What is another word for canny?
2465 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ kˈani], [ kˈani], [ k_ˈa_n_i]
Canny is an adjective that refers to being shrewd or careful, especially in practical matters. Synonyms for canny include astute, clever, crafty, cunning, perceptive, quick-witted, resourceful, and sharp. These words describe an individual who possesses intelligence, insight, and the ability to make wise and calculated decisions. Someone who is canny might be described as being wise or experienced, whereas one who is astute is often seen as being observant and insightful. Similarly, someone who is crafty implies a level of cunning or deviousness, while someone who is resourceful is often able to find solutions to any problem that arises.
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Similar words for canny:
- cunning (adjective)
- economical (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- savvy (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- acute (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- chary (adjective)
- circumspect (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- clever, artful (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- dexterous (adjective)
- far-sighted (adjective)
- farsighted (adjective)
- foxy (adjective)
- frugal (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- ingenious (adjective)
- keen (adjective)
- not born yesterday (adjective)
- politic (adjective)
- provident (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- sensible (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- slick (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- smart (adjective)
- sparing (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- thrifty (adjective)
- wary (adjective)
Synonyms for Canny:
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adj.
• cunning- Slighty ,
- deft ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- feline ,
- foxy ,
- masterful ,
- masterly ,
- quick ,
- scheming ,
- serpentine ,
- sharp ,
- skillful ,
- slick ,
- slippery ,
- smooth ,
- snaky ,
- subtle ,
- tricky ,
- well-planned ,
- wily ,
- witty ,
- fancy footwork ,
- sly boots ,
- well-laid .
- curmudgeonly ,
- niggardly ,
- on the rims ,
- pennypinching ,
- pennywise ,
- timesaving ,
- work-saving ,
- meager ,
- penurious .
- Comprehending ,
- brainy ,
- bright ,
- brilliant ,
- capable ,
- cogent ,
- encyclopedic ,
- erudite ,
- genius ,
- gifted ,
- intellectual ,
- intelligent ,
- knowledgeable ,
- perspicacious ,
- profound ,
- smart ,
- sophisticated ,
- wise ,
- worldly .
- Sophic ,
- cognizant ,
- competent ,
- educated ,
- encylopedic ,
- experienced ,
- informed ,
- learned ,
- omniscient ,
- tuned-in ,
- versed ,
- with-it ,
- witting ,
- worldly wise ,
- well-informed .
- adroit ,
- comical ,
- droll ,
- dry ,
- facetious ,
- funny ,
- inventive ,
- jocular ,
- joking ,
- pithy ,
- pointed ,
- resourceful ,
- sarcastic ,
- scintillating ,
- scurrilous ,
- sparkling ,
- urbane ,
- waggish .
- dis criminating ,
- dis-criminating ,
- in tense ,
- in tenser ,
- in tensest ,
- in-tense ,
- in-tenser ,
- in-tensest ,
- more acute ,
- observant .
- dexterous dextrous ,
- dexterous-dextrous ,
- dexterousdextrous ,
- many sided ,
- manysided ,
- more crackerjack ,
- more egghead ,
- more skilled ,
- more talented ,
- most capable ,
- most crackerjack ,
- most egghead ,
- most knowledgeable ,
- nobody fool ,
- nobody's fool ,
- nobodys fool ,
- pro ,
- quick trigger ,
- re sourceful ,
- re-sourceful ,
- wisest .
- effortless ,
- having know how ,
- having knowhow ,
- having the know how ,
- having the knowhow ,
- more nimble fingered ,
- more nimble-fingered ,
- more nimblefingered ,
- most nimble fingered ,
- most nimble-fingered ,
- most nimblefingered ,
- nimble fingered ,
- nimblefingered .
- far seeing ,
- more far seeing ,
- more far-seeing ,
- more farseeing ,
- most far seeing ,
- most far-seeing ,
- most farseeing .
- mingier ,
- mingiest ,
- more conserving ,
- more preserving ,
- more tightwad ,
- most conserving ,
- most preserving ,
- most tightwad ,
- pre serving ,
- pre-serving ,
- tightwad .
- more overcareful ,
- more overcautious ,
- most overcareful ,
- most overcautious ,
- non committal ,
- over careful ,
- over cautious ,
- over-cautious ,
- re served ,
- re-served .
- innovational ,
- innovative ,
- more deviceful ,
- more innovational ,
- more innovative ,
- most deviceful ,
- most innovational .
- battle scarred ,
- battlescarred ,
- more battle scarred ,
- more battle-scarred ,
- more battlescarred ,
- most battle scarred ,
- most battle-scarred ,
- most battlescarred ,
- un believing ,
- un-believing .
