Synonyms for dishonest

Adjective

1. dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable, ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued, beguiling, deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent, deceptive, misleading, false, picaresque, rascally, roguish, scoundrelly, blackguardly, thieving(prenominal), thievish, crooked#2, corrupt, dishonorable#1, dishonourable, false, insincere, untrustworthy#1, untrusty

usage: deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive

2. dishonest, unscrupulous, crooked (vs. straight), corrupt

usage: lacking honesty and oblivious to what is honorable

3. dishonest, untruthful (vs. truthful)

usage: lacking truthfulness; "a dishonest answer"

4. corruptible, bribable, dishonest, purchasable, venal, corrupt (vs. incorrupt)

usage: capable of being corrupted; "corruptible judges"; "dishonest politicians"; "a purchasable senator"; "a venal police officer"