What does deceitful mean?

deceitful means "intended to deceive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in deceitful?

deceitful has 3 syllables: de-ceit-ful. The stress falls on "ceit". In IPA it is /dəˈsitfəl/.

What is another word for deceitful?

Close synonyms include fallacious, fraudulent, ambidextrous, double-dealing, duplicitous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

Is deceitful a common word?

deceitful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

deceitful — meaning, pronunciation and 2 definitions

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
intended to deceive
“deceitful advertising”
“fallacious testimony”
“smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice”
“a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”
Synonymsfallacious fraudulent
Similardishonest
2.
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
“she was a deceitful scheming little thing”
“a double-dealing double agent”
“a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer”
Synonymsambidextrous double-dealing duplicitous Janus-faced two-faced double-faced double-tongued
Similardishonest

Questions about deceitful

What does deceitful mean?: deceitful means "intended to deceive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in deceitful?: deceitful has 3 syllables: de-ceit-ful. The stress falls on "ceit". In IPA it is /dəˈsitfəl/.
What is another word for deceitful?: Close synonyms include fallacious, fraudulent, ambidextrous, double-dealing, duplicitous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is deceitful a common word?: deceitful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

Definitions, synonyms and semantic relations for deceitful come from Princeton University’s WordNet. The pronunciation comes from the CMU Pronouncing Dictionary. Commonness is measured against a corpus of everyday English. Full sources and licences.

adjective

2 sensesA word that describes or qualifies a noun.

1.
intended to deceive
“deceitful advertising”
“fallacious testimony”
“smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice”
“a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes”
Synonymsfallacious fraudulent
Similardishonest
2.
marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another
“she was a deceitful scheming little thing”
“a double-dealing double agent”
“a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer”
Synonymsambidextrous double-dealing duplicitous Janus-faced two-faced double-faced double-tongued
Similardishonest

Questions about deceitful

What does deceitful mean?: deceitful means "intended to deceive". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.
How many syllables are in deceitful?: deceitful has 3 syllables: de-ceit-ful. The stress falls on "ceit". In IPA it is /dəˈsitfəl/.
What is another word for deceitful?: Close synonyms include fallacious, fraudulent, ambidextrous, double-dealing, duplicitous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.
Is deceitful a common word?: deceitful is banded "Familiar" — widely understood, used when the subject calls for it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.

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