- fore sighted ,
- fore-sighted ,
- more well prepared ,
- more well-prepared ,
- more wellprepared ,
- most well prepared ,
- most well-prepared ,
- most wellprepared ,
- pre pared ,
- pre-pared ,
- well prepared ,
- wellprepared .
- more nimble witted ,
- more nimble-witted ,
- more nimblewitted ,
- most nimble witted ,
- most nimble-witted ,
- most nimblewitted ,
- nimble witted ,
- nimblewitted ,
- quick draw ,
- quick on draw ,
- quick the draw ,
- quick the trigger ,
- quickest ,
- smart as whip .
- more penetrative ,
- more sharp sighted ,
- more sharp-sighted ,
- more sharpsighted ,
- most penetrative ,
- most sharp sighted ,
- most sharp-sighted ,
- most sharpsighted ,
- quick witted ,
- quickwitted ,
- sharp sighted ,
- sharp witted ,
- sharpsighted ,
- sharpwitted .
- having all one marbles ,
- having all ones marbles ,
- having marbles ,
- having one marbles ,
- having one's marbles ,
- having ones marbles ,
- more well reasoned ,
- more well thought out ,
- more well-reasoned ,
- more well-thought-out ,
- more wellreasoned ,
- most well reasoned ,
- most well thought out ,
- most well-reasoned ,
- most well-thought-out ,
- most wellreasoned ,
- well reasoned ,
- wellreasoned .
- Sharker ,
- in side ,
- more argute ,
- most argute ,
- on inside ,
- pro found ,
- pro founder ,
- pro-found ,
- pro-founder ,
- sharkest ,
- shrewdest ,
- under hand ,
- under-hand ,
- wised up .
- more dextrous ,
- more smooth spoken ,
- more smooth-spoken ,
- more smoothspoken ,
- most dextrous ,
- most smooth spoken ,
- most smooth-spoken ,
- most smoothspoken ,
- smooth spoken ,
- smoothspoken .
- dis honorable ,
- dis-honorable ,
- doubledealing ,
- impish ,
- more bluffing ,
- more conniving ,
- more dissembling ,
- most bluffing ,
- most conniving ,
- most dissembling ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-scrupulous .
- long haired ,
- longhaired ,
- more eggheaded ,
- more genius ,
- more long haired ,
- more long-haired ,
- more longhaired ,
- most eggheaded ,
- most genius ,
- most long haired ,
- most long-haired ,
- most longhaired ,
- skull ,
- skuller ,
- skullest .
- cost conscious ,
- costconscious ,
- money conscious ,
- moneyconscious ,
- more cost conscious ,
- more cost-conscious ,
- more costconscious ,
- more money conscious ,
- more money-conscious ,
- more moneyconscious ,
- more stewardly ,
- more tight fisted ,
- more tight-fisted ,
- more ungiving ,
- most cost conscious ,
- most cost-conscious ,
- most costconscious ,
- most money conscious ,
- most money-conscious ,
- most moneyconscious ,
- most stewardly ,
- most tight fisted ,
- most tight-fisted ,
- most ungiving ,
- tight fisted ,
- un giving ,
- un-giving .
Other synonyms:
- frugal .
- economical .
Other relevant words:
- 1 ,
- a good deal ,
- a great deal ,
- a lot ,
- a-okay ,
- a-one ,
- able-bodied ,
- ably ,
- about ,
- abreast ,
- abrupt ,
- absorb ,
- abstruse ,
- abusive ,
- academician ,
- accessibility ,
- ache ,
- active ,
- acuate ,
- acute accent ,
- acutely ,
- address ,
- adequate to ,
- admirer ,
- adulterous ,
- advanced ,
- advertent ,
- advisedly ,
- aflutter ,
- age ,
- aggressively ,
- aglitter ,
- agreement ,
- ague ,
- alarm ,
- alarum ,
- alerting ,
- alertness ,
- all in ,
- all-knowing ,
- alright ,
- alternative ,
- amaze ,
- ambidextrous ,
- ambition ,
- ameliorate ,
- amend ,
- amusing ,
- angiotensin converting enzyme ,
- angiotensin-converting enzyme ,
- angry ,
- anguish ,
- animal foot ,
- animated ,
- anxious ,
- apace ,
- aplomb ,
