double-faced

1. 1.

   (of fabrics) having faces on both sides

   “damask is a double-faced fabric”

   Similarreversible
2. 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”

   Synonymsambidextrousdeceitfuldouble-dealingduplicitousJanus-facedtwo-faceddouble-tongued

   Similardishonest

Questions about double-faced

What does double-faced mean?

double-faced means "(of fabrics) having faces on both sides". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in double-faced?

double-faced has 3 syllables: dou-ble-fa-ced. The stress falls on "dou".

What is another word for double-faced?

Close synonyms include ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, 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-faced a common word?

double-faced is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.