Synonyms for Crafty | WordToolSet

Synonyms for "crafty" (137 found)

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Closest matches (28)

Strong matches (41)

Adjective(6 words)

daedal dodgy foxier foxiest foxy guileful

deceitful deep deep-laid designing devious dexterous diplomatic dishonest disingenuous doubledouble dealingdouble-dealing double-faced double-minded double-tongued doublehearted downy duplicitous faithless false

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false-principled falsehearted fawning feline finagling forsworn foxy fraudulent furtive guileful indirect ingenious insidious insincere inventive

Related words (68)

keen knowing machiavellian machiavellic pawky perfidious perjured plotting politic ready resourceful scheming serpentine sharp shifty shrewd slick slippery sly smooth

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Adjective(15 words)

knavish lawyerly mischievous shiftiest skillful slick slier sliest slyer slyest sneakiersubtle hinttricksy tricky wiliest

Noun(4 words)

literary techniqueplotting motionskilly slicker

Adjective(1 words)

skilled

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

6 relation types

More general

4 entries

cleverness craftsmanship intelligence quality

More specific

6 entries

artful deceptionartisan qualityguileful manipulationprecision fabricationscheming tacticskilled construction

Collocations

6 entries

crafty deceptioncrafty devicecrafty plancrafty schemecrafty smilecrafty tactic

Inflections

2 entries

craftier craftiest

Derivations

2 entries

craftily craftiness

similar

1 entries

artful

Sample sentences

18 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The Germans are very crafty.

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He is more crafty than wise.

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Tom thought of a crafty joke.

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Tom is crafty.

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