The potter's lost his cunning.
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Cunning
//ˈkʌnɪŋ//
Synonyms for "cunning" (322 found)
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Closest matches (65)
Strong matches (96)
craftsmanshipcraftycrookedcunningnessdaedaldaedaliandaintydeceitdeceitfuldeceitfulnessdeceptiondeepdeep-laiddeftdeftnessdelicatedesigningdeviousdeviousnessdexterity
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dexterousdexterousnessdextrousdextrousnessdiplomacydiplomaticdishonestdishonestydisingenuousdissemblancedissimulationdoubledouble dealingdouble-dealingdouble-faceddouble-mindeddouble-tongueddoublehearteddoublenessdoubleness of heartdownyduplicitousduplicityefficiencyevasionevasiveexcellentexpertexpertiseexpertnessfacilityfaithlessfaithlessnessfalsefalse-principledfalseheartedfalseheartednessfalsenessfancyfelinefinaglingfinessefoxinessfoxshipfoxyfraudulentfurtivefurtivenessgamesmanshipgoodgoodishgracegracefulgripguileguilefulnesshandinesshandyhorsemanshiphypocrisyimprobityindirectindirection
Noun(3 words)
Related words (161)
ingeniousnessingenuityinsidiousinsidiousnessinsincereintelligentinventiveinventivenesskeenknow howknow-howknowinglistlow cunningmachiavellianmachiavellianismmachiavellicmagisterialmarksmanshipmasterful
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masterlymastershipmasterymercurialmignonneatno 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
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1 entriesis a
1 entriesrelated to
27 entriesShowing 16 of 27 words.
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3 entriesTranslations
231 translations across 55 languages.
Ancient Greek
4 entries- κίδαφος adj (sly)
- πυκνός adj (sly)
- στρεβλός adj (skillful)
- πανοῦργος noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Arabic
1 entries- مَاكِر adj (sly)
Armenian
1 entries- խորամանկ adj (sly)
Belarusian
1 entries- хі́тры adj (sly)
Bulgarian
4 entries- изкусен adj (skillful)
- кова́рен adj (sly)
- лука́в adj (sly)
- сръчен adj (skillful)
Catalan
4 entries- astut adj (sly)
- astut adj (skillful)
- maquiavèl·lic adj (sly)
- murri adj (sly)
Chinese Mandarin
4 entries- 巧妙 adj (skillful)
- 狡猾 adj (sly)
- 狡詐 /狡诈 adj (sly)
- 狡黠 adj (sly)
Chukchi
1 entries- гыттагыргын noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Church Slavic
2 entries- лѫкавъ adj (sly)
- хꙑтръ adj (sly)
Czech
4 entries- mazaný adj (sly)
- milý adj (cute)
- obratný adj (skillful)
- prohnaný adj (sly)
Danish
2 entries- listig adj (sly)
- snedig adj (sly)
Dutch
4 entries- bedreven adj (skillful)
- doortrapt adj (sly)
- geslepen adj (sly)
- handig adj (skillful)
Esperanto
2 entries- ruza adj (sly)
- ruza noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Finnish
4 entries- kiero adj (sly)
- ovela adj (sly)
- ovela adj (skillful)
- taitava adj (skillful)
French
4 entries- rusé adj (sly)
- talentueux adj (skillful)
- fourberie noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- sournoiserie noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Galician
4 entries- arteiro adj (sly)
- galdrido adj (sly)
- matreiro adj (sly)
- pillabán adj (sly)
Georgian
4 entries- ეშმაკი adj (sly)
- მზაკვრული adj (sly)
- ქვეშქვეშა adj (sly)
- ცბიერი adj (sly)
German
4 entries- abgefeimt adj (sly)
- ausgefuchst adj (skillful)
- ausgeklügelt adj (skillful)
- clever adj (skillful)
Gothic
1 entries- 𐌻𐌹𐍃𐍄𐌴𐌹𐌲𐍃 adj (sly)
Greek
1 entries- πονηριά noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Hungarian
4 entries- alattomos adj (sly)
- csalafinta adj (sly)
- cseles adj (sly)
- dörzsölt adj (sly)
Ingrian
2 entries- kavala adj (sly)
- veekas adj (sly)
Irish
1 entries- glic adj (sly)
Italian
4 entries- astuto adj (sly)
- furbo adj (sly)
- ingegnoso adj (skillful)
- furberia noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Japanese
4 entries- 巧妙な adj (skillful)
- 狡猾な adj (sly)
- 狡猾な adj (skillful)
- 狡猾 noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Korean
1 entries- 교활하다 adj (sly)
Kott
1 entries- āru adj (sly)
Latin
4 entries- callidus adj (sly)
- callidus adj (skillful)
- vafer adj (sly)
- versūtus adj (sly)
Latvian
1 entries- viltīgs adj (sly)
Lithuanian
1 entries- gudrus adj (sly)
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)
Norman
1 entries- rusé adj (sly)
Norwegian
1 entries- snedighet noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Old English
1 entries- ġēaplīċ adj (sly)
Ottoman Turkish
4 entries- آصمق adj (sly)
- قورناز adj (sly)
- شیطانلق noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- قورنازلق noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Persian
3 entries- رند adj (sly)
- مکار adj (sly)
- گربز adj (skillful)
Polish
4 entries- chytry adj (sly)
- cwany adj (sly)
- przebiegły adj (sly)
- sprytny adj (sly)
Portuguese
4 entries- astuto adj (sly)
- astuto adj (skillful)
- esperto adj (sly)
- esperto adj (skillful)
Romanian
4 entries- priceput adj (skillful)
- viclean adj (sly)
- șiret adj (sly)
- capacitate noun (aptitude)
Russian
4 entries- до́шлый adj (sly)
- иску́сный adj (skillful)
- кова́рный adj (sly)
- ло́вкий adj (skillful)
Sanskrit
1 entries- धूर्त adj (sly)
Scottish Gaelic
2 entries- seòlta adj (sly)
- seòlta adj (skillful)
Serbo-Croatian
4 entries- lukav adj (sly)
- podmukao adj (sly)
- prepreden adj (sly)
- лукав adj (sly)
Slovak
3 entries- chytrý adj (skillful)
- mazaný adj (sly)
- prefíkaný adj (sly)
Slovene
1 entries- zvit adj (sly)
Spanish
4 entries- artero adj (sly)
- astuto adj (sly)
- astuto adj (skillful)
- cuco adj (sly)
Swedish
4 entries- listig adj (sly)
- slug adj (sly)
- list noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- slughet noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
Tagalog
1 entries- tuso adj (sly)
Telugu
3 entries- నేర్పరి adj (skillful)
- కపటము noun (skill of being sly or deceitful)
- తరహా noun (aptitude)
Thai
1 entries- เหลี่ยม adj (sly)
Ukrainian
2 entries- лука́вий adj (sly)
- хи́трий adj (sly)
Uzbek
1 entries- ayyor adj (sly)
Vietnamese
3 entries- láu lỉnh adj (sly)
- xảo quyệt adj (sly)
- xảo trá adj (sly)
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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