duplicity

1. 1.

   a fraudulent or duplicitous representation

   Synonymsfraudulence

   Broadermisrepresentation
2. 2.

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

   Synonymsdouble-dealing

   Broaderdeception

Other forms of duplicity

plural

duplicities·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about duplicity

What does duplicity mean?

duplicity means "a fraudulent or duplicitous representation". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in duplicity?

duplicity has 4 syllables: du-plic-i-ty. The stress falls on "plic". In IPA it is /duˈplɪsɪti/.

What is another word for duplicity?

Close synonyms include fraudulence, double-dealing. 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 duplicity a common word?

duplicity 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.

What rhymes with duplicity?

1 word rhymes with duplicity. Rhymes are matched on the phonemes from the last stressed vowel onward, which is the definition a reader has in their head.