Definition for Cagey:

• characterized by great cautious and wariness; " a cagey avoidance of a definite answer"; " chary of the risks involved"; " a chary investor"

Synonyms for Cagey:

• adj.

  •all (adjective)
  • clever,
  • cagy,
  • canny.
  •cautious (adjective)
  • gingerly,
  • forethoughtful.
  •disbelieving (adjective)
  • distrustful.
  •evasive (adjective)
  • casuistic,
  • sophistical.
  •open-eyed (adjective)
  • open-eyed.
  •sagacious (adjective)
  • sapient.
  •tricky (adjective)
  • crafty,
  • careful,
  • secretive,
  • leery,
  • shrewd,
  • wily,
  • wary,
  • sly,
  • circumspect,
  • cunning.
  •uncommunicative (adjective)
  • secretive.

• n.

  •
  • secretive,
  • careful,
  • shrewd,
  • slick,
  • wise,
  • knowing,
  • perspicacious,
  • astute,
  • savvy.
  •cagey (noun)
  • canny,
  • smart,
  • clever,
  • cautious,
  • cagy,
  • chary.
  •cunning (noun)
  • shrewd.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • savvy.
  •
  • astute,
  • perspicacious.
  •
  • slick.
  •
  • knowing.
  •
  • wise.
  •crafty
  • sly.
  •tactful
  • diplomatic.
  •Other relevant words:
  • designing,
  • vigilant,
  • stealthy,
  • conniving,
  • treacherous,
  • Trickish,
  • reluctant,
  • insidious,
  • distrustful,
  • gingerly,
  • Plotting,
  • disinclined,
  • shirking,
  • diplomatic,
  • wise,
  • deep-laid,
  • on guard,
  • alert,
  • scheming,
  • loath,
  • strategic,
  • secretive,
  • observant,
  • perfidious,
  • dissembling,
  • wary,
  • resourceful,
  • deceptive,
  • circumspect,
  • ingenious,
  • disingenuous,
  • Elusory,
  • vulpine,
  • noncommittal,
  • not forthcoming,
  • snaky,
  • believable,
  • inventive,
  • forethoughtful,
  • sagacious,
  • sneaky,
  • shy of,
  • appropriate,
  • loth,
  • foxy,
  • Deceiving,
  • crafty,
  • deep,
  • supple,
  • shy,
  • no,
  • mindful,
  • arch,
  • Equivocating,
  • machiavellian,
  • crooked,
  • ENG,
  • fly,
  • on the ball,
  • misleading,
  • unctuous,
  • careful,
  • open-eyed,
  • devious,
  • prudential,
  • watchful,
  • plausible,
  • prudent,
  • sapient,
  • savvy,
  • apt,
  • malingering,
  • on toes,
  • guileful,
  • sophistical,
  • artful,
  • restrained,
  • leery,
  • Prevaricating,
  • guarded,
  • serpentine,
  • heedful,
  • pawky,
  • slippery,
  • underhand,
  • tricky,
  • sophistic,
  • politic,
  • Suspecting,
  • Double dealing,
  • Foxlike,
  • wily,
  • oily,
  • two-timing,
  • apprehensive,
  • sharp,
  • indirect,
  • ambiguous,
  • false,
  • cunning,
  • calculating,
  • knowing,
  • credible,
  • subtle,
  • mistrustful,
  • reticent,
  • elusive,
  • suspicious,
  • overcautious,
  • discreet,
  • indisposed,
  • tactical,
  • street smart,
  • perspicacious,
  • deceitful,
  • oblique,
  • dishonest,
  • shrewd,
  • slim,
  • shifty,
  • cute,
  • feline,
  • tricksy,
  • evasive,
  • acute,
  • jesuitical,
  • astute,
  • casuistic,
  • heady,
  • ready,
  • equivocal,
  • slick,
  • smooth,
  • adroit,
  • sly,
  • Subtile.

Antonyms for Cagey:

• adj.

  • tricky
    honest, naive.
  • Other antonyms:
    enthusiastic, unpretending, happy, direct, unpretentious, incautious, decided, sure, open, honest, obvious, outspoken, straightforward, plainspoken, determined, keen, unworldly, childlike, forthright, Undesigning, public, real, trustful, simpleminded, unconcealed, ready, candid, frank, natural, certain, unforced, glad, artless, simple, sincere, unstudied, plain, unvarnished, trusting, patent, unaffected, unsophisticated, unquestioning, guileless, inclined, resolute, disposed, willing, innocent, aboveboard, impressionable, eager, ingenuous.

• Other antonyms:

  • n. t.
    aboveboard, artless, candid, careless, certain, childlike, decided, determined, direct, disposed, dull, eager, enthusiastic, forthright, frank, glad, guileless, happy, honest, impressionable, imprudent, inclined, indiscreet, ingenuous, innocent, naive, natural, obvious, open, outspoken, patent, plain, plainspoken, public, ready, real, reckless, resolute, simple, sincere, stolid, straightforward, sure, trustful, trusting, unaffected, unconcealed, unforced, unpretentious, unquestioning, unsophisticated, unstudied, unthinking, unvarnished, unwary, unworldly, Undesigning, unpretending, simpleminded.