DISHONESTY

Pronunciation (US):

• DISHONESTY (noun)
  The noun DISHONESTY has 2 senses:

1. the quality of being dishonest
2. lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

  Familiarity information: DISHONESTY used as a noun is rare.

• DISHONESTY (noun)

Meaning:

The quality of being dishonest

Classified under:

Nouns denoting attributes of people and objects

Hypernyms ("dishonesty" is a kind of...):

unrighteousness (failure to adhere to moral principles)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishonesty"):

untruthfulness (the quality of being untruthful)

larcenous; thievishness (having a disposition to steal)

rascality; shiftiness; slipperiness; trickiness (the quality of being a slippery rascal)

crookedness; deviousness (the quality of being deceitful and underhanded)

deceit; fraudulence (the quality of being fraudulent)

deceptiveness; obliquity (the quality of being deceptive)

unscrupulousness (the quality of unscrupulous dishonesty)

corruption; corruptness (lack of integrity or honesty (especially susceptibility to bribery); use of a position of trust for dishonest gain)

disingenuousness (the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor)

Antonym:

honesty (the quality of being honest)

Meaning:

Lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing

Classified under:

Nouns denoting acts or actions

Synonyms:

knavery; dishonesty

Hypernyms ("dishonesty" is a kind of...):

actus reus; misconduct; wrongdoing; wrongful conduct (activity that transgresses moral or civil law)

Hyponyms (each of the following is a kind of "dishonesty"):

betrayal; perfidy; treachery; treason (an act of deliberate betrayal)

charlatanism; quackery (the dishonesty of a charlatan)

trick (an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent)

falsehood; falsification (the act of rendering something false as by fraudulent changes (of documents or measures etc.) or counterfeiting)