Wiliness

Synonyms for "wiliness" (27 found)

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Closest matches (6)

Noun(4 words)

craftiness cunning guile slyness

Strong matches (8)

Noun(4 words)

artifice craft deviousness foxiness

canniness cleverness finesse gamesmanship

Related words (13)

inventivenessone upmanshipreadiness sharpness shrewdness sophistry stealth subtlety wile wit

Noun(3 words)

ploy ruse trick

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More general

10 entries

astuteness behavior characteristic perspicaciousness perspicacity quality shrewdness strategy tactic trait

More specific

7 entries

artifice craftiness guile ploy ruse slyness trick

Collocations

6 entries

air of wilinessdisplay of wilinessmoral wilinesspolitical wilinesswiliness in negotiationwiliness of mind

Inflections

1 entries

Derivations

2 entries

unwiliness wily

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