Deceiving
Deceiving adjective - Tending or having power to deceive.
Usage example: the deceiving nature of most flat maps of the globe causes some people to believe erroneously that Greenland is actually bigger than South America
Underhanded and deceiving are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Underhanded" instead an adjective "Deceiving".
Underhanded
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
Deceiving and underhanded are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deceiving" instead an adjective "Underhanded".
Nearby Word: underhand
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- corrupt and deceiving
- corrupt and underhanded
- crafty and deceiving
- crafty and underhanded
- cunning and deceiving
- cunning and underhanded
- dishonest and deceiving
- dishonest and underhanded
- unscrupulous and deceiving
- unscrupulous and underhanded
- crooked and deceiving
- crooked and underhanded
- false and deceiving
- false and underhanded
Both words in one sentence
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To be fair, the only reason Touma acted the way he did in the first place was because of Kuroi deceiving him and the other two members of Jupiter into thinking that 765 was using underhanded tactics to achieve their popularity, while remaining oblivious to those used by his boss.
Source: Anime / The iDOLM@STER
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Underhanded and Deceiving. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceiving/underhanded
Deceiving & Underhanded. N.p., 2016. Web. 14 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceiving/underhanded>.
Underhanded or Deceiving. 2016. Accessed August 14, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/deceiving/underhanded.
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