Crafty

//ˈkɹæfti//

Synonyms for "crafty" (119 found)

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Translations

59 translations across 21 languages.

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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

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  • gerissen adj (cunning, wily)
  • geschickt adj (skillful)
  • listig adj (cunning, wily)
  • schlau adj (cunning, wily)

Gothic

1 entries
  • 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 adj (cunning, wily)

Irish

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  • 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.

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The Germans are very crafty.

Source: tatoeba (1537)

He is more crafty than wise.

Source: tatoeba (296025)

Tom thought of a crafty joke.

Source: tatoeba (1846614)

Tom is crafty.

Source: tatoeba (2202705)

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Data sourced from Wiktionary, WordNet, CMU, and other open linguistic databases. Updated March 2026.