice, cheat, cheating, deceit, deception, duplicity, fraud, imposition, imposture, swindle, swindling, treachery, treason, trickAntonyms:
fairness, good faith, honesty, integrity, truth, uprightness
Princeton's WordNet
dishonestynoun
the quality of being dishonest
Synonyms:
knaveryAntonyms:
honestness, honestydishonesty, knaverynoun
lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing
Synonyms:
knaveryAntonyms:
honesty, honestness
Matched Categories
Dictionary of English Synonymes
dishonestynoun
Synonyms:
improbity, faithlessness, knavery, treachery, falsehood, deceitfulness, perfidiousness, wickedness
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
dishonestynoun
Synonyms:
improbity, unscrupulousness, fraudulence, cheating, indirection
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List of paraphrases for "dishonesty":
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#4480 | fraud | |
#6230 | cheat | |
#7167 | trick | |
#12334 | cheating | |
#15524 | deception | |
#20106 | imposition | |
#24186 | treason | |
#27285 | dishonest | |
#30154 | deceit | |
#30443 | dishonesty | |
#41919 | falsehood | |
#43094 | treachery | |
#45134 | artifice | |
#58296 | swindle | |
#58948 | unfairness | |
#69173 | duplicity | |
#174882 | swindling | |
#183563 | imposture | |
#295612 | knavery |
How to use dishonesty in a sentence?
Every act of dishonesty has at least two victims the one we think of as the victim, and the perpetrator as well. Each little dishonesty ... makes another little rotten spot somewhere in the perpetrator's psyche.
Unfaithfulness in the keeping of an appointment is an act of clear dishonesty. You may as well borrow a person's money as his time.
No, not at all, it has nothing to do with honesty or dishonesty.
I think you're going to see a lot of things happen on November 6 that would not have happened before -- the American public has seen this charade, has seen this dishonesty by the Democrats.
I am a Christian. My company will be run in a way that reflects that. Dishonesty, thievery, immoral behavior, etc. will not be welcomed, i would not hesitate to refuse service to an openly gay person or persons. Homosexuality is wrong, period.
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