Canny

/ˈkæni/

Synonyms for "canny" (137 found)

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Related word relations

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6 relation types

More general

3 entries
careful conductclevernessprudence

More specific

6 entries
canny farmercanny plannercost conscious managerprudent managersavvy investorthrifty shopper

Collocations

6 entries
canny bargaincanny decisioncanny investorcanny movecanny plancanny strategy

Inflections

2 entries

Derivations

2 entries

similar

1 entries

Translations

12 translations across 10 languages.

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Bulgarian

2 entries
  • внимателен adj (careful, prudent, cautious)
  • предпазлив adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Czech

1 entries
  • opatrný adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Finnish

1 entries
  • varovainen adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

French

1 entries
  • prudent adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

German

1 entries
  • vorsichtig adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Māori

1 entries
  • matawhāiti adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Romanian

1 entries
  • prudent adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Russian

2 entries
  • осмотрительный adj (careful, prudent, cautious)
  • осторо́жный adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Spanish

1 entries
  • cauteloso adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Swedish

1 entries
  • försiktig adj (careful, prudent, cautious)

Sample sentences

28 total sentences available.

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The canny entrepreneur realized that the ballistic missiles, which had once carried nuclear weapons and which the former enemies no longer needed, could easily be converted to civilian rockets for the peaceful exploration of space.

Source: tatoeba (5379847)

The canny one, or so I think, holds their tongue and sups their drink.

Source: tatoeba (10361211)

A canny one, I do contend, simply tips their glass on end.

Source: tatoeba (10361212)

He was a skilled strategist and canny political operator.

Source: tatoeba (10667582)

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