Aboveboard and Underhanded

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Aboveboard adjective - Without concealment or deception; honest.

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Underhanded is an antonym for aboveboard in topics: candid, candidly.

Underhanded adjective - Given to or marked by cheating and deception.

Usage example: the commercial is a part of an underhanded PR campaign to whitewash the company's environmental record

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Aboveboard is an antonym for underhanded in topics: secret, deceitful.

Nearby Word: underhand

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Underhanded and Aboveboard. (2016). Retrieved 2023, June 10, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/aboveboard/underhanded

Aboveboard & Underhanded. N.p., 2016. Web. 10 Jun. 2023. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/aboveboard/underhanded>.

Underhanded or Aboveboard. 2016. Accessed June 10, 2023. https://thesaurus.plus/related/aboveboard/underhanded.

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