Guileful
Guileful adjective - Clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means.
Usage example: tried to fix the game with a guileful plot to sabotage the other team's bats, but the umpire caught them
Hypocritical and guileful are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Hypocritical" instead an adjective "Guileful".
Hypocritical
Hypocritical adjective - Not being or expressing what one appears to be or express.
Guileful and hypocritical are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Guileful" instead an adjective "Hypocritical".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- sly and guileful
- sly and hypocritical
- artful and guileful
- artful and hypocritical
- crafty and guileful
- crafty and hypocritical
- cunning and guileful
- cunning and hypocritical
- dishonest and guileful
- dishonest and hypocritical
- false and guileful
- false and hypocritical
- fraudulent and guileful
- fraudulent and hypocritical
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