cunning
noun
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- adjective
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Senses
Sense 1 noun
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Types & categories
- perspicacity hypernym
Related & opposite
- crafty derivation
Sense 2 adjective
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
a cute kid with pigtails
Related & opposite
- prettiness derivation
- attractive similar to
Sense 3 noun
crafty artfulness (especially in deception)
Types & categories
- artfulness hypernym
Sense 4 adjective
marked by skill in deception
cunning men often pass for wise
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Sense 5 adjective
showing inventiveness and skill
a clever gadget
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Table view of this graph
| Sense | Relation | Group | Word |
|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | derivation | Related & opposite | crafty |
| 1 | hypernym | Types & categories | perspicacity |
| 2 | derivation | Related & opposite | prettiness |
| 2 | similar to | Related & opposite | attractive |
| 3 | hypernym | Types & categories | artfulness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trick |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | chicanery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | shiftiness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | glibness |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | guile |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodge |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | trickery |
| 4 | derivation | Related & opposite | dodger |
| 4 | similar to | Related & opposite | artful |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ingenuity |
| 5 | derivation | Related & opposite | ingenuity |
| 5 | similar to | Related & opposite | adroit |