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What is another word for
cunning
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Adjective
Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
Deft, dexterous, or skillful, especially with one's hands
Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Having a tendency to steal
Relating to the identification of long-term goals and the means of achieving them
Excessively lengthy and complex
Slang or colloquial terms for attractiveness
Noun
The skill in, or practice of, achieving one's ends through underhanded means
The ability to execute one's skills in an artful or crafty manner
Ability to understand and reason
The action of evading something
The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor
The state of being arch
The taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle
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Adjective
▲
Having or showing skill in achieving one's ends by deceit or evasion
sly
artful
devious
crafty
shrewd
tricky
wily
guileful
knowing
subtle
astute
scheming
designing
Machiavellian
sharp
slick
canny
foxy
imaginative
ingenious
skilful
UK
skillful
US
slippery
clever
deceitful
deceptive
duplicitous
manipulative
inventive
resourceful
sneaky
beguiling
cagey
cagy
cute
dodgy
fiendish
fly
pawky
savvy
slim
calculating
carny
insidious
shifty
vulpine
smooth
streetwise
sharp-witted
street smart
street-smart
Janus-faced
crazy like a fox
sly like a fox
underhand
dishonest
unscrupulous
shady
treacherous
intelligent
smart
underhanded
conniving
crooked
double-dealing
disingenuous
unprincipled
fraudulent
untrustworthy
wise
perceptive
cheating
quick-witted
furtive
two-faced
sneaking
dishonourable
UK
unethical
roguish
shonky
dishonorable
US
discerning
stealthy
acute
on the ball
false
bent
snide
dirty
immoral
insincere
secret
disreputable
deceiving
unfair
surreptitious
clandestine
lying
brilliant
experienced
intriguing
sagacious
bright
perspicacious
judicious
quick
corrupt
covert
perfidious
keen
politic
knavish
conspiratorial
indirect
rogue
deep
insightful
sapient
dissembling
misleading
brainy
illegal
dexterous
US
plotting
dubious
contriving
dextrous
UK
mendacious
secretive
heads-up
adroit
evasive
fast
argute
discriminating
untruthful
backstairs
rascally
heady
seasoned
cautious
long-headed
worldly
arch
media-savvy
intuitive
sage
suss
hypocritical
double-faced
clear-sighted
hugger-mugger
clear-eyed
hole-and-corner
undercover
private
underground
sensible
traitorous
stealth
delusive
privy
hidden
sneak
mischievous
under the table
impish
truthless
hardheaded
oblique
elusive
knowledgeable
snidey
unlawful
cluey
unconscionable
hollow-hearted
quick on the uptake
false-hearted
hard-boiled
aware
hush-hush
whip-smart
behind-the-scenes
prudent
razor-sharp
careful
penetrating
defrauding
wicked
amoral
hardened
mean
deft
discreet
bluffing
ignoble
circumspect
fishy
masterly
sinister
serpentine
black
unsporting
observant
adept
illusory
nefarious
astucious
tricksy
unsportsmanlike
enlightened
playful
iffy
skulking
slinking
low-down
cloaked
two-timing
unreliable
faithless
incisive
teasing
opportunistic
genius
below the belt
as sharp as a tack
in the know
alert
base
swindling
villainous
exploitative
wary
venal
hoodwinking
quick off the mark
criminal
proficient
enterprising
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
conspiring
tactful
considerate
greasy
captious
questionable
shameless
puckish
corrupted
recreant
snaky
waggish
been around
delusory
cutthroat
fallacious
unjust
devilish
low
improper
Punic
collusive
cowardly
dangerous
sordid
conscienceless
profound
farsighted
feigned
prankish
dastardly
counterfeit
unctuous
mercenary
backhanded
unconscientious
enigmatic
creative
percipient
double-crossing
illicit
scampish
self-seeking
elvish
sophisticated
able
far-seeing
leprechaunish
not born yesterday
fly-by-night
frolicsome
understanding
naughty
cloak-and-dagger
pixieish
back-alley
having been around
nimble-witted
pixie
pixy
worldly-wise
dirty-dealing
cheeky
