NOUN | cognition | craftiness, craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception |
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attribute | craftiness, deceitfulness, guile | the quality of being crafty |
Meaning | shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception. | |
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Synonyms | craft, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness | |
Broader | shrewdness, astuteness, perspicacity, perspicaciousness | intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) |
Spanish | astucia, ingeniosidad, inventiva, malicia, maña, picardía, socarronería, taima, taimería, zorrería | |
Catalan | astúcia, picardia, sagacitat | |
Adjectives | crafty | marked by skill in deception |
Meaning | The quality of being crafty. | |
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Synonyms | deceitfulness, guile | |
Broader | disingenuousness | The quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor |
Spanish | retrechería | |
Catalan | cançoneria, falsedat, romanceria |
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