misleading Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- fallacious
- deceiving
- ambiguous
- incorrect
- delusive
- beguiling
- fraudulent
- inaccurate
- deceitful
- specious
- delusory
Weak:
- phony
- equivocal
- untrustworthy
- confounding
- bewildering
- shady
- subtle
- dissembling
- mendacious
- lying
- foxy
- wrong
- deluding
- artificial
- treacherous
- artful
- wily
- untruthful
- bogus
- jive
- sneaky
- underhanded
- sham
- feigned
- distracting
- perfidious
- tricky
- sly
- hypocritical
- dishonest
- perplexing
- forged
- trickish
- duplicitous
- trick
- subtile
- knavish
- defrauding
- puzzling
- counterfeit
- phoney
- slick
- devious
- fake
- faithless
- underhand
- spurious
- insidious
- crafty
- ambidextrous
- evasive
- cunning
- shifty
- crooked
- guileful
- insincere
Strongest:
- plain
- straightforward
- candid
- aboveboard
- nondeceptive
- direct
- straight
- open
- straightforward
- illuminating
- frank
- nondeceptive
- plain
- illuminating
- candid
- aboveboard
- outspoken
- forthright
- forthright
- direct
- open
- frank
- explanatory
- explanatory
- outspoken
- straight
Strong:
- openhearted
- plainspoken
- revelatory
- clarifying
- revelatory
- revealing
- revealing
- truthful
- honest
- trustworthy
- trustworthy
- honest
- plainspoken
- truthful
- openhearted
- 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, fallacious, deceiving, ambiguous,incorrect, delusive, beguiling, fraudulent, inaccurate
plain,straightforward, candid, aboveboard, nondeceptive, direct, straight, open, straightforward, illuminating
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.
