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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
Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
Ambiguous in nature, typically as an avoidance tactic
Attractively unusual or old-fashioned
Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something
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
intelligent
smart
conniving
perceptive
wise
unscrupulous
underhand
quick-witted
disingenuous
dishonest
acute
discerning
on the ball
treacherous
politic
keen
brilliant
sagacious
perspicacious
experienced
quick
judicious
bright
shady
intriguing
deep
adroit
sapient
insightful
discriminating
brainy
dexterous
US
heads-up
dextrous
UK
plotting
heady
double-dealing
argute
sage
clear-sighted
clear-eyed
long-headed
sensible
contriving
hardheaded
seasoned
worldly
suss
media-savvy
intuitive
hard-boiled
adept
crooked
discreet
cheating
shonky
whip-smart
untrustworthy
conspiratorial
underhanded
unprincipled
penetrating
prudent
cautious
deft
masterly
careful
quick on the uptake
observant
knowledgeable
cluey
opportunistic
razor-sharp
genius
aware
as sharp as a tack
in the know
alert
wary
circumspect
delusive
proficient
enterprising
evasive
conspiring
hardened
tactful
greasy
serpentine
profound
farsighted
nifty
incisive
creative
percipient
enlightened
considerate
chary
sophisticated
arch
able
far-seeing
not born yesterday
nimble-witted
worldly-wise
understanding
well-informed
quick off the mark
capable
strategic
full of plans
fraudulent
dirty
leery
piercing
premeditating
safe
secret
misleading
snide
covert
tactical
colluding
controlling
collusive
furtive
tricksy
delusory
caballing
malicious
gingerly
shrewdness
guarded
stealthy
crazy like fox
heedful
wry
witted
bluffing
dishonourable
UK
dishonorable
US
dissembling
illusory
elusive
captious
mean
traitorous
neat
complicitous
informed
adaptable
accurate
probing
inside
shark
astucious
calculated
planful
unbelieving
trained
been around
battle-scarred
cynical
sharp as a tack
perfidious
opportunist
amoral
sensitive
innovative
wised up
on the inside
quick on the draw
immoral
cutthroat
unconscionable
unethical
on top of
up on
original
polite
delicate
innovational
expedient
innovatory
inspired
pioneering
originative
trailblazing
artistic
urbane
unprovincial
qualified
expert
Promethean
quick-thinking
gifted
competent
deviceful
sentient
conversant
cognizant
quick on the trigger
thoughtful
talented
elaborate
conciliatory
diplomatic
bland
gracious
suave
treating with kid gloves
courteous
complicit
craft
learned
intellectual
two-faced
erudite
clued-up
well informed
with-it
tuned-in
having been around
scholarly
educated
effective
ready
watchful
thinking outside the box
philosophical
reflective
contemplative
foresighted
sussed
hep
with great knowledge
showing great knowledge
full of insight
with it
rational
logical
exceptional
nimble
fine
fast
sound
supersmart
good
ultrasmart
hyperintelligent
apt
precocious
witty
rapier-like
well thought out
reasonable
gnostic
critical
commonsensical
penetrative
whiz
sober
well judged
well advised
well-advised
nobody's fool
exquisite
thinking
reasoned
considered
sharpened
levelheaded
justified
practical
advisable
solid
cerebral
agile
clear
responsive
desirable
just
cool
downy
vigilant
keen-witted
razor-like
judgmatic
judgmatical
finely honed
accomplished
common-sense
well-reasoned
well-founded
well reasoned
level-headed
sharp-sighted
not missing a trick
knowing how many beans make five
tuned in
with all one's wits about one
pragmatic
einstein
insighted
provident
reliable
razor sharp
healthy
coherent
searching
acuminous
powerful
valid
receptive
strong
analytical
exact
no fool
firm
congruent
deliberated
genial
well read
well educated
complex
exacting
analytic
ratiocinative
detailed
skilled
having smarts
steely
commonsense
commonsensible
effectual
visionary
well-read
awake
appreciative
prescient
conscious
sane
open-eyed
curt
active
vigorous
wired
mercurial
smart as a tack
tasty
prompt
heightened
precise
efficacious
thorough
seemly
judicial
seasonable
cogitative
teachable
ear to the ground
knows what's what
wide awake
hip
sophic
finely tuned
all there
smart as a whip
no dummy
quick to learn
well-judged
well-developed
well-honed