capable
well-informed
under wraps
sub-rosa
full of plans
bribable
leery
piercing
premeditating
safe
corruptible
controlling
colluding
wry
witted
spurious
trick
tactical
salty
ornery
hostile
cynical
caballing
purchasable
heedful
crazy like fox
bum
suspicious
opportunist
malicious
gingerly
shrewdness
chary
guarded
perilous
ensnaring
wormlike
stinky
unveracious
slimy
informed
like a snake in the grass
neat
uncandid
bootleg
trained
unbelieving
battle-scarred
unfrank
expedient
mean-spirited
unhonest
specious
dicey
irresponsible
unfaithful
thoughtful
adaptable
accurate
mala fide
not candid
not frank
probing
concealed
undependable
deviant
shark
calculated
inside
not entirely truthful
terminologically inexact
economical with the truth
under the counter
sensitive
yellow
planful
masked
deluding
polite
sharp as a tack
delicate
courteous
wised up
on the inside
on top of
up on
cool
disguised
quick on the draw
shorthanded
creepy
uptown
mature
catlike
catty
silent
feline
noiseless
innovative
quiet
evil
gracious
original
glib
bad
sinful
innovational
innovatory
flippant
under-the-table
reprobate
urbane
qualified
expert
unprovincial
inspired
strategic
degenerate
not to be trusted
elfin
pioneering
behind someone's back
originative
nasty
competent
trailblazing
quick-thinking
scandalous
cloak and dagger
artistic
hole and corner
disgraceful
sentient
conversant
cognizant
Promethean
saucy
suave
despicable
pretending
pert
gifted
phoney
UK
quick on the trigger
wrongful
affected
deviceful
conciliatory
contemptible
coy
tongue-in-cheek
learned
unworthy
intellectual
jive
mealymouthed
pretended
artificial
disloyal
double
mealy
fake
phony
US
diplomatic
talented
vile
erudite
elaborate
treating with kid gloves
scholarly
educated
clued-up
well informed
with-it
tuned-in
backstabbing
degrading
ruthless
cheap
ignominious
malfeasant
nifty
petty
degraded
wrongdoing
beggarly
shameful
squalid
rotten
ungentlemanly
casuistic
selfish
arrant
backbiting
untrusted
Pecksniffian
lip
foul
unpleasant
scurvy
shabby
detestable
paltry
worthless
double dealing
phony-baloney
back-stabbing
phoney-baloney
left-handed
philosophical
execrable
illegitimate
wretched
sleazy
grubby
abject
inequitable
unsportsmanly
reflective
meaningful
suggestive
effective
watchful
contemplative
foresighted
ready
sorry
deplorable
scummy
lame
currish
scungy
lousy
thinking outside the box
with great knowledge
off-colour
UK
ratty
scabby
showing great knowledge
sussed
telling
significant
full of insight
hep
low-minded
off-color
US
ill-gotten
sportive
expressive
out of order
not cricket
against the rules
with it
hip
ludic
coquettish
espiègle
eloquent
speaking
rakish
raffish
murky
shrouded
veiled
weighty
consequential
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
playing politics
put on
playing games
faking one out
not straightforward
more ❯
“Arthur and Dutch would devise a
cunning
ploy to rob the bank.”
Adjective
▲
Deft, dexterous, or skillful, especially with one's hands
deft
dexterous
US
adroit
clever
dextrous
UK
handy
able
keen
masterful
skilful
UK
skillful
US
crackerjack
creative
innovative
intelligent
smart
smooth
expert
skilled
masterly
capable
adept
proficient
ingenious
genius
ready
accomplished
ace
competent
talented
gifted
experienced
efficient
virtuoso
practised
UK
nifty
wizard
practiced
US
fit
apt
nimble
sharp
tasty
artful
habile
agile
nimble-fingered
practical
crafty
adept physically
clever with one's hands
good with one's hands
qualified
effective
brilliant
fitted
powerful
good
suitable
savvy
adequate
suited
equal
easy
knowing
bright
effectual
effortless
equipped
alert
endowed
strong
prepared
trained
worthy
responsible
learned
with it
know the ropes
au fait
know backwards and forwards
up to speed
highly endowed
up to snuff
know one's onions
up to it
polished
crack
professional
mean
slick
impressive
quick
bravura
workmanlike
delicate
neat
wicked
astute
shrewd
precise
canny
nippy
prompt
cute
fleet
finely judged
having know-how
having good hands
consummate
master
versed
educated
veteran
great
fine
