CUNNING Synonyms

• marked by skill in deception

• marked by skill in deception

• marked by skill in deception

• showing inventiveness and skill

• a slippery smoothness

• a magazine printed on good quality paper

• a film of oil or garbage floating on top of water

• a trowel used to make a surface slick

• made slick by e.g. ice or grease

• superficially impressive, but lacking depth and attention to the true complexities of a subject

• having only superficial plausibility

• having a smooth, gleaming surface reflecting light; being of a smooth, soft and lustrous quality, resembling silk

• marked by skill in deception

• make slick or smooth

• give a smooth and glossy appearance

• marked by skill in deception

• not to be trusted

• having concealed difficulty

• marked by skill in deception

• marked by skill in deception

• not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness

• marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• acting with a specific goal

• showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others

• acting together in secret toward a fraudulent or illegal end

• acting with a specific goal

• involving deception

• marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another

• indirect in departing from the accepted or proper way; misleading

• characterized by insincerity or deceit; evasive

• deviating from a straight course

• having the capacity for thought and reason especially to a high degree

• possessing sound knowledge

• exercising or showing good judgment

• endowed with the capacity to reason

• having inner resources; adroit or imaginative

• acting with a specific goal

• concealing crafty designs for advancing your own interest

• keenly and painfully felt; as if caused by a sharp edge or point

• having or made by a thin edge or sharp point; suitable for cutting or piercing

• (of a musical note) raised in pitch by one chromatic semitone

• a musical notation indicating one half step higher than the note named

• a long thin sewing needle with a sharp point

• changing suddenly in direction and degree

• (of something seen or heard) clearly defined

• ending in a sharp point

• having or demonstrating ability to recognize or draw fine distinctions

• marked by practical hardheaded intelligence

• harsh

• having or emitting a high-pitched and sharp tone or tones

• dangerously steep

• very sudden and in great amount or degree

• quick and forceful