double-dealer
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8.5
- noun
- /ˈdʌbəlˌdiːlər/
- Offensive
:
persona de dos caras
- I'm a humbug, a double-dealer, a regular Benedict Arnold.
Examples
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Everyone was warned to be cautious around him because he is known as a double-dealer who often betrays his friends.
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A scare artist! A con man! A double dealer!
Fiction book (1999) -
I forgot how quickly the Americans smell out the double dealers and the crooks.
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Commentators even hinted that he might be something of a double dealer.
Academic text (2008) -
We should know you’re a liar and double-dealer- Clarence Thompson.
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The politician was labeled a double-dealer after he publicly supported a policy he privately opposed.
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As a double-dealer, she pretended to be on their side while secretly leaking information to the competition.
Synonyms
160
4.4
A person who pretends to be something they are not to trick others
150
5.6
A person who says they have good morals but does not follow them
73
6.2
A person who pretends to have feelings or beliefs to deceive others
65
3.7
A person who pretends to be someone they are not
51
6.5
A person who behaves dishonestly and hurts others by lying or stealing
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5.1
A person who pretends to be someone else to trick people
40
4.8
A person who tricks people by gaining their trust to take their money or valuables
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6.3
A person who breaks someone's trust by revealing secrets
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6.0
A person who lies to or cheats others, often to have fun
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5.2
A person who pretends to be someone else or lies to trick people
13
5.5
A person who tricks others by making them believe something not true
13
7.9
A person who tricks others to take their money or things
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7.1
A person who acts friendly or helpful but does not really feel that way
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6.2
A person who seems friendly but is actually dangerous or dishonest
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8.1
A person who pretends to be friendly but secretly harms or tricks you
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6.8
A person who pretends to be loyal but betrays someone
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9.5
A person who hides real thoughts or plans by saying something else
A person who hides true feelings or plans by saying things they do not mean
A person who pretends to be moral but is not
A person who pretends to have skills or money to impress others
Antonyms
How Deceitful
Surface Forms
Morphology
Etymology
Double-dealer comes from double 'two' and dealer 'one who deals', as if someone 'deals' two different sides. Think of a card dealer secretly giving different cards or a 'two-faced' friend, so a double-dealer is someone who pretends one thing but really does another.