excellent
complete
compleat
professed
first-rate
stellar
first-class
outstanding
exceptional
well versed
superb
seasoned
facile
magnificent
top-notch
elite
marvellous
UK
whiz
schooled
marvelous
US
formidable
superlative
knowledgeable
supreme
dazzling
accurate
splendid
big league
out of this world
a dab hand at
pro
class
brainy
hotshot
hot
superior
exquisite
on the ball
peerless
deadly
demon
specialist
remarkable
cool
finished
extraordinarily skilled
very skilled
highly skilled
exceptionally skilled
immensely skilled
highly trained
highly qualified
multiskilled
multitalented
refined
world-class
perfect
leading
extraordinary
sure-handed
taught
well-rounded
tutored
all-round
all-around
glorious
old
serviceable
perceptive
topflight
exceptionally good
there
well-versed
proper
fluent
A1
exact
wised up
a hand at
top-drawer
satisfactory
balanced
impeccable
faultless
painstaking
flawless
businesslike
thorough
reliable
wonderful
active
precocious
clean
versant
phenomenal
best
star
super
leet
vet
smashing
fab
brill
tip-top
on the beam
class act
tuned in
sharp as a tack
shining at
top-hole
graceful
streamlined
smooth-running
crisp
straight
decisive
methodic
methodical
systematic
careful
useful
very well
perfectly-executed
well-executed
well-organized
well organized
productive
preeminent
transcendent
strict
express
categorical
resourceful
organized
US
magisterial
notable
voluble
sly
decent
well run
dynamite
handpicked
deluxe
choice
capital
specialized
US
certified
having the know-how
hot tamale
rangé
inch-perfect
conversant
first class
hep
hip
artistic
artisanal
drilled
phenom
organised
UK
kosher
specialised
UK
employable
long-term
dominant
right on
errorless
dead-on
spot-on
sure-fire
well
sporting
on-target
trustworthy
simple
stringent
supremely skilled
full-fledged
happy
pitch-perfect
forward
mature
hardy
cut out for
having a knack for
champion
top
topnotch
distinguished
dynamic
ultraefficient
well executed
feasible
magic
out of the ordinary
have smarts
old beyond one's years
have the goods
got it
advanced for one's age
ahead of one's peers
admirable
noteworthy
fabulous
sublime
terrific
fantastic
appropriate
inventive
heavenly
awesome
realizable
US
killer
useable
realisable
UK
hyperefficient
usable
practicable
working
cracking
mega
mighty
banging
crucial
quick-witted
divine
bosting
sharp-witted
pretty
know one's stuff
very able
no slouch
very good
no dummy
of the first water
supercalifragilisticexpialidocious
receptive
acute
quick-thinking
elegant
discerning
fast
ultrasmart
observant
sensitive
supersmart
hyperintelligent
whip-smart
wise
nimble-witted
quick off the mark
curt
vigorous
wired
mercurial
perspicacious
all there
smart as a whip
wide awake
quick on the draw
quick on the trigger
quick on the uptake
more ❯
“Esau, the rugged outdoor type, occupied himself out in the fields and became a
cunning
hunter.”
Adjective
▲
Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic
evasive
elusive
equivocating
indirect
oblique
ambiguous
equivocal
prevaricating
slippery
cagey
deceptive
misleading
vague
cryptic
devious
imprecise
indefinite
indeterminate
indistinct
inexact
inexplicit
shuffling
tricky
unclear
deceitful
dissembling
enigmatic
gnomic
obscure
perplexing
puzzling
roundabout
shifty
circuitous
circumlocutory
sophistical
casuistic
casuistical
Delphic
elusory
false
intangible
noncommittal
periphrastic
stonewalling
non-committal
fugitive
implied
ambagious
circumlocutionary
implicit
digressive
discursive
backhanded
obliquitous
long-winded
difficult to track down
difficult to catch
always on the move
difficult to find
meandering
oracular
unspecific
greasy
abstract
insubstantial
tortuous
inferred
tacit
understood
hard to pin down
elliptical
allusive
circular
sneaky
sneaking
underhand
hinted at
fallacious
spurious
specious
delusive
delusory
wrong
inaccurate
illusory
deceiving
mock
beguiling
deluding
pseudo
distorted
disingenuous
confusing
misrepresentative
unstraightforward
confounding
bewildering
mistakable
demagogic
catchy
distracting
untrue
