Nearby Words
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | evil, degenerate |
| Synonyms: | X-rated, abandoned, bad, corrupt, debauched, depraved, dishonest, dissipated, dissolute, fast*, graceless, impure, indecent, iniquitous, lewd, licentious, loose*, nefarious, obscene, of easy virtue, pornographic, profligate, rakish, reprobate, saturnalian, shameless, sinful, speedy, unchaste, unclean, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, vicious, vile, villainous, wicked, wrong |
| Notes: | a person who is amoral does not understand the difference between right and wrong, so it means that one is neither moral nor immoral, while a person who is immoral understands the difference but does wrong anyway; amoral means 'not concerned with morality' while immoral means 'not conforming to moral standards' or 'evil' immortal means not subject to death, while immoral means violating principles of right and wrong or not adhering to ethical or moral principles |
| Antonyms: | chaste, good, moral, noble, pure, right, uncorrupt, virtuous |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mean |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | hostile, rude |
| Synonyms: | bad-tempered, callous, cantankerous, churlish, contemptible, dangerous, despicable, difficult, dirty*, disagreeable, dishonorable, down*, evil, formidable, hard, hard-nosed, ignoble, ill-tempered, infamous, knavish, liverish, lousy*, low-down and dirty, malicious, malign, nasty, perfidious, pesky, rotten, rough, rugged, scurrilous, shameless, sinking, snide, sour, the lowest, touch, treacherous, troublesome, ugly, unfriendly, unpleasant, unscrupulous, vexatious, vicious, vile |
| Notes: | the median is the halfway point, dividing a series of numbers in half - while a mean is the average of the sum of the series |
| Antonyms: | compassionate, kind, nice, noble, polite, sympathetic |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | mercenary |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | greedy for money |
| Synonyms: | acquisitive, avaricious, bribable, corrupt, covetous, grabby, grasping, miserly, money-grubbing, selfish, sordid, stingy, unethical, unprincipled, unscrupulous, venal |
| Antonyms: | generous, unselfish |
| Main Entry: | raw |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | vulgar, nasty |
| Synonyms: | coarse, crass, crude, dirty, filthy, foul, gross, indecent, inelegant, low, mean, obscene, pornographic, rank, rough, rude, smutty, uncouth, unrefined, unscrupulous |
| Antonyms: | clean, good, moral |
| Main Entry: | shady |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | disreputable, suspicious |
| Synonyms: | crooked, disgraceful, dishonest, dishonorable, dubious, fishy, ignominious, infamous, inglorious, notorious, questionable, scandalous, shabby, shameful, shifty, shoddy, slippery, suspect, underhanded, unethical, unrespectable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, honorable, reputable, respectable |
| Main Entry: | sharp |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, deceitful |
| Synonyms: | artful, bent, crafty, cunning, designing, ornery, salty, shady, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smart, snaky, two-faced, underhand, unethical, unscrupulous, wily |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, forthright, frank, honest |
| Main Entry: | sly |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, devious |
| Synonyms: | arch, artful, astute, bluffing, cagey, calculating, canny, captious, conniving, covert, crafty, crooked, cunning, deceitful, deceptive, delusive, designing, dishonest, dishonorable, dissembling, double-dealing, elusive, foxy, furtive, guileful, illusory, impish, ingenious, insidious, intriguing, mean, mischievous, plotting, roguish, scheming, secret, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, smart, smooth, sneaking, stealthy, subtle, traitorous, treacherous, tricky, underhand, unscrupulous, wily |
| Antonyms: | honest, open, simple, straight, straightforward, unclever |
| Main Entry: | sneaky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | underhanded, dishonest |
| Synonyms: | base, contemptible, cowardly, deceitful, devious, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, furtive, guileful, indirect, low, malicious, mean, nasty, recreant, secretive, shifty, slippery, sly, sneaking, snide, stealthy, surreptitious, tricky, underhand, unreliable, unscrupulous, untrustworthy, yellow* |
| Antonyms: | aboveboard, candid, forthright, frank, honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | unconscionable |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | immoral, immoderate |
| Synonyms: | amoral, barbarous, conscienceless, criminal, dishonest, excessive, exorbitant, extravagant, extreme, inordinate, knavish, outrageous, preposterous, sneaky, too much*, uncivilized, undue, unethical, unfair, ungodly, unholy, unjust, unprincipled, unreasonable, unscrupulous, wanton, wicked |
| Antonyms: | decent, good, moral, principled |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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