Synonyms of untrustworthy

untrustworthy

adjective

as in fraudulent

not able to be trusted; not trustworthy

an untrustworthy person

He has proven himself untrustworthy.

Synonyms & Similar Words

• fraudulent
• dishonest
• deceptive
• misleading
• incorrect
• false
• wrong
• deceiving
• inaccurate
• fast
• treacherous
• duplicitous
• deceitful
• mendacious
• untruthful
• faithless
• crooked
• lying
• cunning
• delusive
• specious
• fallacious
• wily
• shifty
• beguiling
• knavish
• trick
• ambidextrous
• tricky
• underhanded
• sneaky
• devious
• shady
• crafty
• foxy
• dissembling
• sly
• delusory
• artful
• subtle
• underhand
• perplexing
• double-dealing
• defrauding
• guileful
• confounding
• slick
• subtile
• deluding
• ambiguous
• forged
• distracting
• puzzling
• perfidious
• insidious
• trickish
• bogus
• spurious
• evasive
• phoney
• counterfeit
• bewildering
• phony
• hypocritical
• fake
• sneaking
• insincere
• sham
• jive
• feigned
• equivocal
• circuitous
• artificial
• two-faced
• backhanded
• left-handed

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• direct
• plain
• outspoken
• frank
• open
• straight
• candid
• illuminating
• explanatory
• trustworthy
• revealing
• truthful
• openhearted
• revelatory
• honest
• plainspoken
• clarifying
• free-spoken
• foursquare
• elucidative
• forthright
• straightforward
• aboveboard
• nondeceptive

Examples of untrustworthy in a Sentence

Recent Examples on the Web

Just the word finance immediately flags me as an untrustworthy snake. —Dalton Ross, EW.com, 10 Sep. 2024

These allies may turn out to be untrustworthy, however. —Dennis Harvey, Variety, 7 Aug. 2024

Government statistics in China are notoriously untrustworthy, but the best unofficial estimates place the number of new infections at around one million per day. —Lynette H. Ong, Foreign Affairs, 11 Jan. 2023

Moreover, Sasse was handed the job by an untrustworthy Board of Trustees that failed to conduct a legitimate search to identify the best possible candidate. —Letters To The Editor, Orlando Sentinel, 19 July 2024