incorrect
unsound
erroneous
unfounded
insincere
invalid
sham
concocted
untruthful
fabricated
bogus
fraudulent
phony
US
counterfeit
faulty
flawed
unreal
imaginary
mistaken
apocryphal
fishy
forged
phoney
UK
counterfactual
improper
truthless
colored
US
coloured
UK
invented
cooked-up
fictitious
illusive
fanciful
off
made up
trumped up
off the mark
contrary to fact
sophistic
plausible
credible
presumptive
likely
captious
colorable
vain
hollow
nugatory
probable
apparent
sophisticated
ostensible
baseless
empty
presumable
seeming
flattering
ostentatious
pretentious
meretricious
idle
illogical
seemingly correct
apparently right
plausible but wrong
fake
feigned
artificial
simulated
dishonest
faked
factitious
contrived
ersatz
trumped-up
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
quaint
pretty
charming
attractive
picturesque
sweet
toytown
twee
pleasing
cute
appealing
artful
captivating
enchanting
arty-crafty
pleasantly old-fashioned
endearing
winning
adorable
winsome
engaging
lovely
delightful
fetching
darling
lovable
disarming
precious
lovesome
taking
bewitching
angelic
likable
US
adorbs
likeable
UK
dear
simpatico
sympathique
sympatisch
cuddly
amiable
warm-hearted
cherished
affectionate
genial
friendly
congenial
desirable
seductive
ravishing
agreeable
affable
alluring
entrancing
cherishable
enthralling
fascinating
nurturable
prizable
appreciatable
loveable
pleasant
cutesy
nice
irresistible
doll face
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Having a tendency to steal
thievish
larcenous
light-fingered
predatory
rapacious
sticky-fingered
thieving
crooked
dishonest
fraudulent
furtive
kleptomaniacal
pilfering
piratic
plunderous
secretive
sly
spoliative
stealing
stealthy
criminal
bent
nimble-fingered
kleptic
theftuous
furacious
pocket-picking
pinching
shoplifting
crafty
underhand
shifty
filching
Adjective
▲
Relating to the identification of long-term goals and the means of achieving them
strategic
calculated
tactical
deliberate
planned
politic
premeditated
advised
conscious
judicious
organised
UK
organized
US
thoughtful
aforethought
diplomatic
intended
knowing
prearranged
projected
prudent
purposive
scheduled
shrewd
computed
considered
designed
determined
estimated
intentional
measured
outlined
preconceived
prepared
prospective
purposeful
reasoned
studied
thought-out
well thought out
deliberately planned
on purpose
thought out in advance
done on purpose
pre-planned
well-planned
cat-and-mouse
prepense
aimed
weighed
programmed
on the docket
in the making
plotted
entrepreneurial
wilful
voluntary
willful
willed
witting
reasoning
responsible
rational
set
reflective
volitional
self-conscious
predetermined
contemplated
willing
contrived
meant
purposed
wanton
proposed
studious
anticipated
unforced
well-thought-out
designful
fixed
investigated
examined
careful
thought-through
thought-about
mannered
artificial
rigged
expected
slated
envisioned
promised
due
well-considered
express
targeted
sewn-up
cold-blooded
schemed
framed up
required
destined
pinned
arranged
thought out
with forethought
set up
hoped-for
asked for
counted on
wished-for
according to a plan
informed
circumspect
cogent
lucid
methodical
meditated
scrupulous
sensible
justified
intelligent
commonsense
predestined
preconcerted
pondered
provident
contracted
cognizant
thought through
well advised
well-founded
well chosen
mindful
wary
predesigned
predeterminate
well thought-out
meditative
aware
sober
planful
laid-out
set-up
cut-and-dried
carefully chosen
selected with care
steered
marked
directed
feigned
strained
forced
labored
US
affected
laboured
UK
guarded
overworked
reviewed
overdone
preset
gone into
preplanned
settled
agreed
cut and dried
inevitable
encoded
established in advance
inexorable
pre-decided
arranged in advance
precogitated
forethought
decided beforehand
pre-established
bound
pre-agreed
doomed
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Excessively lengthy and complex
tortuous
complicated
indirect
involved
roundabout
convoluted
complex
ambiguous
