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dis·hon·est
 dishonest
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- pronunciation:
- dIs
a
nihst
- features:
- Word Combinations (adjective), Word Explorer, Word Parts
| part of speech: |
adjective |
| definition 1: |
inclined to lie, steal, or cheat; not honest or trustworthy.
The employee was found to be dishonest and was fired.Her parents suspected she was being dishonest about where she had been.The politician was exposed as being corrupt and dishonest.- synonyms:
- crooked, deceitful, lying, mendacious, two-faced, untruthful
- antonyms:
- aboveboard, decent, honest
- similar words:
- corrupt, devious, fraudulent, perfidious, shifty, shoddy, underhanded, unscrupulous, untrustworthy
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| definition 2: |
resulting from or showing lack of honesty.
They'd made a dishonest profit.He ran a dishonest campaign.- synonyms:
- fraudulent
- antonyms:
- aboveboard, honest
- similar words:
- bogus, deceitful, false, phony, shady, specious, spurious, untruthful
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| related words: |
dirty, foul, insincere, venal, wrong |
adverb + (adj.)dishonest
academically, best, blatantly, essentially, frankly, fundamentally, inherently, intellectually, neither, otherwise, totally
(adj.)dishonest
+ adverb
bad
(adj.)dishonest
+ noun
advertising, attack, behavior, campaign, claim, conduct, cop, dealing, debate, dollar, driver, employee, honesty, merchant, politician, reporting, smear, tactic
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| derivation: |
dishonestly (adv.) |
The word dishonest
contains the following part:
dis-
Latin
prefix
that means not; apart; reverse, negate
  More about this word part:
The prefix dis-
occurs in English attached to Latin roots, as in dissent
, but also forms words in English by attaching to verbs ( dishearten
) and nouns ( disbelief
). dis-
has two other forms, as the "s" sound in dis-
assimilates to the initial sound of the base to which it is attached. See the assimilated forms dif- and di-3.
Example words:
disable, disadvantage, disaffect, disagree, disagreeable, disallow, disappear, disappearance, disappoint, disapproval, disapprove, disarm, disarray, disbelief, discard, discolor, discomfort, disconnect, discord, discourteous, disdain, disengage, disgrace, disgust, dishearten, dishonest, disingenuous, disintegrate, disjoin, dislike, dislodge, dismantle, dismissal, disobey, disorder, disorient, disown, disparity, dispense, displace, display, displease, displeasure, disposable, disposal, disprove, disqualify, disregard, disrupt, dissatisfy, dissect, dissent, dissolution, dissolve, dissonant, dissuade, distort, distrust, disturb
- synonyms:
- de-, un-
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