misleading Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- ambiguous
- inaccurate
- deceiving
- delusive
- fallacious
- specious
- beguiling
- delusory
- incorrect
- fraudulent
- deceitful
Weak:
- tricky
- underhanded
- jive
- ambidextrous
- shady
- crooked
- dishonest
- bewildering
- wrong
- phoney
- counterfeit
- untruthful
- phony
- trickish
- duplicitous
- deluding
- foxy
- fake
- wily
- underhand
- artful
- spurious
- insincere
- guileful
- distracting
- artificial
- mendacious
- perplexing
- shifty
- sham
- bogus
- slick
- trick
- crafty
- subtile
- sneaky
- subtle
- forged
- evasive
- hypocritical
- devious
- dissembling
- confounding
- sly
- defrauding
- untrustworthy
- insidious
- feigned
- equivocal
- lying
- perfidious
- treacherous
- faithless
- puzzling
- cunning
- knavish
Strongest:
- straight
- outspoken
- straightforward
- forthright
- explanatory
- plain
- forthright
- outspoken
- plain
- straightforward
- candid
- nondeceptive
- open
- frank
- direct
- illuminating
- straight
- frank
- nondeceptive
- open
- candid
- direct
- aboveboard
- explanatory
- illuminating
- aboveboard
Strong:
- revelatory
- revealing
- openhearted
- truthful
- plainspoken
- revelatory
- trustworthy
- honest
- clarifying
- openhearted
- honest
- plainspoken
- revealing
- truthful
- trustworthy
- clarifying
Weak:
misleading Meaning
misleading (s)
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertently
misleading (p. pr. & vb. n.)
of Mislead
misleading (a.)
Leading astray; delusive.
misleading Sentence Examples
- The advertisement was misleading, promising results that the product couldn't deliver.
- His facial expression was misleading; he seemed calm, but his eyes betrayed his nervousness.
- The headline was misleading, suggesting a scandal where there was none.
- The map was misleading, leading us to take the wrong turn.
- She gave a misleading answer to avoid revealing the truth.
- The statistics presented in the report were misleading, as they didn't account for important variables.
- His charming demeanor was misleading; underneath, he was quite manipulative.
- The product packaging was misleading, making it appear larger than it actually was.
- Her statement was misleading, implying she had completed the project when she hadn't even started.
- The movie trailer was misleading, making the film seem like a comedy when it was actually a drama.
FAQs About the word misleading
designed to deceive or mislead either deliberately or inadvertentlyof Mislead, Leading astray; delusive.
false,deceptive, ambiguous, inaccurate, deceiving, delusive, fallacious, specious, beguiling, delusory
straight, outspoken,straightforward, forthright, explanatory, plain, forthright, outspoken, plain, straightforward
The advertisement was misleading, promising results that the product couldn't deliver.
His facial expression was misleading; he seemed calm, but his eyes betrayed his nervousness.
The headline was misleading, suggesting a scandal where there was none.
The map was misleading, leading us to take the wrong turn.