- appliance ,
- apposite ,
- appositeness ,
- apprehend ,
- apprehension ,
- apprehensive ,
- approximately ,
- arc ,
- arcanum ,
- archetype ,
- archway ,
- argus-eyed ,
- around ,
- arouse ,
- arrant ,
- artistic creation ,
- artistic production ,
- artistry ,
- artwork ,
- aspiration ,
- assort ,
- assumed ,
- assuredness ,
- asymmetrical ,
- at once ,
- at present ,
- atomic number 102 ,
- au courant ,
- audacious ,
- audio ,
- auditory sensation ,
- authenticity ,
- availability ,
- availableness ,
- average ,
- aviate ,
- awaken ,
- awkward ,
- back talk ,
- backstair ,
- backstairs ,
- backtalk ,
- badly ,
- badness ,
- baffle ,
- bang ,
- bang-up ,
- bantering ,
- barbarian ,
- barbaric ,
- bare ,
- barefaced ,
- bargain ,
- base ,
- baseless ,
- bash ,
- bass ,
- bastardly ,
- batch ,
- battering ,
- beat out ,
- beat up ,
- beatnik ,
- beau ,
- beauty ,
- becalm ,
- become flat ,
- beggarly ,
- beholder ,
- believe ,
- belt ,
- bended ,
- bent grass ,
- bent on ,
- bent-grass ,
- bettor ,
- bewilder ,
- big ,
- bilk ,
- bland ,
- blase ,
- blistering ,
- blow ,
- blue ,
- boob ,
- booby ,
- booster ,
- brace ,
- brag ,
- brain ,
- brainiac ,
- brainpower ,
- brassy ,
- brazen ,
- brazen-faced ,
- break ,
- break down ,
- breastfeed ,
- breeze through ,
- bribable ,
- brightly ,
- brightness ,
- brilliance ,
- brilliantly ,
- bring through ,
- brisk ,
- bruise ,
- bubbling ,
- buck private ,
- bully ,
- bum ,
- bump ,
- bunk ,
- burnished ,
- bushed ,
- business concern ,
- business enterprise ,
- business organization ,
- business sector ,
- buttery ,
- buy ,
- buy the farm ,
- by choice ,
- by design ,
- byplay ,
- c. h. best ,
- cadence ,
- calculative ,
- caliber ,
- calibre ,
- call back ,
- call up ,
- calm ,
- canny ,
- capably ,
- capitulum ,
- caput ,
- card ,
- careen ,
- carry through ,
- case-hardened ,
- cash in one's chips ,
- casual ,
- catchy ,
- category ,
- cause of death ,
- cerebral ,
- cerebrate ,
- cerebration ,
- challenging ,
- champ ,
- chanceful ,
- chancy ,
- channelise ,
- channelize ,
- character ,
- charming ,
- cheapskate ,
- cheating ,
- cheesy ,
- chic ,
- chief ,
- chill ,
- chinchy ,
- chintzy ,
- choke ,
- chop-chop ,
- circuitous ,
- circumspection ,
- circumvent ,
- clandestine ,
- classify ,
- clean ,
- clear ,
- clear-cut ,
- clientele ,
- cloak-and-dagger ,
- close ,
- close to ,
- close-fitting ,
- closed book ,
- clotheshorse ,
- cogitate ,
- cognisant ,
- cola ,
- collusive ,
- colossal ,
- come alive ,
- comic ,
- commercial enterprise ,
- common sense ,
- common soldier ,
- compass ,
- competently ,
- complete ,
- comprehend ,
- concealed ,
- conceive ,
- concern ,
- condescending ,
- conditioned ,
- condom ,
- confidential ,
- conjuration ,
- conjuring trick ,
- conk ,
- conk out ,
- conscious ,
- conservative ,
- conservatively ,
- consider ,
- conspirative ,
- consummate ,
- contraption ,
- contrived ,
- convenience ,
- convention ,
- convoluted ,
- cook ,
- cool down ,
- cool off ,
- corking ,
- corrupt ,
- corruptible ,
- coruscant ,
- cosmos ,
- cosy ,
- course ,
- course of instruction ,
- course of study ,
- coxa ,
- crack ,
- craftiness ,
- craftsmanship ,
- crazy ,
- creation ,
- creditworthy ,
- crestless wave ,
- crisp ,
- crisply ,
- criticise ,
- criticize ,
- croak ,
- cross ,
- crummy ,
- crumpled ,
- crush ,
- crusty ,
- cryptic ,
- cryptical ,
- cubby ,
- cubbyhole ,
- curious ,
- cursorily ,
- curve ,
- cutely ,
- cutting ,
- cutting-edge ,
- damage ,
- dangerous ,
- daydream ,
