'Double dealing' definitions:
Definition of 'Double dealing'
From: GCIDE
- Double dealing \Dou"ble deal"ing\, double-dealing \dou"ble-deal"ing\ False or deceitful dealing; acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another. See Double dealing, under Dealing. --Shak.
- Syn: duplicity. [1913 Webster + WordNet 1.5]
Definition of 'Double dealing'
From: GCIDE
- Dealing \Deal"ing\, n. The act of one who deals; distribution of anything, as of cards to the players; method of business; traffic; intercourse; transaction; as, to have dealings with a person. [1913 Webster]
- Double dealing, insincere, treacherous dealing; duplicity.
- Plain dealing, fair, sincere, honorable dealing; honest, outspoken expression of opinion. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'double dealing'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- ambidexterity,
- ambidextrous,
- artful,
- artifice,
- bad faith,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- crafty,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- deceitful,
- deceitfulness,
- dirty pool,
- dirty trick,
- dirty work,
- dishonest,
- dishonesty,
- double,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- doubleness,
- doubleness of heart,
- duplicitous,
- duplicity,
- faithless,
- faithlessness,
- false,
- false-principled,
- falsehearted,
- falseheartedness,
- falseness,
- foul play,
- fraud,
- hanky-panky,
- hypocritical,
- improbity,
- left-handed,
- low cunning,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellianism,
- perfidious,
- perfidiousness,
- perfidy,
- sharp practice,
- shifty,
- slippery,
- treacherous,
- treacherousness,
- treachery,
- trickery,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- two-facedness,
- wile