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