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
veteran
great
educated
fine
compleat
excellent
complete
professed
stellar
first-rate
outstanding
exceptional
superb
first-class
seasoned
well versed
magnificent
facile
top-notch
whiz
superlative
elite
marvellous
UK
schooled
marvelous
US
supreme
formidable
knowledgeable
dazzling
accurate
splendid
out of this world
a dab hand at
pro
brainy
hotshot
hot
big league
superior
exquisite
on the ball
peerless
deadly
demon
class
remarkable
cool
finished
multiskilled
multitalented
refined
world-class
leading
extraordinary
specialist
sure-handed
taught
well-rounded
tutored
all-round
all-around
old
serviceable
perceptive
topflight
exceptionally good
there
well-versed
proper
extraordinarily skilled
very skilled
highly skilled
exceptionally skilled
immensely skilled
highly trained
highly qualified
fluent
A1
exact
wised up
a hand at
top-drawer
satisfactory
balanced
painstaking
businesslike
thorough
reliable
wonderful
active
precocious
clean
versant
perfect
phenomenal
best
star
super
glorious
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
well-organized
well organized
preeminent
transcendent
strict
express
categorical
resourceful
magisterial
voluble
productive
sly
decent
well run
dynamite
notable
handpicked
deluxe
choice
capital
organized
US
specialized
US
certified
having the know-how
hot tamale
inch-perfect
conversant
first class
hep
hip
dominant
artistic
drilled
phenom
kosher
specialised
UK
employable
long-term
rangé
right on
errorless
dead-on
spot-on
sure-fire
well
sporting
on-target
trustworthy
simple
stringent
organised
UK
supremely skilled
happy
pitch-perfect
forward
mature
hardy
cut out for
having a knack for
impeccable
champion
top
topnotch
distinguished
faultless
dynamic
ultraefficient
flawless
leet
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
well executed
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
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“Esau, the rugged outdoor type, occupied himself out in the fields and became a
cunning
hunter.”
Adjective
▲
Behaving or prone to behave in an untrustworthy, deceitful, or insincere way
dishonest
deceitful
duplicitous
crooked
fraudulent
underhand
deceptive
treacherous
unscrupulous
devious
shady
tricky
false
guileful
shifty
crafty
untrustworthy
wily
sneaky
unprincipled
dishonorable
US
dishonourable
UK
underhanded
insincere
slippery
dodgy
lying
unethical
bent
designing
perfidious
corrupt
disreputable
sharp
unfair
dirty
untruthful
cheating
illegal
misleading
deceiving
traitorous
subtle
shonky
mendacious
criminal
immoral
rogue
fast
knavish
unlawful
unctuous
sneaking
swindling
unjust
villainous
recreant
defrauding
rascally
amoral
slim
roguish
truthless
malfeasant
hoodwinking
elusive
sinister
backbiting
bluffing
untrusted
double-dealing
two-faced
Janus-faced
two-timing
double-crossing
double-faced
hollow-hearted
false-hearted
sly
artful
scheming
foxy
slick
furtive
calculating
insidious
stealthy
conniving
Machiavellian
clandestine
surreptitious
snide
shrewd
secret
indirect
dubious
disingenuous
covert
secretive
dissembling
cagey
backstairs
beguiling
hypocritical
hugger-mugger
hole-and-corner
oblique
snidey
under the table
undercover
private
underground
stealth
hidden
privy
sneak
evasive
conspiratorial
astute
unsporting
nefarious
wicked
unsportsmanlike
counterfeit
mischievous
low-down
behind-the-scenes
hush-hush
impish
fishy
iffy
faithless
unreliable
below the belt
arch
base
smart
black
exploitative
mean
skulking
slinking
cloaked
low
canny
ignoble
fallacious
fly
Punic
intriguing
cute
cagy
clever
delusive
puckish
snaky
smooth
waggish
astucious
devilish
illicit
dangerous
feigned
playful
contriving
unconscionable
illusory
phoney
UK
prankish
tricksy
fake
phony
US
pretended
backhanded
cloak-and-dagger
cowardly
back-alley
scampish
elvish
teasing
dirty-dealing
leprechaunish
frolicsome
naughty
pixieish
fly-by-night
pixy
pixie
cheeky
cautious
under wraps
sub-rosa
salty
ornery
hostile
bogus
sham
dicey
unfaithful
irresponsible
stinky
bootleg
mean-spirited
deviant
undependable
veiled
shrouded
suspicious
unveracious
murky
specious
under the counter
uncandid
slimy
unfrank
delusory
ingenious
plotting
captious
erring
errant
obliquitous
gimmicky
collusive
unhonest