circuitous
confusing
misleading
tricky
unstraightforward
deceptive
devious
lengthy
mazy
overlong
verbose
byzantine
difficult
intricate
involute
perverse
difficult to follow
tangled
elaborate
knotty
labyrinthine
sophisticated
impenetrable
labyrinthian
Byzantine
bewildering
confused
daedal
baffling
Gordian
baroque
entangled
complicate
Daedalian
perplexing
puzzling
involuted
detailed
serpentine
obscure
unfathomable
hard
fancy
thorny
jumbled
inextricable
fiddly
abstruse
cryptic
undecipherable
recondite
enigmatic
problematic
winding
problematical
twisted
cumbersome
muddled
inscrutable
dense
interlaced
mixed up
chaotic
mixed
mystifying
troublesome
messy
ramified
high-tech
tough
drawn-out
long-drawn-out
knotted
heterogeneous
multifarious
variegated
Daedalean
mixed-up
hi-tech
difficult to understand
full of twists and turns
taxing
awkward
insoluble
unanswerable
unwieldy
formidable
mazelike
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthal
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
sinuous
ravelled
UK
arduous
ornate
rococo
multifaceted
nuanced
raveled
US
can of worms
maze-like
thorough
composite
manifold
compounded
miscellaneous
multiform
conglomerate
multiplex
motley
mosaic
mingled
multiple
compound
painstaking
particularized
US
extensive
particular
full
studied
exact
precise
perfected
laboured
UK
careful
minute
skillful
US
prodigious
labored
US
circumstantial
skilful
UK
imposing
gingerbread
erratic
refined
overworked
many-faceted
particularised
UK
overdone
scrambled
disordered
wild
disorganized
US
blow-by-blow
highly wrought
high tech
disorganised
UK
haywire
disarranged
topsy-turvy
plotty
long-winded
incomprehensible
deep
mysterious
esoteric
profound
abstract
inexplicable
arcane
unclear
confounding
opaque
advanced
occult
unintelligible
dark
mind-bending
unaccountable
challenging
subtle
beyond one
wildering
fathomless
mystical
Delphic
hidden
delicate
mystic
hard to understand
beyond comprehension
demanding
clear as mud
heavy
befuddling
over one's head
disconcerting
serious
secret
murky
cabbalistic
rarefied
cabalistic
incognizable
hermetic
ungraspable
sibylline
hermetical
meticulous
mind-boggling
paradoxical
elite
enigmatical
impossible to understand
little known
unsolvable
weighty
high-level
ticklish
above your head
concealed
uncanny
strange
finicky
worrying
multidimensional
unknowable
indiscernible
dainty
orphic
acroamatic
insolvable
disorienting
vague
secretive
spiny
vexing
rambling
thought-provoking
technical
inconceivable
higher-level
as clear as mud
beyond one's grasp
hazy
top-level
gnarly
Greek to me
clear as dishwater
fine
out of your depth
metaphysical
layered
inordinate
intense
state-of-the-art
unintuitive
highbrow
perplexed
unreadable
dry
amazing
surprising
untold
little-known
out-of-the-way
clever
gimmicky
new
radical
frustrating
bemusing
stunning
astonishing
eye-popping
staggering
daunting
strenuous
contradictory
inconsistent
recherché
odd
indivisible
inseparable
trying
impossible
fiendish
weird
hairy
peculiar
stupefying
astounding
muddling
varied
inaudible
hard to solve
hard to explain
drastic
operose
indefinite
funny
unimaginable
blurring
unsettling
kaleidoscopic
hard to make out
sweeping
extreme
revolutionary
complete
polygonal
between the lines
avant
higher
unrelatable
Greek
muddlesome
mistakable
indigestible
private
elliptical
major
higher level
inner
magical
erudite
irreducible
top
uninterpretable
riddling
oblique
oracular
elliptic
nebulous
beats me
all Greek to someone
too hard to understand
double Dutch
too difficult to understand
unexplained
coded
all Greek to you
indissoluble
impossible to separate
pluridimensional
fuliginous
illegible
incredible
illogical
indecisive
far-out
not easily understood
double-edged
multilayered
picky
old-maidish
exacting
finical
pernickety
fussbudgety
choosy
finicking
fussy
nice
choosey
fastidious
elevated
unmanageable
uncontrollable
ungovernable
many-sided
burdensome
incontrollable
intractable
impossible to cope with
out of control
out of hand
indecipherable
pedantic
