Meanings
Synonyms & antonyms
nounshrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Synonym sets from Open English WordNet, CC BY 4.0.
Origin
Translations
Ancient Greek πανουργία
- πανουργία (panourgía)skill in deception, slyness
Czech úskočnost
- úskočnostskill in deception, slyness
French ruse
- ruseskill in deception, slyness
Hungarian fortélyosság, rafinéria
- fortélyosságskill in deception, slyness
- rafinériaskill in deception, slyness
Irish lúbaireacht
- lúbaireachtskill in deception, slyness
Italian astuzia
- astuziaskill in deception, slyness
Latin vulpēs
- vulpēsskill in deception, slyness
Norwegian Bokmål forslagenhet, listighet
- forslagenhetskill in deception, slyness
- listighetskill in deception, slyness
- sluhetskill in deception, slyness
Russian хи́трость, лука́вство
- хи́трость (xítrostʹ)skill in deception, slyness
- лука́вство (lukávstvo)skill in deception, slyness
- кова́рство (kovárstvo)skill in deception, slyness
Spanish astucia, picardía
- astuciaskill in deception, slyness
- picardíaskill in deception, slyness
Swedish slughet
- slughetskill in deception, slyness
Turkish kurnazlık, cerbeze
- kurnazlıkskill in deception, slyness
- cerbezeskill in deception, slyness
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APA
craftiness. (n.d.). In WatkinsX Dictionary. Retrieved November 2, 2026, from https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craftiness
MLA
“craftiness.” WatkinsX Dictionary, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craftiness. Accessed November 2, 2026.
Chicago
WatkinsX Dictionary, s.v. “craftiness,” accessed November 2, 2026, https://dictionary.watkinsx.com/word/craftiness.
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