The Germans are very crafty.
Source: tatoeba (1537)
Crafty
//ˈkɹæfti//
Synonyms for "crafty" (119 found)
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Closest matches (24)
Strong matches (36)
Related words (59)
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Translations
59 translations across 21 languages.
Ancient Greek
2 entries- κίδαφος adj (cunning, wily)
- πανοῦργος adj (cunning, wily)
Bulgarian
4 entries- лукав adj (cunning, wily)
- сръчен adj (dexterous)
- умел adj (skillful)
- хитър adj (cunning, wily)
Chinese Mandarin
1 entries- 狡猾 adj (cunning, wily)
Finnish
4 entries- kykenevä adj (skillful)
- kyvykäs adj (skillful)
- osaava adj (skillful)
- ovela adj (cunning, wily)
French
2 entries- madré adj (cunning, wily)
- rusé adj (cunning, wily)
German
4 entries- gerissen adj (cunning, wily)
- geschickt adj (skillful)
- listig adj (cunning, wily)
- schlau adj (cunning, wily)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 adj (cunning, wily)
Irish
1 entries- cleasach adj (cunning, wily)
Italian
4 entries- destro adj (dexterous)
- fantasioso adj (dexterous)
- furbo adj (cunning, wily)
- ingegnoso adj (dexterous)
Japanese
1 entries- 狡猾な adj (cunning, wily)
Latin
3 entries- callidus adj (cunning, wily)
- dolōsus adj (cunning, wily)
- vafer adj (cunning, wily)
Māori
3 entries- mūrere adj (cunning, wily)
- nanakia adj (cunning, wily)
- rauhanga adj (cunning, wily)
Old English
1 entries- ġēaplīċ adj (cunning, wily)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- آصمق adj (cunning, wily)
- قورناز adj (cunning, wily)
Persian
1 entries- حیلهگر adj (cunning, wily)
Polish
3 entries- chytry adj (cunning, wily)
- podstępny adj (cunning, wily)
- przebiegły adj (cunning, wily)
Russian
4 entries- иску́сный adj (skillful)
- кова́рный adj (cunning, wily)
- ло́вкий adj (dexterous)
- уме́лый adj (skillful)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धूर्त adj (cunning, wily)
Scottish Gaelic
1 entries- seòlta adj (cunning, wily)
Spanish
4 entries- astuto adj (cunning, wily)
- diestro adj (dexterous)
- habiloso adj (skillful)
- listo adj (cunning, wily)
Turkish
4 entries- açıkgöz adj (cunning, wily)
- becerikli adj (dexterous)
- becerikli adj (skillful)
- cingöz adj (cunning, wily)
Sample sentences
18 total sentences available.
He is more crafty than wise.
Source: tatoeba (296025)
Tom thought of a crafty joke.
Source: tatoeba (1846614)
Tom is crafty.
Source: tatoeba (2202705)
Showing 4 of 18 available sentences.
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