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Detailed Synonyms for cunning in English

cunning:

cunning adj

  1. cunning
  2. cunning
  3. cunning
  4. cunning
  5. cunning
  6. cunning
    – showing inventiveness and skill 1
    cunning; clever; ingenious
    – showing inventiveness and skill 1
    • cunning adj
      • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success1
    • clever adj
      • a clever gadget1
    • ingenious adj
      • an ingenious solution to the problem1
  7. cunning
    – attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness 1
    cute; cunning
    – attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness 1
    • cute adj
      • a cute kid with pigtails1
      • a cute little apartment1
    • cunning adj
      • cunning kittens1
      • a cunning baby1

cunning [the ~] noun

  1. the cunning
    the cunning; the slyness; the shrewdness
  2. the cunning
    the cunning; the sharpness; the keenness
  3. the cunning
    the cunning; the slyness; the shrewdness; the craftiness
  4. the cunning
    the subtlety; the cunning; the down to the minutest details; the nicety; the slyness
  5. the cunning
    the cunning; the nicety; the slyness; the down to the minutest details
  6. the cunning
    the slyness; the guile; the cunning; the wiliness; the craftiness
  7. the cunning
    – crafty artfulness (especially in deception) 1
    the cunning
    – crafty artfulness (especially in deception) 1
  8. the cunning
    – shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception 1
    the craft; the cunning; the guile; the wiliness; the craftiness; the slyness; the foxiness
    – shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception 1

Related Words for "cunning":

  • cunninger, cunningest, cunningly

Alternate Synonyms for "cunning":


Related Definitions for "cunning":

  1. showing inventiveness and skill1
    • the cunning maneuvers leading to his success1
  2. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness1
    • cunning kittens1
    • a cunning baby1
  3. crafty artfulness (especially in deception)1
  4. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception1

Related Synonyms for cunning