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