persnickety
nitpicking
punctilious
sphinxlike
more complex
more advanced
more sophisticated
more ❯
Adjective
▲
Slang or colloquial terms for attractiveness
beautiful
foxy
hot
knockout
bootylicious
spunky
hunky
snazzy
spiffy
swank
swanky
tasty
yummy
bonny
dishy
Noun
▲
The skill in, or practice of, achieving one's ends through underhanded means
deviousness
slyness
artfulness
trickery
craftiness
deceit
deception
chicanery
cunningness
deceitfulness
deceptiveness
dishonesty
fraud
guile
subtlety
trickiness
ability
artifice
cheating
crookedness
dissimulation
duplicity
fakery
guilefulness
wiliness
cageyness
caginess
cozenage
crookery
dissembling
dupery
finesse
foxiness
maneuvers
US
manoeuvres
UK
ploys
schemes
slickness
sneakiness
stratagems
subterfuges
subtleness
tactics
wiles
craft
ruses
tricks
double-dealing
canniness
fraudulence
underhandedness
chicane
hanky-panky
treachery
sharp practice
shadiness
shiftiness
flimflam
falsity
fourberie
racket
mendacity
improbity
perfidy
unscrupulousness
subterfuge
perfidiousness
falsehood
criminality
faithlessness
corruption
jiggery-pokery
graft
hocus-pocus
skulduggery
swindle
infidelity
rascality
insidiousness
infamy
bunk
monkey business
pretence
UK
pretense
US
wile
stealing
funny business
legerdemain
knavery
indirection
shrewdness
codology
gamesmanship
skullduggery
ruse
cleverness
hypocrisy
scheming
jugglery
lying
shenanigans
kidology
management
bluff
monkeyshines
astuteness
imposition
dissemblance
stratagem
intrigue
knavishness
sophistry
contrivance
dirty dealing
falseness
ingenuity
swindling
scheme
defrauding
unfairness
evasion
two-facedness
dirty pool
dodge
skill
hoax
con
scam
every trick in the book
maneuvering
US
bluffing
ambidexterity
trapping
ambidextrousness
manoeuvring
UK
betrayal
sleight of hand
perspicacity
footwork
dubiousness
calculation
untrustworthiness
strategy
furtiveness
overreaching
cozening
entrapping
two-timing
smoke and mirrors
insincerity
trick
spuriousness
ploy
treacherousness
feint
device
unjustness
manoeuvre
UK
gambit
gimmick
hokum
imposture
dirty work
shenanigan
play
sleight
art
jig
maneuver
US
beguilement
fetch
knack
juggle
hoodwinking
duping
game
double-cross
sting
stunt
dirty tricks
concealment
snow job
surreptitiousness
slipperiness
design
suspiciousness
untruthfulness
politicking
horse-trading
negotiation
manipulation
mendaciousness
intention
control
disingenuity
foul play
hornswoggling
pettifoggery
dishonor
US
dishonour
UK
malfeasance
expertise
complexity
skilfulness
sagacity
adroitness
illegality
humbug
fiddling
deceiving
embezzlement
exploitation
misappropriation
lawbreaking
misconduct
lawlessness
unlawfulness
nefariousness
specious reasoning
artful argument
palace intrigue
unfaithfulness
disloyalty
phoniness
disingenuousness
speciousness
unrepresentativeness
inaccurateness
unreliableness
illusoriness
inaccuracy
unreliability
jive
corruptness
fraudulency
dishonourableness
treason
prevarication
horseplay
slant
plot
setup
allurement
lure
angle
twist
switch
equivocation
unprincipledness
unscrupulosity
questionableness
questionability
sophism
joke
cheat
quackery
twoness
dualism
duality
obfuscation
untruth
blarney
boondoggle
defraudation
circumvention
juggling
trumpery
gambits
devices
strategems
contrivances
artifices
dodges
secrecy
Judas kiss
little game
dirty trick
one-upmanship
fast one
stab in back
misleading
evasiveness
misrepresentation
stealth
fast shuffle
bait and switch
shell game
feigning
covertness
shamming
faking
falsification
piousness
cant
disguising
posturing
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
sham
hiding
shrouding
veiling
cunning stratagems
disguise
suppression
camouflage
discretion
play-acting
machination
tactic
expedient
move
shift
wheeze
bunco
grift
lurk
rort
schlenter
flanker
rig
lie
fix
set-up
con trick
confidence trick
frame-up
guise
front
affectation
fabrication
facade
masquerade
show
façade
display
semblance
cover
sanctimoniousness
mask
veil
casuistry
charade
veneer
pose
sanctimony
invention
cloak
lip service
pharisaicalness
