devious

Questions about devious

What does devious mean?

devious means "indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading". That is the primary sense; the word has 3 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in devious?

devious has 3 syllables: de-vi-ous. The stress falls on "de". In IPA it is /ˈdiviəs/.

What is another word for devious?

Close synonyms include oblique, shifty, circuitous, roundabout. 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 devious a common word?

devious 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.