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Antonyms for underhand
ˈʌn dərˌhændun·der·hand
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Complete Dictionary of Synonyms and Antonyms
underhand
Antonyms:
openhanded, straightforward, fair, honest, undisguisedSynonyms:
clandestine, furtive, dishonest, unfair, fraudulent, surreptitious
Princeton's WordNet
underhand, underhanded, underarmadjective
with hand brought forward and up from below shoulder level
"an underhand pitch"; "an underhand stroke"
Antonyms:
overarm, overhand, overhanded, round-arm, square, straightSynonyms:
sneaky, underarm, underhandedsneaky, underhand, underhandedadverb
marked by deception
"achieved success in business only by underhand methods"
Antonyms:
square, straight, overhanded, round-arm, overarm, overhandSynonyms:
stealthy, underarm, sneak(a), surreptitious, sneaky, furtive, underhandedunderhandedly, underhandadverb
slyly and secretly
"Mean revenge, committed underhand"- John Donne; "oldline aristocratic diplomats underhandedly undermined the attempt...to align Germany with the Western democracies"- C.G.Bowers
Antonyms:
overhanded, overhand, overarm, straight, round-arm, squareSynonyms:
underhandedly, underarmunderarm, underhandadverb
with the hand swung below shoulder level
"throwing a ball underarm"
Antonyms:
round-arm, overhanded, overhand, straight, square, overarmSynonyms:
underhandedly, underarm
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
underhandadjective
Synonyms:
underhanded, surreptitious, clandestine, covertunderhandadverb
Synonyms:
clandestinely, covertly, secretly, surreptitiously
Words popularity by usage frequency
ranking | word | |
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#1667 | fair | |
#1834 | square | |
#2442 | straight | |
#5698 | honest | |
#11925 | straightforward | |
#112648 | underhand | |
#137710 | overhand | |
#157997 | undisguised |
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