- dead ,
- dead set ,
- deal ,
- debate ,
- decease ,
- deception ,
- decree ,
- deeply ,
- deepness ,
- defective ,
- defend ,
- deferent ,
- deferential ,
- deftly ,
- delicacy ,
- deliver ,
- deliverance ,
- delivery ,
- delusive ,
- delusory ,
- dented ,
- dependable ,
- depth ,
- design ,
- designedly ,
- detriment ,
- devisal ,
- dextrously ,
- dice ,
- dicey ,
- die out ,
- diffident ,
- dig ,
- diplomacy ,
- diplomatical ,
- direct ,
- directly ,
- discernment ,
- discreetness ,
- discretion ,
- discriminatory ,
- disgustful ,
- disgusting ,
- dishonorable ,
- disingenuously ,
- dispense with ,
- disposed ,
- distasteful ,
- distinct ,
- distress ,
- division ,
- dodge ,
- domain ,
- dominate ,
- dominion ,
- donnish ,
- dope up ,
- dotty ,
- double-dealing ,
- double-dyed ,
- double-faced ,
- double-tongued ,
- doubtful ,
- draw ,
- dreaming ,
- drop dead ,
- drum ,
- drumhead ,
- dry out ,
- dude ,
- dumbbell ,
- dumbfound ,
- dummy ,
- duty ,
- eagle-eyed ,
- earth ,
- earthly concern ,
- earthy ,
- easy ,
- economise ,
- economize ,
- economy ,
- effectual ,
- effervescent ,
- einstein ,
- elusive ,
- emboss ,
- encyclopaedic ,
- enigma ,
- entail ,
- equal to ,
- everlasting ,
- exacting ,
- excess ,
- exhaust ,
- exhaustive ,
- existence ,
- exit ,
- expert ,
- expire ,
- exquisite ,
- extra ,
- fabulous ,
- facile ,
- faculty member ,
- fail ,
- fain ,
- faint ,
- faint-hearted ,
- fainthearted ,
- fair ,
- fairish ,
- fairly ,
- faithless ,
- faithlessly ,
- fake ,
- fallacious ,
- fantastic ,
- fashion plate ,
- fast ,
- fastest ,
- fat ,
- fathom ,
- faux ,
- favoritism ,
- favouritism ,
- fearful ,
- feel ,
- felid ,
- fell ,
- fellate ,
- fictitious ,
- fictive ,
- fifth wheel ,
- fighter ,
- find ,
- fine ,
- fine art ,
- finespun ,
- firm ,
- firmness ,
- first-rate ,
- fishy ,
- fix ,
- flair ,
- flap ,
- flash ,
- flashy ,
- fledged ,
- flee ,
- flighty ,
- flock ,
- fluent ,
- fluid ,
- flummox ,
- fly ball ,
- fly front ,
- fly sheet ,
- flying ,
- foil ,
- foolhardy ,
- foot up ,
- fop ,
- forefront ,
- forehand ,
- foreland ,
- foreman ,
- foresighted ,
- foresightful ,
- forged ,
- form ,
- formula ,
- forthwith ,
- foul ,
- foundation ,
- fountainhead ,
- foxily ,
- foxiness ,
- fracture ,
- fragile ,
- frail ,
- fraudulent ,
- free ,
- fresh ,
- friend ,
- frothy ,
- frustrate ,
- ft ,
- fulgid ,
- full-strength ,
- fulsome ,
- fundament ,
- fundamental ,
- funny remark ,
- funny story ,
- furious ,
- gadget ,
- gaffer ,
- gaga ,
- gage ,
- gallant ,
- gamey ,
- gamy ,
- garish ,
- gaudy ,
- gear up ,
- genuineness ,
- get ,
- get on ,
- get the picture ,
- gimcrack ,
- gismo ,
- give out ,
- give suck ,
- give up ,
- give way ,
- give-up the ghost ,
- given ,
- gizmo ,
- glib ,
- glinting ,
- glistering ,
- glittering ,
- glittery ,
- global ,
- globe ,
- glorious ,
- glossy ,
- go ,
- go bad ,
- go down on ,
- godforsaken ,
- good ,
- good deal ,
- good for you ,
- good sense ,
- good story ,
- goodish ,
- goodly ,
- goody ,
- govern ,
- grade ,
- grampus ,
- graphics ,
- grasp ,
- grass ,
- grave ,
- gravel ,
- greasy ,
- great ,
- great deal ,
- green goddess ,
- grievous ,
- gross ,
- groundbreaking ,
- groundless ,
- groundwork ,
- grow ,
- grudging ,
- gruff ,
- guess ,
- guide ,
- guile ,
- gumption ,
- hang ,
- hard up ,
- hard-bitten ,
- hard-hitting ,
- hardened ,
- harm ,
- harness ,
- hateful ,
- hatful ,
- have in mind ,
- hawk-eyed ,
- hazardous ,
- head teacher ,
- head up ,
- head word ,
- header ,