pietism
unctuousness
simulation
false front
glibness
mockery
playacting
act
put-on
airs
pharisaism
smokescreen
cover-up
irreverence
bigotry
make-believe
bad faith
distortion
false profession
fibbing
tartuffery
pretentiousness
appearance
posture
screen
stall
lack of veracity
illusion
perjury
coloring
US
posing
red herring
smoke screen
air
delusion
acting
telling stories
pretension
colouring
UK
counterfeit
shroud
false show
false colours
self-righteousness
adulteration
fig leaf
pretending
shuffling
impression
image
covering
false appearance
outward appearance
pomposity
smugness
pageant
pretext
inveracity
misrepresenting
misstating
perversion
exaggeration
fakeness
imitation
prevaricating
schtick
misstatement
Tartufferie
fallacy
doctoring
debasement
tampering
Pharisaism
amphibology
stretch
fudging
alteration
amphiboly
routine
waffle
stonewall
fib
attitude
mutilation
garb
ostentation
changing
snivel
travesty
parody
costume
line
story
false excuse
false pretense
dumb act
empty talk
committing perjury
affected piety
false light
double-crossing
shade
whitewash
face
dress
a put-on
double meaning
tall story
a put-up job
double entendre
double talk
false display
not a true picture
false piety
run-around
song and dance
window dressing
quibbling routine
cop out
haughtiness
conceit
superciliousness
self-satisfaction
complacency
piety
religiosity
misinformation
disinformation
lies
persona
forgery
equivocality
artificiality
fake
duplicitousness
ambiguity
manipulating
crocodile tears
faithless
coverup
visage
performance
vitiation
misapplication
doubtfulness
impersonation
mummery
hollowness
snide
backhandedness
hoaxing
mien
stance
aspect
disguisement
beard
song
equivoque
euphemism
hedging
hedge
half-truth
personation
color
US
colour
UK
revel
role
mannerism
carriage
fantasy
being two-faced
chaser
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
attitudinizing
tergiversation
stand
tampering with
mere façade
public image
hypocriticalness
tokenism
pecksniffery
daydreaming
dream
imagination
unreality
putting on a front
assuming a front
sweet talk
soft soap
weasel word
shuck and jive
dreaming
romancing
fancy
inventing
equivocating
falsifying
hypocritical statement
misprision
moralising
UK
moralizing
US
sham holiness
pious platitudes
white lies
self-deception
little white lies
hushing up
covering up
keeping secret
fairy tale
role-playing
doublespeak
indirectness
circumlocution
waffling
flannel
paltering
phoneyness
beating about the bush
phariseeism
pussyfooting around
false virtue
affected superiority
twisting
slanting
weasel words
double standard
caricature
stretching
more ❯
“The scoundrel would use
cunning
and guile to lure unwitting victims into his harebrained scheme.”
Noun
▲
The ability to execute one's skills in an artful or crafty manner
deftness
resourcefulness
skill
ability
adeptness
adroitness
artfulness
astuteness
craft
ingenuity
art
artifice
artistry
canniness
cleverness
dexterity
dexterousness
expertise
inventiveness
masterfulness
sharpness
skillfulness
creativity
imagination
shrewdness
proficiency
finesse
expertness
genius
mastery
competence
knack
facility
skilfulness
capability
knowledge
aptitude
know-how
talent
flair
virtuosity
savvy
wisdom
technique
gift
craftsmanship
command
accomplishment
discernment
acumen
nimbleness
experience
craftiness
sleight
brilliance
capacity
workmanship
worldly wisdom
invention
understanding
savoir faire
handiness
practicality
skillage
method
profession
coordination
agility
neatness
faculty
niftiness
precision
swiftness
litheness
bent
intelligence
skills
chops
moxie
background
savoir-faire
human capital
brightness
prowess
imaginativeness
touch
originality
diplomacy
discretion
quick-wittedness
grasp
inspiration
mastership
grip
wizardry
expertism
style
comprehension
expressiveness
perception
attainment
taste
sensitivity
sensibility
IQ
familiarity
eloquence
poetry
craftship
acquirement
ken
artistic ability
creative skill
more ❯
“We relied on the
cunning
of our guide to lead us safely out of the wilderness.”
