Antonyms for deceitful
dɪˈsit fəlde·ceit·ful

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1. deceitful

   Vain (Latin vanus, empty) keeps the etymological idea through all changes of meaning; a vain endeavor is empty of result, or of adequate power to produce a result, a vain pretension is empty or destitute of support, a vain person has a conceit that is empty or destitute of adequate cause or reason. That which is bootless, fruitless, or profitless fails to accomplish any valuable result; that which is abortive, ineffectual, or unavailing fails to accomplish a result that it was, or was supposed to be, adapted to accomplish. That which is useless, futile, or vain is inherently incapable of accomplishing a specified result. Useless, in the widest sense, signifies not of use for any valuable purpose, and is thus closely similar to valueless and worthless. Fruitless is more final than ineffectual, as applying to the sum or harvest of endeavor. That which is useless lacks actual fitness for a purpose; that which is vain lacks imaginable fitness. Compare VACANT; OSTENTATION; PRIDE.

   Compare synonyms for UTILITY.

   Antonyms:
   adequate, advantageous, beneficial, competent, effective, efficient, expedient, potent, powerful, profitable, real, serviceable, solid, sound, substantial, sufficient, useful, valid, valuable, worthy

   Synonyms:
   abortive, baseless, bootless, delusive, empty, fruitless, futile, idle, inconstant, ineffectual, nugatory, null, profitless, shadowy, trifling, trivial, unavailing, unimportant, unprofitable, unreal, unsatisfying, unserviceable, unsubstantial, useless, vain, vapid, visionary, worthless

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1. deceitful

   Antonyms:
   open, fair, honest, truthful, veracious

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, delusive, fraudulent, fallacious

Princeton's WordNetRate these antonyms:5.0 / 1 vote

1. deceitful, fallacious, fraudulentadjective

   intended to deceive

   "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes"

   Antonyms:
   honorable, honest

   Synonyms:
   double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous, unsound

2. ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tonguedadjective

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

   "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray

   Antonyms:
   honest, honorable

   Synonyms:
   double-tongued, fraudulent, two-faced, double-dealing, double-faced, two-handed, ambidextrous, fallacious, duplicitous

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1. deceitfuladjective

   Synonyms:
   deceptive, illusive, insidious, fraudulent, wily, artful, disingenuous

How to use deceitful in a sentence?

1. Pope Francis:

   Roman Catholic Church is Roman Catholic Church, playbook page 82. Roman Catholic Church is what they do -- they hide, they are deceitful in what they do. Roman Catholic Church is self-seeking, and they're going to spin every story.

2. Yvonne Padmos:

   Amidst the deceitful clouds of lies and cries, let us seek out genuine smiles in the sky. For in the company of those who are true, we find solace, peace, and a love that's pure and new.”

3. Prince William:

   It is my view that the deceitful way that the interview was obtained substantially influenced what my mother said, the interview was a major contribution to making my parents ’ relationship worse and has since hurt countless others.

4. Adam Szubin:

   The regime is notoriously deceitful in its financial transactions in order to continue its illicit weapons programs and other destabilizing activities.

5. The Cruz campaign:

   This person, we don’t know who that is, but they Photoshopped Marco’s face onto somebody else. This is how phony and how deceitful the Senator Ted Cruz campaign has become.

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