dishonest

I

(New American Roget's College Thesaurus)

adj. false, untrustworthy, deceitful, cheating, fraudulent, crooked. See falsehood, improbity.

II

(Roget's IV) modif.

1. [Not honest]

Syn. deceiving, lying, untruthful, double-dealing, deceitful, fraudulent, false, counterfeit, cunning, crafty, sneaky, tricky, knavish, wily, crooked, deceptive, misleading, bluffing, evasive, slippery, unctuous, insincere, hypocritical, disingenuous, pettifogging, swindling, cheating, sneaking, recreant, roguish, backbiting, treacherous, falsehearted, traitorous, villainous, sinister, mendacious, duplicitous, perfidious, insidious, devious, Machiavellian, hoodwinking, underhanded, shady*, two-timing*, double, two-faced*, double-crossing*, fork-tongued*; see also false 1 , hypocritical , mean 3 .

Ant. honest*, truthful, candid.

2. [Lacking integrity]

Syn. unprincipled, shifty, unscrupulous, undependable, disreputable, questionable, dishonorable, corrupt, immoral, unethical, untrustworthy, discredited, ignoble, unworthy, degraded, shabby, mean, low, venal, self-serving, contemptible, canting, corruptible, crooked, rotten*, dirty*, fishy*; see also sense 1; corrupt 1 , false 1 .

Ant. scrupulous, trustworthy, ethical.

Syn.- dishonest implies the act or practice of telling a lie, or of cheating, deceiving, stealing, etc. [ a dishonest official ] ; deceitful implies an intent to make someone believe what is not true, as by giving a false appearance, using fraud, etc. [ a deceitful advertisement ] ; lying suggests only the act of telling a falsehood [ curb your lying tongue ] ; untruthful is used as a somewhat softened substitute for lying, esp. with reference to statements, reports, etc. [ an untruthful account ]

III

(Roget's 3 Superthesaurus) a.

untruthful, deceitful, insincere, fraudulent, shady, corrupt, untrustworthy, false, misleading, shifty, treacherous, disingenuous, crooked, two-faced.

ANT.: honest, trustworthy, straightforward

IV

(Roget's Thesaurus II) adjective 1. Given to or marked by deliberate concealment or misrepresentation of the truth: deceitful, lying, mendacious, untruthful. See HONEST. 2. Marked by dishonesty, especially in matters of public trust: corrupt, venal. Informal: crooked. See HONEST.