- heading ,
- headland ,
- heads-up ,
- headspring ,
- headway ,
- heap ,
- heartbeat ,
- heavy ,
- hefty ,
- hero ,
- hesitating ,
- high-risk ,
- hip joint ,
- hip to ,
- hirer ,
- hokey ,
- hold open ,
- hole-and-corner ,
- honcho ,
- hoof ,
- hoof it ,
- hopeful ,
- horse sense ,
- hot ,
- hotshot ,
- huge ,
- hugger-mugger ,
- human beings ,
- human foot ,
- human race ,
- humanity ,
- humankind ,
- humans ,
- humongous ,
- humor ,
- humour ,
- hunched ,
- hush-hush ,
- i ,
- idle ,
- ill at ease ,
- ill-humored ,
- ill-humoured ,
- illusion ,
- imagine ,
- imbibe ,
- imitation ,
- immediate ,
- immediately ,
- impecunious ,
- imperial ,
- impertinent ,
- implike ,
- imply ,
- important ,
- improve ,
- impudent ,
- in short order ,
- in straitened circumstances ,
- inclined ,
- incommunicative ,
- individual ,
- inexpensive ,
- infantry ,
- informal ,
- ingeniousness ,
- initiate ,
- injure ,
- injury ,
- inquisitory ,
- inscrutable ,
- insolent ,
- insomniac ,
- installation ,
- instantly ,
- insubstantial ,
- intellect ,
- intellection ,
- intelligence activity ,
- intelligence agency ,
- intelligence information ,
- intelligence operation ,
- intelligence service ,
- intend ,
- intense ,
- intentional ,
- intentionally ,
- intimate ,
- intoxicating ,
- intumesce ,
- inventiveness ,
- invertebrate foot ,
- involved ,
- ironic ,
- ironical ,
- jesting ,
- jimdandy ,
- jimhickey ,
- job ,
- jocose ,
- jocosely ,
- jolly ,
- judgement ,
- judgment ,
- judicial ,
- judiciousness ,
- juiceless ,
- just about ,
- keen-sighted ,
- keep ,
- keep open ,
- ken ,
- kick the bucket ,
- kickshaw ,
- killer whale ,
- knavish ,
- knavishly ,
- knifelike ,
- knocking ,
- knotty ,
- lament ,
- lancinate ,
- lancinating ,
- lash-up ,
- late ,
- laughable ,
- law-abiding ,
- lay aside ,
- lead ,
- learning ability ,
- leg it ,
- legal ,
- legato ,
- legerdemain ,
- legerity ,
- lettered ,
- liable ,
- life-threatening ,
- light-fingered ,
- lightness ,
- lightsomeness ,
- like a shot ,
- like an expert ,
- limber ,
- line ,
- line of work ,
- lineament ,
- linear perspective ,
- linguistic rule ,
- lip ,
- liquid ,
- lissom ,
- lissome ,
- lithe ,
- lithesome ,
- live ,
- lively ,
- loathly ,
- loathsome ,
- locoweed ,
- long ,
- longsighted ,
- lot ,
- lots ,
- loud ,
- low-down ,
- luscious ,
- lush ,
- lustrous ,
- lynx-eyed ,
- macrocosm ,
- magic trick ,
- magnificent ,
- majestic ,
- make ,
- make unnecessary ,
- malt whiskey ,
- malt whisky ,
- man ,
- maneuver ,
- mankind ,
- manoeuver ,
- manoeuvre ,
- manual dexterity ,
- mass ,
- master ,
- master copy ,
- mastermind ,
- matter-of-fact ,
- maturate ,
- matured ,
- maven ,
- mavin ,
- meagerly ,
- meagre ,
- mean value ,
- meaning ,
- meanspirited ,
- measure ,
- measured ,
- measuredly ,
- medium ,
- meliorate ,
- melt off ,
- mental capacity ,
- mental faculty ,
- mentality ,
- mentation ,
- mentor ,
- meretricious ,
- merry ,
- mess ,
- meter ,
- method acting ,
- metre ,
- metrical foot ,
- metrical unit ,
- mickle ,
- midazolam ,
- middling ,
- mind ,
- minded ,
- mint ,
- mirthful ,
- mischievous ,
- miserly ,
- misleading ,
- mistaken ,
- mistrustful ,
- moderately ,
- modern ,
- modishly ,
- module ,
- moot ,
- more or less ,
- moth-eaten ,
- mother wit ,
- mountain ,
- mouthpiece ,
- muckle ,
- mulish ,
- musical rhythm ,
- mysterious ,
- mystery ,
- mystic ,
- mystical ,
- mystify ,
- mystifying ,
- nail ,
- naive realism ,
- natural ,
- natural state ,
- naturalism ,
- naturalistic ,
- naughty ,
