The potter's lost his cunning.
Source: tatoeba (44706)
Cunning
/ˈkʌnɪŋ/
Synonyms for "cunning" (349 found)
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Closest matches (70)
Strong matches (105)
craftsmanshipcraftycrookedcunningnesscutedaedaldaedaliandaintydeceitdeceitfuldeceitfulnessdeceptiondeepdeep-laiddeftdeftnessdelicatedesigningdeviousdeviousness
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dexteritydexterousdexterousnessdextrousdextrousnessdiplomacydiplomaticdishonestdishonestydisingenuousdissemblancedissimulationdoubledouble dealingdouble-dealingdouble-faceddouble-mindeddouble-tongueddoublehearteddoublenessdoubleness of heartdownyduplicitousduplicityefficiencyevasionevasiveexcellentexpertexpertiseexpertnessfacilityfaithlessfaithlessnessfalsefalse-principledfalseheartedfalseheartednessfalsenessfancyfelinefinaglingfinessefoxinessfoxyfraudulentfurtivefurtivenessgamesmanshipgoodgoodishgracegracefulgripguileguilefulguilefulnesshandinesshandyhorsemanshiphypocrisyimprobityindirectindirectioningeniousingeniousnessingenuity
Related words (174)
insidiousinsidiousnessinsincereintelligentinventiveinventivenesskeenknow howknow-howknowinglow cunningmachiavellianmachiavellianismmachiavellicmagisterialmarksmanshipmasterfulmasterlymastershipmastery
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mercurialmignonneatno meanone upmanshippawkinesspawkyperfidiouspoliticpractical abilityprettyprofessionalproficiencyproficientprowessquickquicknessquite somereadinessreadyresourceresourcefulresourcefulnesssatanic cunningsavoir-fairesavvyschemingseamanshipserpentinesharpsharpnessshiftinessshiftyshrewdshrewdnessskillskillfulskillfulnessslickslicknessslimslipperyslyslynesssmartsmoothsnakysneak attacksneakinesssneakysomesophisticalsophistrystatesmanlikestealthstealthystrategicstylestylishsubtilesubtilitysubtiltysubtlesubtletysupplesurreptitioussurreptitiousnesstacttactfultactfulnesstacticaltechnical brilliancetechnical masterytechnical skilltechniquethe compleatthe completetimingtreacheroustreacherousnesstreacherytrickinesstrickishtricksytrickytwo facedtwo-facedtwo-facednessunderhandunderhandedunderhandednessunscrupulousvirtuosityvirtuosovulpinewarywell donewell-consideredwell-contrivedwell-designedwell-devisedwell-donewell-inventedwell-laidwell-plannedwell-reasonedwell-thought-outwell-weighedwilewilinesswilywisewitwizardryworkmanlikeworkmanship
Noun(19 words)
Adjective(18 words)
Verb(1 words)
Related word relations
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More general
14 entriesMore specific
13 entriesCollocations
9 entriescunning argumentcunning devicecunning disguisecunning foxcunning manipulationcunning plancunning rusecunning strategycunning use
Inflections
2 entriesmore cunningmost cunning
Derivations
2 entriessimilar
3 entriesTranslations
61 translations across 24 languages.
Ancient Greek
1 entries- πανοῦργος noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Bulgarian
4 entries- коварство noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- лукавство noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- сръчност noun (aptitude)
- умение noun (aptitude)
Chukchi
1 entries- гыттагыргын noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Dutch
2 entries- kundigheid noun (aptitude)
- sluwheid noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Esperanto
1 entries- ruza noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Finnish
3 entries- kierous noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- oveluus noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- taitavuus noun (aptitude)
French
2 entries- fourberie noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- sournoiserie noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
German
1 entries- Gerissenheit noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Greek
1 entries- πονηριά noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Italian
2 entries- furberia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- furbizia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Japanese
2 entries- 狡猾 noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- 狡猾 noun (aptitude)
Latin
2 entries- astus noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- versūtia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Macedonian
1 entries- итрина noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Middle English
2 entries- sleighte noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- sleighte noun (aptitude)
Māori
1 entries- rauhanga noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Norwegian
1 entries- snedighet noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Ottoman Turkish
2 entries- شیطانلق noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- قورنازلق noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Polish
4 entries- chytrość noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- cwaniactwo noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- przebiegłość noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- spryt noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Portuguese
4 entries- ardil noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- astúcia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- esperteza noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- habilidade noun (aptitude)
Romanian
2 entries- capacitate noun (aptitude)
- viclenie noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Russian
4 entries- иску́сство noun (aptitude)
- кова́рство noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- уме́ние noun (aptitude)
- хи́трость noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Spanish
4 entries- ardid noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- ardil noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- astucia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- cuquería noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Swedish
2 entries- list noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- slughet noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Telugu
2 entries- కపటము noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- తరహా noun (aptitude)
Sample sentences
21 total sentences available.
The Sphinx had eaten hundreds of people on their way to the city of Thebes, because they could not answer the riddle the cunning Sphinx had asked them.
Source: tatoeba (51820)
It is said that the fox is more cunning than any other animal.
Source: tatoeba (240003)
He makes believe that he is a practical statesman, but in really he is a cunning politician.
Source: tatoeba (298978)
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