Qualities

Synonyms for deceitful

One audited sense, one true synonym, and three words that come close enough to cost you the rung.

Tier 4, High Camp · 1 sense · adjective

The senseadjectiveTier 4, High CampQualities

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.

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The true synonym

duplicitous

Same sentence, swapped: She was a duplicitous scheming little thing.

Close but different

These are the other three tiles the game puts on screen for this sense. Each one is a real word with a real meaning, and none of them is a synonym for deceitful as it is used in the sentence above.

inventive
astute
tactical

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