- near ,
- needlelike ,
- nerveless ,
- neural ,
- news ,
- nice ,
- niceness ,
- nicety ,
- nimbleness ,
- no more ,
- nobelium ,
- node ,
- noetic ,
- nonenterprising ,
- nonplus ,
- nonrational ,
- normal ,
- not bad ,
- nous ,
- nowadays ,
- nuance ,
- nurse ,
- obligation ,
- oblique ,
- obscure ,
- observer ,
- observing ,
- occult ,
- occupation ,
- oceanic abyss ,
- odd ,
- off-key ,
- offend ,
- often ,
- ok ,
- okay ,
- old ,
- oleaginous ,
- on one's guard ,
- on purpose ,
- on your guard ,
- one ,
- one-half ,
- open ,
- open-eyed ,
- opine ,
- opportunist ,
- opportunistic ,
- opprobrious ,
- option ,
- or so ,
- oral cavity ,
- oral fissure ,
- oral sex ,
- orca ,
- orderly ,
- originative ,
- orphic ,
- out of sight ,
- out to ,
- outdo ,
- outflank ,
- outfox ,
- outsmart ,
- outwit ,
- overbold ,
- overnice ,
- overreach ,
- pain ,
- paladin ,
- pall ,
- part with ,
- party boss ,
- pass ,
- pass away ,
- pass with flying colors ,
- passably ,
- passel ,
- pat ,
- patronage ,
- patronising ,
- patronizing ,
- pattern ,
- paying attention ,
- peachy ,
- peck ,
- peculiar ,
- pedantic ,
- pelvic arch ,
- pelvic girdle ,
- pelvis ,
- penniless ,
- penny-pinching ,
- perceiver ,
- perfect ,
- perilous ,
- perish ,
- pernicious ,
- perplex ,
- perspicaciousness ,
- pertinent ,
- pes ,
- phone ,
- pick ,
- pick apart ,
- pile ,
- pilot ,
- pinched ,
- ping ,
- pinhead ,
- pink ,
- pipe dream ,
- pixilated ,
- placid ,
- plain ,
- planetary ,
- platonism ,
- plenty ,
- plum tree ,
- plumb ,
- point ,
- poise ,
- polish ,
- polished ,
- political boss ,
- pommel ,
- poop ,
- pop off ,
- populace ,
- pose ,
- position ,
- pot ,
- pound ,
- power ,
- practically ,
- practiced ,
- pragmatic sanction ,
- pragmatical ,
- prankish ,
- precarious ,
- precious ,
- precipitous ,
- precipitously ,
- predominate ,
- pregnant ,
- prepare ,
- presbyopic ,
- presciently ,
- prescript ,
- preservation ,
- preserve ,
- pretended ,
- pretty ,
- prevail ,
- prime ,
- principal ,
- principle ,
- prissy ,
- privy ,
- prize ,
- prizewinning ,
- probationary ,
- prodigious ,
- professional ,
- proficient ,
- profoundness ,
- profundity ,
- prohibitionist ,
- promising ,
- promontory ,
- prompt ,
- promptly ,
- propensity ,
- prophylactic ,
- prosperous ,
- prospicient ,
- protagonist ,
- providentially ,
- province ,
- provisional ,
- provisionary ,
- prowess ,
- prudent ,
- psyche ,
- public ,
- pucka ,
- puckish ,
- puff up ,
- pugnacious ,
- pull through ,
- pulsate ,
- pulsation ,
- pulse ,
- punic ,
- punk ,
- punter ,
- purchasable ,
- pure ,
- purple ,
- purposely ,
- put on ,
- puzzle ,
- queasy ,
- queer ,
- question ,
- question of fact ,
- qui vive ,
- quick-sighted ,
- quickness ,
- quiet ,
- quite a little ,
- quiver ,
- racy ,
- radian ,
- raft ,
- raging ,
- rainfly ,
- rampantly ,
- rap ,
- rapidly ,
- rash ,
- rational number ,
- rattling ,
- ratty ,
- raving mad ,
- raw ,
- read/write head ,
- readiness ,
- ready to hand ,
- reality ,
- realness ,
- reason ,
- reasoning ,
- recall ,
- reckless ,
- reckon ,
- recollect ,
- recondite ,
- redeem ,
- redeeming ,
- redemptive ,
- reduce ,
- redundant ,
- refined ,
- refinement ,
- regal ,
- regretful ,
- regular ,
- regulation ,
- reign ,
- rein ,
- relieve ,
- remember ,
- repellant ,
- repellent ,
- repelling ,
- rescue ,
- respectable ,
- resplendent ,
- responsible for ,
- responsibleness ,
- restless ,
- restrained ,
- retrieve ,
- revolting ,
- rhythm ,
- rich ,
- right away ,
- rip ,
- rip off ,
