double-dealing

1. 1.

   acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another

   Synonymsduplicity

   Broaderdeception

1. 1.

   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”

   SynonymsambidextrousdeceitfulduplicitousJanus-facedtwo-faceddouble-faceddouble-tongued

   Similardishonest

Questions about double-dealing

What does double-dealing mean?

double-dealing means "acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in double-dealing?

double-dealing has 5 syllables: do-u-ble--dea-ling. The stress falls on "ble-".

What is another word for double-dealing?

Close synonyms include duplicity, ambidextrous, deceitful, duplicitous, Janus-faced. 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 double-dealing a common word?

double-dealing is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.