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Showing words for DEVIOUS using the English dictionary

7 Letter Words for Devious

devious

6 Letter Words for Devious

veduis, videos

5 Letter Words for Devious

diose, dives, divus, douse, doves, dovie, dusio, eidos, euois, idose, oside, video, vised, voids

4 Letter Words for Devious

deis, desi, deus, devi, devs, dies, dive, divs, does, dose, dove, dues, duos, euoi, ideo, ides, iode, ised, iuds, odes, ouds, ovid, ovis, side, soud, sude, sued, suid, udos, used, uvid, vide, vids, vied, vies, vise, voes, void

3 Letter Words for Devious

dei, des, dev, die, dis, div, doe, dos, dso, due, dui, duo, edo, eds, eos, esd, esu, ide, ido, ids, ios, iou, ise, iso, iud, ive, ode, ods, oes, oie, ois, ose, osi, oud, oui, ous, sed, sei, sie, sod, sou, sov, sud, sue, sui, udo, uds, use, vei, vid, vie, vis, voe

Definitions for Devious

[1] departing from the most direct way; circuitous; indirect: a devious course.
[2] without definite course; vagrant: a devious current.
[3] departing from the proper or accepted way; roundabout: a devious procedure.
[4] not straightforward; shifty or crooked: a devious scheme to acquire wealth.
[5] not sincere or candid; deceitful; underhand
[6] (of a route or course of action) rambling; indirect; roundabout
[7] going astray from a proper or accepted way; erring

Words related to Devious

fraudulent, duplicitous, wily, deceitful, sneaky, shrewd, insidious, insincere, sly, calculating, underhanded, circuitous, misleading, artful, crooked, double-dealing, errant, erring, evasive, fishy

Words nearby Devious

devils-on-horseback, deviltry, devilwood, devine, deviometer, devious, devisable, devisal, devise, devisee, devisor

Origin of Devious

1590–1600; < Latin dēvius out-of-the way, erratic, equivalent to dē- de- + -vius adj. derivative of via way; see -ous

Other words from Devious

de·vi·ous·ly , adverb
de·vi·ous·ness , noun
non·de·vi·ous , adjective
non·de·vi·ous·ly , adverb
non·de·vi·ous·ness , noun
un·de·vi·ous , adjective
un·de·vi·ous·ly , adverb
un·de·vi·ous·ness , noun

Word origin for Devious

C16: from Latin dēvius lying to one side of the road, from de- + via road

Synonyms for Devious

calculating, deceitful, duplicitous, fraudulent, insidious, insincere, shrewd, sly, sneaky, underhanded, wily, artful, crooked, double-dealing, errant, erring, evasive, faking one out, fishy, foxy, guileful, indirect, not straightforward, oblique, obliquitous, playing games, playing politics, put on, roundabout, scheming, shady, shifty, sneaking, surreptitious, treacherous, tricky