- ripe ,
- ripen ,
- risible ,
- risky ,
- risque ,
- roast ,
- rock 'n' roll ,
- rock and roll ,
- rock candy ,
- rock music ,
- rock'n'roll ,
- rock-and-roll ,
- rose hip ,
- rosehip ,
- roughly ,
- round ,
- round-backed ,
- round-shouldered ,
- roundabout ,
- royal stag ,
- rubber ,
- ruler ,
- rum ,
- rummy ,
- ruse ,
- safety ,
- sagaciousness ,
- sage-green ,
- sail through ,
- salubrious ,
- salvage ,
- salve ,
- salvia ,
- sane ,
- sanely ,
- sang-froid ,
- sapience ,
- sass ,
- sassing ,
- sassy ,
- satiny ,
- saucy ,
- savage ,
- save up ,
- scanty ,
- scathe ,
- school principal ,
- scintillant ,
- scintillation ,
- scoop ,
- score ,
- scotch malt whiskey ,
- scotch malt whisky ,
- scotch whiskey ,
- scotch whisky ,
- scots ,
- scottish ,
- scramble ,
- scrimy ,
- sea wolf ,
- searching ,
- sebaceous ,
- secernment ,
- secluded ,
- secular ,
- secure ,
- select ,
- selection ,
- senesce ,
- sens ,
- sensation ,
- sensory faculty ,
- sententious ,
- sentience ,
- sentiency ,
- separate ,
- serious-minded ,
- sess ,
- set ,
- set up ,
- severe ,
- shade ,
- shadowed ,
- shadowy ,
- shake ,
- sham ,
- sharp-eyed ,
- sharp-sightedness ,
- sharp-worded ,
- shattering ,
- sheik ,
- shell ,
- shifting ,
- shine ,
- shining ,
- shiny ,
- shrill ,
- signified ,
- signify ,
- silken ,
- silklike ,
- silky ,
- silver ,
- silver-tongued ,
- simulated ,
- sinful ,
- single ,
- singular ,
- sinuous ,
- sizable ,
- sizeable ,
- sizzling ,
- skanky ,
- skilfully ,
- skinny ,
- skittish ,
- skunk ,
- slap-up ,
- slayer ,
- sleazy ,
- sleek ,
- sleek down ,
- sleepless ,
- slender ,
- slenderize ,
- slew ,
- slick down ,
- slick magazine ,
- slickness ,
- slight ,
- slim down ,
- slip ,
- slipperiness ,
- slippy ,
- slyly ,
- slyness ,
- smarmy ,
- smarting ,
- smartness ,
- smash ,
- smell ,
- smell out ,
- smoke ,
- smooth out ,
- smoothen ,
- snakelike ,
- snap ,
- snappy ,
- sneak ,
- snuff it ,
- snuggery ,
- soak up ,
- soapy ,
- sober ,
- social class ,
- socio-economic class ,
- sodding ,
- soft ,
- somewhat ,
- sop up ,
- sophistic ,
- sorcerous ,
- sore ,
- sorry ,
- sort ,
- sort out ,
- sound judgment ,
- sour ,
- spanking ,
- spare part ,
- sparkly ,
- spate ,
- speak ,
- speculative ,
- speech sound ,
- speedily ,
- speedy ,
- spicy ,
- spiritualist ,
- spite ,
- splendid ,
- spoil ,
- spoiled ,
- spoilt ,
- spooky ,
- sprucely ,
- spry ,
- spy ,
- stabbing ,
- stabilise ,
- stabilize ,
- stack ,
- staff ,
- stage business ,
- stamp ,
- stand for ,
- star ,
- stargaze ,
- staring ,
- stark ,
- state of nature ,
- steadfast ,
- steadily ,
- steer ,
- stick ,
- stiff ,
- still ,
- stilted ,
- stingy ,
- stinting ,
- stone ,
- stooped ,
- stooping ,
- straight ,
- straight off ,
- straightaway ,
- strait ,
- straits ,
- stratagem ,
- strategical ,
- stratum ,
- strike hard ,
- stupefy ,
- suave ,
- subject ,
- substantial ,
- substructure ,
- suck in ,
- suck up ,
- sucking ,
- suckle ,
- suction ,
- suffer ,
- suffering ,
- super ,
- superb ,
- supererogatory ,
- superfluous ,
- supernumerary ,
- superstar ,
- supporter ,
- suppose ,
- suppurate ,
- surplus ,
- surreptitious ,
- survey ,
- suspect ,
- suspicious ,
- svelte ,
- swagger ,
- sway ,
- sweep through ,
- sweetheart ,
- sweetie ,
- swell up ,
- sympathy ,
- tacky ,
- tactfulness ,
- take flight ,
- take in ,
- take up ,
- talk ,
- tangled ,
- tap ,
- tart ,
- tatty ,
- tawdry ,
- tea cozy ,
- teetotal ,
- telling ,
- tempestuous ,
- temporal ,
- tender ,
- tending ,
- tent flap ,
