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UNDERHANDEDNESS Synonyms

There are 21 synonyms of the word underhandedness. (exact relations)
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artifice
nounn
noun

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

chicanery
nounn
noun

• the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

craftiness
nounn
noun

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• the quality of being crafty

crookedness
nounn
noun

• a tortuous and twisted shape or position

• having or distinguished by crooks or curves or bends or angles

• the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

cunning
adjectiveadj
noun

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

• crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

adjective satellite

• attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness

• marked by skill in deception

• showing inventiveness and skill

deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

deceitfulness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being deceitful

deception
nounn
noun

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

• an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

deviousness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being oblique and rambling indirectly

• the quality of being deceitful and underhanded

dishonesty
nounn
noun

• the quality of being dishonest

• lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

double-dealing
noun, adjectiven, adj
noun

• acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

adjective satellite

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

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

fraud
nounn
noun

• intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

• a person who makes deceitful pretenses

• something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

• the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme

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)

slyness
nounn
noun

• shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

sneakiness
nounn
noun

• a disposition to be sly and stealthy and to do things surreptitiously

subterfuge
nounn
noun

• something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity

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)

unscrupulousness
nounn
noun

• the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty

Alternatives for ARTIFICE

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