spurious
plausible
bum
seeming
serpentine
rascal
catchy
off
mock
imposturous
not candid
not frank
deep
deluding
terminologically inexact
not entirely truthful
wormlike
perilous
ensnaring
economical with the truth
playing politics
put on
playing games
like a snake in the grass
nasty
not to be trusted
not straightforward
faking one out
evil
concealed
trick
bad
despicable
sinful
subversive
shorthanded
glib
reprobate
degenerate
questionable
jive
mealymouthed
artificial
disloyal
double
mealy
contemptible
mala fide
scandalous
vile
masked
disgraceful
backstabbing
sordid
flippant
improper
unsavoury
UK
unsavory
US
shameless
silent
feline
catlike
enigmatic
catty
noiseless
elfin
wrongful
cheap
ignominious
pretending
quiet
lip
Pecksniffian
unworthy
disguised
squalid
rotten
beggarly
shameful
ungentlemanly
venal
corrupted
creepy
circumspect
cutthroat
saucy
hole and corner
cloak and dagger
under-the-table
behind someone's back
mercenary
dastardly
pert
conscienceless
knowing
affected
degrading
shabby
foul
detestable
unpleasant
scurvy
paltry
worthless
ruthless
unconscientious
tongue-in-cheek
coy
petty
execrable
illegitimate
wretched
sleazy
grubby
abject
inequitable
unsportsmanly
degraded
wrongdoing
back-stabbing
phoney-baloney
double dealing
phony-baloney
left-handed
casuistic
selfish
arrant
currish
scungy
sorry
deplorable
lousy
scummy
lame
self-seeking
ratty
scabby
off-colour
UK
low-minded
off-color
US
ill-gotten
out of order
against the rules
not cricket
sportive
carny
yellow
ludic
coquettish
espiègle
rakish
raffish
more ❯
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
secretive
guarded
fallacious
spurious
specious
delusive
reticent
wary
chary
tight-lipped
careful
cautious
circumspect
delusory
wrong
inaccurate
illusory
deceiving
mock
beguiling
deluding
pseudo
distorted
discreet
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
▲
Showing or suggesting that one has knowledge or awareness of something
knowing
meaningful
suggestive
significant
telling
expressive
enigmatic
hip
sly
arch
eloquent
impish
mischievous
playful
speaking
teasing
wise
consequential
weighty
indicative
revealing
sensitive
symbolic
pointed
pregnant
denoting
convincing
symptomatic
allegorical
compelling
emblematic
demonstrative
token
representational
figurative
telltale
representative
insightful
evocative
symbolical
sententious
calculating
informative
relevant
pithy
purposeful
valid
illuminating
significatory
exhibitive
revelatory
solemn
giveaway
evidential
hinting
oracular
denotative
allusive
moving
indicatory
connoting
characteristic
insinuating
graphic
redolent
reflective
signifying
meaning
stirring
touching
denotive
typical
poignant
passionate
emotional
affecting
pointing to
prognostic
diagnostic
inspiring
ardent
fervent
strong
tender
charged
powerful
evincive
connotative
imaginative
indicial
augural
testimonial
inauspicious
ominous
testatory
auspicious
designatory
impressive
striking
emblematical
unmistakable
deep
betraying
designative
fervid
impassioned
distinctive
mournful
feeling
deeply felt
indicating
heartfelt
profound
dramatic
sincere
doleful
uplifting
soulful
heart-warming
enlightening
intriguing
evocatory
exhibitory
educational
disclosing
divulging
implying
referring
expressed
loaded
metaphorical
symbolizing
US
apocalyptic
encouraging
vivid
parabolic
heartening
inventive
seminal
creative
original
inspirational
classic
warning
discriminating
identifying
proper
peculiar
distinguishing
individual
distinct
signalling
UK
diagnostical
cheerful
cheering
gladdening
cogent
rich
momentous
fecund
important
inspiriting
warming
associated
persuasive
artistic
intense
symbolising
UK
instigative
signaling
US
lively
sympathetic
energetic
descriptive
forceful
elevating
sad
emotive
potent
inspirative
improving
enriching
inspired
visionary
indicating emotion
indicating feeling
forcible
emphatic
fiery
stirred
understanding
pathetic
full of emotion
thoughtful
representing
colourful
UK
open
warm
ingenious
easy-to-read
full of feeling
spirited
brilliant
mobile
communicative
animated
pictorial
alive
picturesque
masterly
showy
silver-tongued
articulate
stimulating
colorful
US
responsive
arousing
exciting
impactful
heartrending
outspoken
voluble
impelling
vocal
heartbreaking
stunning
gripping
