Thesaurus:cunning

Thesaurus

cunning

English

Noun

Sense: practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner

Synonyms

• abet
• art
• beguilement
• craft
• craftiness
• cunning
• dodge (figuratively)
• foxiness
• foxship
• guile
• list    [⇒ thesaurus] (archaic)
• subtlety
• wile

Antonyms

• artlessness
• bluntness
• candor
• honesty
• innocence
• naïveté
• simplicity
• veracity    [⇒ thesaurus]

Hyponyms

• chicanery
• duplicity
• evasion
• knavery
• magic
• ruse
• subterfuge
• trickery

Hypernyms

• skill    [⇒ thesaurus]

See also

• Thesaurus:wily

Further reading

• “702. cunning” in Roget's Thesaurus, T. Y. Crowell Co., 1911.
• “cunning” in Moby Thesaurus II, Grady Ward, 1996.