cunning

Speech parts

1. cunning - Noun

2. cunning - Adjective

3. cunning - Adjective Satellite

4. Cunning - Proper noun

Meaning

Knowing; skillful; dexterous.

Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.

Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.

Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.

Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.

The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Source: Webster's dictionary

Synonyms

sly crafty wily craftiness foxy craft clever ingenious tricky slick artful guile tricksy knavish dodgy
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Antonyms

matt frank frankish malachite natural open
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Hypernyms

perspicacity shrewdness astuteness artfulness perspicaciousness

Phrases with the word

as cunning as a cartload of monkeys as cunning as a fox cunning as a cartload of monkeys cunning person cunning mind battlefield cunning

Examples

a clever gadget Source: Internet

the cunning maneuvers leading to his success Source: Internet

an ingenious solution to the problem Source: Internet

cunning men often pass for wise Source: Internet

deep political machinations Source: Internet

a foxy scheme Source: Internet

Close letter words and terms

cunnilinguistic cunnilinguize cunnilingus cunning as a cartload of monkeys cunning as a fox cunning deception