breathless
affective
rousing
provoking
upsetting
tear-jerking
soul-stirring
thrilling
heart-rending
heart-melting
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
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
unforced
purposed
contemplated
willing
contrived
meant
wanton
proposed
designful
studious
anticipated
well-thought-out
fixed
investigated
examined
destined
careful
thought-through
thought-about
mannered
artificial
rigged
expected
envisioned
slated
autonomous
promised
due
well-considered
uncompelled
express
targeted
sewn-up
cold-blooded
schemed
framed up
gratuitous
unbidden
pinned
required
arranged
free-willed
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
justified
commonsense
sensible
intelligent
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
free
unprompted
optional
discretionary
directed
steered
marked
open
elective
discretional
volunteered
unsolicited
unenforced
unconstrained
non-mandatory
non-compulsory
feigned
strained
forced
labored
US
laboured
UK
affected
guarded
overworked
reviewed
overdone
permissive
settled
agreed
spontaneous
independent
unprescribed
controlled
freely
wished
elected
opted
unasked
not required
chosen
gone into
preset
with intent
up to the individual
open to choice
at your discretion
pre-agreed
pre-decided
preplanned
pre-established
inevitable
established in advance
forethought
decided beforehand
bound
doomed
cut and dried
encoded
inexorable
foredestined
arranged in advance
precogitated
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
daedal
Byzantine
bewildering
confused
baroque
complicate
baffling
Gordian
entangled
involuted
Daedalian
perplexing
puzzling
detailed
serpentine
obscure
unfathomable
hard
fancy
jumbled
thorny
inextricable
fiddly
abstruse
cryptic
undecipherable
recondite
enigmatic
problematic
winding
problematical
twisted
mixed up
cumbersome
inscrutable
dense
interlaced
chaotic
mixed
mystifying
messy
troublesome
ramified
maze-like
muddled
ravelled
UK
high-tech
tough
mixed-up
drawn-out
long-drawn-out
raveled
US
knotted
heterogeneous
multifarious
variegated
Daedalean
hi-tech
difficult to understand
full of twists and turns
taxing
scrambled
awkward
insoluble
unanswerable
unwieldy
formidable
mazelike
intertwined
interwoven
labyrinthial
labyrinthical
labyrinthal
labyrinthiform
labyrinthic
sinuous
arduous
ornate
rococo
multifaceted
nuanced
can of worms
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
refined
overworked
many-faceted
particularised
UK
overdone
blow-by-blow
highly wrought
high tech
plotty
long-winded
incomprehensible
deep
mysterious
esoteric
profound
arcane
abstract
inexplicable
unclear
confounding
opaque
occult
dark
unaccountable
advanced
subtle
unintelligible
heavy
beyond one
wildering
fathomless
Delphic
mystical
hidden
mind-bending
delicate
serious
mystic
challenging
demanding
befuddling
over one's head
disconcerting
beyond comprehension
hard to understand
murky
secret
clear as mud
rarefied
cabbalistic
hermetic
cabalistic
hermetical
meticulous
paradoxical
sibylline
enigmatical
little known
weighty
ticklish
above your head
concealed
uncanny
intense
strange
finicky
worrying
multidimensional
unknowable
strenuous
incognizable
dainty
insolvable
mind-boggling
ungraspable
vague
disorienting
elite
unsolvable
acroamatic
orphic
spiny
vexing
rambling
thought-provoking
impossible to understand
technical
inconceivable
hazy
as clear as mud
beyond one's grasp
high-level
secretive
Greek to me
gnarly
clear as dishwater
fine
out of your depth
metaphysical
layered
inordinate
state-of-the-art
unintuitive
highbrow
private
perplexed
dry
unreadable
amazing
surprising
untold
new
clever
gimmicky
radical
inner
bemusing
frustrating
stunning
astonishing
eye-popping
staggering
hypermetric
daunting
recherché
contradictory
inconsistent
disarranged
disorganized
US
magical
odd
indivisible
inseparable
trying
fiendish
impossible
weird
hairy
peculiar
stupefying
astounding
muddling
erudite
varied
disordered
hard to solve
hard to explain
drastic
operose
funny
blurring
unsettling
disorganised
UK
kaleidoscopic
unimaginable
complete
sweeping
extreme
revolutionary
polygonal
muddlesome
mistakable
indigestible
Greek
higher-level
elliptical
major
irreducible
top
riddling
nebulous
uninterpretable
oblique
