Antonyms of adj janus-faced

3 senses of janus-faced

Sense 1
Janus-faced -- (having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy")

INDIRECT (VIA bipolar) -> unipolar -- (having a single pole)

Sense 2
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued -- (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray)

INDIRECT (VIA dishonest) -> honest, honorable -- (not disposed to cheat or defraud; not deceptive or fraudulent; "honest lawyers"; "honest reporting")

Sense 3
Janus-faced, two-faced -- (having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god")

INDIRECT (VIA faced) -> faceless -- (without a face or identity; "a faceless apparition"; "the faceless accusers of the police state")

Similarity of adj janus-faced

3 senses of janus-faced

Sense 1
Janus-faced -- (having or concerned with polarities or contrasts; "a Janus-faced view of history"; "a Janus-faced policy")
       => bipolar (vs. unipolar) -- (having two poles)

Sense 2
ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, duplicitous, Janus-faced, two-faced, double-faced, double-tongued -- (marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another; "she was a deceitful scheming little thing"- Israel Zangwill; "a double-dealing double agent"; "a double-faced infernal traitor and schemer"- W.M.Thackeray)
       => dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable -- (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

Sense 3
Janus-faced, two-faced -- (having two faces--one looking to the future and one to the past; "Janus the two-faced god")
       => faced (vs. faceless) -- (having a face or facing especially of a specified kind or number; often used in combination; "a neatly faced terrace")

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