Noun
▲
Ability to understand and reason
acumen
intelligence
astuteness
shrewdness
understanding
discernment
wisdom
wit
sharpness
sagacity
insight
perception
perspicacity
sense
cleverness
judgment
US
canniness
penetration
discrimination
acuity
savvy
comprehension
keenness
nous
smarts
intellect
sapience
ingenuity
acuteness
judgement
UK
brains
intuition
percipience
gumption
awareness
brilliance
grasp
smartness
knowingness
perspicuity
sensitivity
foxiness
caginess
expertise
intuitiveness
cageyness
brightness
refinement
resourcefulness
vision
hardheadedness
capability
arguteness
enterprise
initiative
farsightedness
flair
guile
common
sharp-wittedness
common sense
know-how
clear-sightedness
horse sense
powers of reasoning
savoir faire
grey matter
good taste
perceptiveness
sageness
quick-wittedness
ingeniousness
artfulness
genius
wiliness
creativity
knowledge
inventiveness
craftiness
brainpower
aptitude
precocity
profundity
braininess
ability
quickness
alertness
perspicaciousness
calculation
adroitness
faculty
calculatedness
suss
reason
imagination
cognizance
imaginativeness
talent
creativeness
precociousness
sagaciousness
IQ
skill
dexterity
mind
sleight
tact
originality
brain
invention
intellectuality
reasoning
capacity
innovativeness
perceptivity
good judgment
aptness
education
finesse
wits
mentality
erudition
thoughtfulness
artistry
quick wits
intellectual capacity
learnedness
mental capacity
mental agility
mental acuity
mental ability
intellectual power
quickness of mind
knack
gift
brain power
the right stuff
what it takes
subtlety
slyness
judiciousness
skills
inspiration
accuracy
innovation
nimbleness
sophistication
mastery
thinking outside the box
vigor
US
trenchancy
headpiece
giftedness
cuteness
native wit
resource
vigour
UK
apprehension
enlightenment
consciousness
intimacy
authority
appreciation
recognition
schooling
skillfulness
bookishness
masterfulness
art
deftness
artifice
proficiency
adeptness
competence
knowledgeableness
craft
gray matter
expertness
thought
conception
prudence
scholarship
mindfulness
worldliness
idea
learning
realization
US
grip
acquaintance
brain cells
I.Q.
observance
acquaintanceship
sensibility
sentience
cognition
savviness
quick wit
esprit
realisation
UK
familiarity with
intimacy with
acquaintance with
clear thinking
conversance with
knowing inside out
incisiveness
experience
discretion
skilfulness
sensibleness
levelheadedness
policy
good sense
professionalism
accomplishment
virtuosity
rationality
insightfulness
excellence
keen-wittedness
sharp-sightedness
discreetness
sound judgement
clarity
prowess
achievement
competency
head
practical intelligence
efficiency
forte
loaf
kop
lucidity
powers of intuition
great intelligence
fine mind
great intellect
versatility
quickwittedness
brilliancy
foresight
circumspection
rationale
logic
magic
heedfulness
consideration
saneness
tactfulness
forethought
commonsense
providence
pragmatism
poise
caution
heed
practicality
vigilance
pansophy
sanity
balance
maturity
wariness
watchfulness
soundness
presence of mind
good judgement
sound judgment
worldly wisdom
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of evading something
evasion
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
bypassing
equivocation
eschewal
eschewing
out
prevarication
ruse
shaking
sidestepping
subterfuge
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
evading
excuse
fugiviteness
fugivity
jive
lie
quibble
routine
run-around
shift
skirting
slip
stall
stonewall
stonewalling
trick
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
refraining
abstention
refrainment
bypass
holding off
escaping
escapism
circumventing
nonparticipation
retreat
flight
keeping away
steering clear
body swerve
steering clear of
come-off
difficulty
delay
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
hack
loophole
sidestep
workaround
more ❯
Noun
▲
The art or practice of successively outdoing a competitor
one-upmanship
gamesmanship
artfulness
competition
cutthroat
bettering
cageyness
canniness
competitive advantage
competitive edge
outfoxing
outsmarting
outwitting
rivalling
UK
rivaling
US
Noun
▲
The state of being arch
archness
cuteness
impishness
knowingness
mischievousness
playfulness
roguishness
sauciness
slyness
coyness
frolicsomeness
pertness
waggishness
frivolity
frivolousness
levity
flightiness
silliness
facetiousness
superficiality
frothiness
cheekiness
shallowness
carefreeness
unseriousness
lightness
insouciance
irresponsibility
light-mindedness
jokiness
sassiness
flippancy
light-headedness
jesting
foolishness
inanity
glibness
inappropriateness
Noun
▲
The taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle
opportunism
buccaneering
carpetbaggery
deviousness
resourcefulness
speculation
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