oracular
elliptic
little-known
out-of-the-way
coded
unexplained
all Greek to someone
double Dutch
beats me
too hard to understand
too difficult to understand
indissoluble
impossible to separate
pluridimensional
top-level
indecisive
fuliginous
illegible
incredible
illogical
onerous
fierce
concentrated
intensive
grievous
stormy
te
intolerable
rough
oppressive
laborious
harsh
solemn
grave
all Greek to you
far-out
not easily understood
double-edged
multilayered
finical
fussbudgety
choosy
finicking
choosey
picky
old-maidish
exacting
pernickety
fussy
nice
fastidious
elevated
unmanageable
uncontrollable
heightened
ungovernable
many-sided
burdensome
incontrollable
intractable
impossible to cope with
out of hand
out of control
indecipherable
pedantic
nitpicking
persnickety
punctilious
sphinxlike
indiscernible
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
subterfuge
fourberie
racket
mendacity
improbity
perfidy
unscrupulousness
perfidiousness
jiggery-pokery
falsehood
criminality
faithlessness
corruption
graft
hocus-pocus
skulduggery
swindle
wile
infidelity
rascality
insidiousness
infamy
bunk
pretence
UK
monkey business
pretense
US
funny business
stealing
knavery
legerdemain
indirection
shrewdness
codology
gamesmanship
skullduggery
ruse
cleverness
hypocrisy
scheming
lying
jugglery
bluff
management
monkeyshines
shenanigans
kidology
astuteness
imposition
dissemblance
dirty dealing
falseness
stratagem
intrigue
knavishness
sophistry
contrivance
ingenuity
defrauding
two-facedness
dirty pool
swindling
scheme
feint
unfairness
evasion
imposture
smoke and mirrors
bluffing
dodge
skill
hoax
con
scam
every trick in the book
maneuvering
US
trapping
ambidextrousness
ambidexterity
cozening
two-timing
entrapping
overreaching
manoeuvring
UK
betrayal
sleight of hand
perspicacity
footwork
dubiousness
calculation
hoodwinking
duping
untrustworthiness
strategy
furtiveness
insincerity
trick
spuriousness
ploy
treacherousness
device
unjustness
misrepresentation
manoeuvre
UK
gambit
gimmick
hokum
dirty work
shenanigan
play
sleight
art
jig
maneuver
US
beguilement
fetch
knack
juggle
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
humbug
expertise
complexity
skilfulness
sagacity
adroitness
illegality
specious reasoning
artful argument
misleading
lawbreaking
misconduct
lawlessness
fiddling
deceiving
embezzlement
exploitation
misappropriation
unlawfulness
nefariousness
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
evasiveness
stealth
feigning
fast shuffle
bait and switch
shell game
shamming
faking
falsification
covertness
piousness
cant
disguising
posturing
concealing
counterfeiting
masking
sham
hiding
shrouding
veiling
disguise
suppression
camouflage
cunning stratagems
play-acting
discretion
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
fakeness
perversion
exaggeration
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
faithless
performance
coverup
visage
vitiation
misapplication
doubtfulness
stance
impersonation
mummery
hollowness
snide
backhandedness
hoaxing
mien
aspect
disguisement
beard
song
equivoque
euphemism
hedging
hedge
half-truth
personation
color
US
colour
UK
revel
role
mannerism
chaser
hamming
phoney
UK
phony
US
dissimilation
carriage
fantasy
being two-faced
mere façade
public image
attitudinizing
tergiversation
stand
tampering with
sweet talk
soft soap
hypocriticalness
tokenism
pecksniffery
daydreaming
dream
imagination
unreality
putting on a front
assuming a front
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
competence
genius
mastery
facility
capability
aptitude
knack
talent
flair
skilfulness
know-how
knowledge
savvy
wisdom
technique
gift
virtuosity
craftsmanship
accomplishment
discernment
acumen
nimbleness
experience
craftiness
sleight
brilliance
workmanship
worldly wisdom
invention
command
savoir faire
handiness
practicality
skillage
method
profession
coordination
agility
neatness
niftiness
precision
swiftness
litheness
intelligence
capacity
faculty
bent
brightness
skills
chops
understanding
imaginativeness
moxie
touch
originality
diplomacy
discretion
background
savoir-faire
quick-wittedness
inspiration
style
expressiveness
perception
taste
sensitivity
sensibility
eloquence
poetry
craftship
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
