Antonyms of adj deceptive

2 senses of deceptive

Sense 1
deceptive, delusory -- (causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure")

INDIRECT (VIA unreal) -> real -- (no less than what is stated; worthy of the name; "the real reason"; "real war"; "a real friend"; "a real woman"; "meat and potatoes--I call that a real meal"; "it's time he had a real job"; "it's no penny-ante job--he's making real money")

Sense 2
deceptive, misleading, shoddy -- (designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices")

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

Similarity of adj deceptive

2 senses of deceptive

Sense 1
deceptive, delusory -- (causing one to believe what is not true or fail to believe what is true; "deceptive calm"; "a delusory pleasure")
       => unreal (vs. real) -- (not actually such; being or seeming fanciful or imaginary; "this conversation is getting more and more unreal"; "the fantastically unreal world of government bureaucracy"; "the unreal world of advertising art")

Sense 2
deceptive, misleading, shoddy -- (designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently; "the deceptive calm in the eye of the storm"; "deliberately deceptive packaging"; "a misleading similarity"; "statistics can be presented in ways that are misleading"; "shoddy business practices")
       => dishonest (vs. honest), dishonorable -- (deceptive or fraudulent; disposed to cheat or defraud or deceive)

2024, Cloud WordNet Browser