What are some opposite words for misleading?
Antonyms for misleading
mɪsˈli dɪŋmis·lead·ing
This page is about all possible antonyms and opposite words for the term misleading.
Princeton's WordNet
deceptive, misleading, shoddyadjective
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
"the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices"
Synonyms:
cheapjack, shoddy, tawdry, deceptive, jerry-built, delusory
Synonyms, Antonyms & Associated Words
misleadingadjective
Synonyms:
delusive, deceitful, fallacious, illusive
How to use misleading in a sentence?
After having been confirmed for Deputy Secretary less than two years ago, it is unfortunate that a painful and deeply personal family situation from long ago is being dredged up and painted in an incomplete and therefore misleading way in the course of this process, i believe my continuing in the confirmation process would force my three children to relive a traumatic chapter in our family's life and reopen wounds we have worked years to heal. Ultimately, their safety and well-being is my highest priority.
We have to have an evidentiary basis to say, when you act, would-be-reporter, you're actually acting at the direction of your government and you don't have an independent journalistic ethos that we think of when we look at a reporter, in fact, not labeling you as a foreign agent is misleading because you're presenting yourself to the American people as somebody who's independent and thinking your own thoughts but you're not, you're getting your thoughts from a foreign government.
The emails were taken deliberately and egregiously out of context and therefore are profoundly misleading.
There was nothing hidden. There was no effort to or reality of misleading, there is nothing that Ben or the president or I or anybody who was involved in explaining the Iran deal to the American public said that wasn’t factually correct. The notion that there was any ball to hide or spin to put on it, I think, is really misguided.
We pride ourselves on animal welfare within our operation and are proud of our human treatment of animals, these pictures and videos are misleading. These people broke in in the middle of the night with flashlights on their head. The turkeys are naturally attracted to the light and gather around them. So now, it looks like the barn is a lot more crowded than it really is.
Words popularity by usage frequency
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#5698 | honest | |
#12256 | misleading | |
#12949 | honorable |
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