double-dealing
Saying one, doing another
Double-dealing is deliberate deception or duplicity—saying one thing while doing another, or making contradictory promises to different parties.
The term implies calculated betrayal rather than mere dishonesty: His double-dealing cost him every friendship he had.
As an adjective, it describes someone engaged in such behavior: a double-dealing business partner.
Covert betrayal of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
- disloyaltyBreach of allegiance
turncoat · Judas · sellout · betrayer · defection · quisling · fifth columnist · ratfink
Secretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
- plottingDevising a secret plan
crafty · wily · guileful · devious · machination · maneuvering · conspiracy · intrigue
Deliberately deceptive in nature
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- underhandedSecretly dishonest or unfair
- disingenuousFeigning ignorance or innocence
insincere · false-hearted · perfidious · deceptive · trickery · subterfuge · chicanery · guile
Deliberate misleading behavior
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- two-facednessDeceitful pretense of friendship
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
- cantSanctimonious insincerity
sanctimony · lip service · saying one thing · Jekyll and Hyde · mask · facade · phony · hypocritical
backstabbing
Covert betrayal of trust
- treacheryDeliberate violation of trust
- perfidyDeliberate breach of trust
- treasonBetraying one's nation
disloyalty · turncoat · Judas · sellout · betrayer · defection · quisling · fifth columnist · ratfink · stab in the back
conniving
Secretly planning wrongdoing
- calculatingColdly self-serving in strategy
- cunningSly, scheming cleverness
- schemingCrafty and calculating
plotting · crafty · wily · guileful · devious · machination · maneuvering · conspiracy · intrigue · stratagem
duplicitous
Deliberately deceptive in nature
- two-facedInsincere and deceptive
- deceitfulInclined to mislead others
- underhandedSecretly dishonest or unfair
disingenuous · insincere · false-hearted · perfidious · deceptive · trickery · subterfuge · chicanery · guile · artifice
duplicity
Deliberate misleading behavior
- insincerityLack of genuine feeling
- two-facednessDeceitful pretense of friendship
- pretenseDeceptive outward show
cant · sanctimony · lip service · saying one thing · Jekyll and Hyde · mask · facade · phony · hypocritical · double standard
swindler
Person who deceives for money
- con artistProfessional fraud perpetrator
- charlatanFaker claiming false expertise
- scammerOne who defrauds others
grifter · hustler · flimflam · bunco · snake oil · confidence game · cheat · sham · fake · racketeer
- deceptionlie, lies, lying, fake, fraud
- espionagespy, spies, double agents, spying, moles
- wrongdoingmisconduct, crime, sabotage, crimes, misbehavior
- betrayalbackstab, betray, betrayal, traitor, backstabber
- betrayalsbackstabbing, cheating, disloyalty, double-crossing, infidelity
- corruptioncorruption, graft, kickbacks, bribery, bribes
double-dealinghonesty
Truthfulness, sincerity
truthfulness · straightforwardness · aboveboard · straight dealing · candor
double-dealingloyalty
Faithful commitment to another
faithfulness · trustworthiness · integrity · dependability · reliability
double-dealingintegrity
Moral soundness and consistency
honesty · honorable · uprightness · righteousness · probity