genius
ingeniousness
artfulness
knowledge
wiliness
creativity
inventiveness
ability
craftiness
brainpower
adroitness
aptitude
precocity
profundity
braininess
quickness
alertness
perspicaciousness
calculation
faculty
skill
IQ
dexterity
calculatedness
suss
reason
imagination
finesse
cognizance
imaginativeness
talent
creativeness
precociousness
sagaciousness
capacity
knack
mind
sleight
tact
originality
brain
invention
intellectuality
proficiency
reasoning
innovativeness
perceptivity
grip
good judgment
aptness
education
wits
mentality
erudition
thoughtfulness
artistry
deftness
quick wits
intellectual capacity
learnedness
mental capacity
mental agility
expertness
mental acuity
mental ability
intellectual power
quickness of mind
gift
brain power
adeptness
mastery
the right stuff
what it takes
subtlety
slyness
judiciousness
skills
inspiration
accuracy
innovation
nimbleness
command
sophistication
prowess
virtuosity
thinking outside the box
attainment
mastership
familiarity
skilfulness
vigor
US
trenchancy
acquirement
headpiece
giftedness
cuteness
native wit
resource
vigour
UK
apprehension
enlightenment
expertism
ken
wizardry
consciousness
intimacy
authority
appreciation
recognition
schooling
skillfulness
bookishness
masterfulness
art
artifice
competence
knowledgeableness
craft
gray matter
thought
conception
prudence
scholarship
mindfulness
worldliness
idea
learning
realization
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acquaintance
brain cells
I.Q.
observance
acquaintanceship
sensibility
sentience
cognition
savviness
quick wit
esprit
realisation
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familiarity with
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clear thinking
conversance with
knowing inside out
practicality
experience
levelheadedness
sanity
foresight
rationality
balance
circumspection
marbles
sensibleness
sound mind
lucidness
soundness
discretion
stability
incisiveness
lucidity
good sense
sound judgment
clear mind
intellection
heedfulness
pragmatism
watchfulness
logic
consideration
ratiocination
poise
caution
pansophy
presence of mind
good judgement
soundness of mind
saneness
rationalness
vigilance
wariness
tactfulness
forethought
providence
coherence
commonsense
cognitive faculties
powers of discernment
information
solidity
logical thought
scientific thinking
normality
insightfulness
head
healthy mind
right mind
depth
profoundness
good reasoning
deep insight
policy
reasonableness
daylights
cogency
soberness
clear-headedness
loaf
good eye
omniscience
knowledgeability
discreetness
knowing
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rationale
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eye
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breadth of view
heed
maturity
senses
right-mindedness
mental health
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mental faculties
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brainbox
responsiveness
precision
mental age
intellectual capabilities
intelligence quotient
kop
cerebration
egghead
pundit
psyche
upper storey
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The action of evading something
evasion
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
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equivocation
eschewal
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out
prevarication
ruse
shaking
sidestepping
subterfuge
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
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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
hack
loophole
come-off
difficulty
delay
detour
diversion
postponement
inertia
roundabout
sidestep
workaround
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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
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US
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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
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The taking of opportunities as and when they arise, regardless of planning or principle
opportunism
buccaneering
carpetbaggery
deviousness
resourcefulness
speculation
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