DECEPTIVE Synonyms

• causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true

• not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

• marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

• highly attractive and able to arouse hope or desire

• misleading by means of pleasant or alluring methods

• involving deception

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

• inappropriate to reality or facts

• deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

• capable of being corrupted

• not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

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

• not in accordance with the fact or reality or actuality

• in a disloyal and faithless manner

• arising from error

• erroneous and usually accidental

• deliberately deceptive

• inappropriate to reality or facts

• not genuine or real; being an imitation of the genuine article

• designed to deceive

• inaccurate in pitch

• adopted in order to deceive

• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

• involving deception

• based on or having the nature of an illusion

• lacking sincerity

• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

• changing position or direction

• dangerously unstable and unpredictable

• tending to betray; especially having a treacherous character as attributed to the Carthaginians by the Romans

• not to be trusted

• having concealed difficulty

• marked by skill in deception

• not according with the facts

• not true to an obligation or trust

• not accurately fitted; not level

• (used especially of persons) not dependable in devotion or affection; unfaithful

• not worthy of trust or belief

• not expressing or given to expressing the truth

• be false to; be dishonest with

• cause someone to believe an untruth