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HONESTY Antonyms

There are 17 antonyms of the word honesty. (opposite meanings)
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dishonesty
nounn
noun

• the quality of being dishonest

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

artifice
nounn
noun

• a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

cheating
nounn
noun

• a deception for profit to yourself

adjective satellite

• not faithful to a spouse or lover

• violating accepted standards or rules

corruption
nounn
noun

• lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain

• in a state of progressive putrefaction

• decay of matter (as by rot or oxidation)

• moral perversion; impairment of virtue and moral principles

• destroying someone's (or some group's) honesty or loyalty; undermining moral integrity

• inducement (as of a public official) by improper means (as bribery) to violate duty (as by committing a felony)

deceit
nounn
noun

• the quality of being fraudulent

• a misleading falsehood

• the act of deceiving

deceitfulness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being deceitful

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

falsehood
nounn
noun

• a false statement

• the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting

falseness
nounn
noun

• the state of being false or untrue

• unfaithfulness by virtue of being unreliable or treacherous

• the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

fraudulence
nounn
noun

• a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

• the quality of being fraudulent

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

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)

insincerity
nounn
noun

• the quality of not being open or truthful; deceitful or hypocritical

lying
verb, adjectivev, adj
noun

• the deliberate act of deviating from the truth

mendacity
nounn
noun

• the tendency to be untruthful

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)

untruthfulness
nounn
noun

• the quality of being untruthful

Alternatives for DISHONESTY

Alternatives for ARTIFICE

Alternatives for CHEATING

Alternatives for CORRUPTION

Alternatives for DECEIT

Alternatives for DECEITFULNESS

Alternatives for DUPLICITY

Alternatives for FALSEHOOD

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