- tent-fly ,
- terrible ,
- the skinny ,
- thick ,
- thickening ,
- thin ,
- think of ,
- thoroughgoing ,
- thought ,
- thought process ,
- thrum ,
- thump ,
- thumping ,
- thwart ,
- tick ,
- ticklish ,
- ticktack ,
- ticktock ,
- tidings ,
- tidy ,
- tidy sum ,
- tight ,
- tilt ,
- timber ,
- timbre ,
- tinny ,
- tiptop ,
- title-holder ,
- today ,
- tone ,
- tongue-in-cheek ,
- too-careful ,
- toothsome ,
- top dog ,
- topnotch ,
- topper ,
- tops ,
- tortuous ,
- touch-and-go ,
- touchy ,
- tough ,
- trade ,
- traitorously ,
- tranquil ,
- trashy ,
- trauma ,
- treacherously ,
- treasonable ,
- treasonably ,
- treasonous ,
- treat ,
- trench ,
- trepid ,
- trick ,
- trickily ,
- trim ,
- triumph ,
- trounce ,
- truelove ,
- trump ,
- tucker ,
- tucker out ,
- tumefy ,
- tumesce ,
- turn over ,
- twinkle ,
- umbrageous ,
- unadulterated ,
- unavowed ,
- unbendable ,
- uncivilised ,
- uncivilized ,
- uncollectible ,
- underarm ,
- undercover ,
- underground ,
- underhandedly ,
- understructure ,
- undimmed ,
- unembellished ,
- unfaithful ,
- unfaltering ,
- unfathomed ,
- unfit ,
- unfluctuating ,
- unfounded ,
- unholy ,
- unity ,
- universe ,
- unornamented ,
- unplayful ,
- unplumbed ,
- unquiet ,
- unreliable ,
- unruffled ,
- unshakable ,
- unsleeping ,
- unsound ,
- unsounded ,
- unsubstantial ,
- unsure ,
- untamed ,
- untrue ,
- untrusting ,
- untrusty ,
- unwarranted ,
- unwavering ,
- up to ,
- up to date ,
- up-to-date ,
- upon one's guard ,
- urinator ,
- utter ,
- vanish ,
- vanquish ,
- vaporize ,
- vast ,
- venal ,
- verbalise ,
- verbalize ,
- very much ,
- very well ,
- vex ,
- view ,
- vigorously ,
- violent ,
- virtual ,
- virtuoso ,
- visceral ,
- vision ,
- visual modality ,
- visual sense ,
- vivid ,
- vocalise ,
- vocalize ,
- voguish ,
- voice ,
- voluptuous ,
- vulpecular ,
- w. c. handy ,
- wad ,
- wag ,
- wagerer ,
- wake ,
- wake up ,
- wakeful ,
- wakeless ,
- waken ,
- walloping ,
- warm ,
- warning signal ,
- wash up ,
- waste ,
- weakened ,
- weed ,
- weighty ,
- well ,
- well up ,
- well-adjusted ,
- well-fixed ,
- well-grounded ,
- well-heeled ,
- well-off ,
- well-situated ,
- well-to-do ,
- wet-nurse ,
- whack ,
- whang ,
- whiz ,
- whizz ,
- whopping ,
- widget ,
- wilderness ,
- wiliness ,
- wing ,
- wise to ,
- wiseness ,
- witching ,
- witticism ,
- wittiness ,
- wittingly ,
- wiz ,
- wizard ,
- wizardly ,
- wizardry ,
- woolgather ,
- word ,
- work over ,
- workmanship ,
- worldly concern ,
- worldwide ,
- wound ,
- wounded ,
- write ,
- wry ,
- yawl ,
- year ,
- yucky ,
- zippy .
- Argute ,
- Canniness ,
- Clear-headed ,
- Contriving ,
- Daedalian ,
- Deceiving ,
- Double dealing ,
- ENG ,
- Economizing ,
- Labor-saving ,
- Plotting ,
- Precautious ,
- Scrimping ,
- Sharp-witted ,
- Skimping ,
- Subdolous ,
- Subtile ,
- Trickish ,
- ability ,
- academic ,
- acute ,
- adept ,
- adeptness ,
- adroitly ,
- adroitness ,
- agile ,
- agility ,
- alert ,
- alertly ,
- alive ,
- alive to ,
- apt ,
- aptitude ,
- aptly ,
- aptness ,
- arch ,
- art ,
- artful ,
- artfully ,
- artfulness ,
- artifice ,
- artificial ,
- astuteness ,
- attentive ,
- au fait ,
- awake ,
- aware ,
- bent ,
- byzantine ,
- cagey ,
- cagy ,
- calculated ,
- cannily ,
- carefully ,
- cautious ,
- cautiously ,
- chary ,
- cheeseparing ,
- circumspect ,
- clear-eyed ,
- clear-sighted ,
- cleverly ,
- cleverness ,
- comfy ,
- conniving ,
- conserving ,
- conspiratorial ,
- contrivance ,
- cool ,
- cozy ,
- crackerjack ,
- craft ,
- craftily ,
- creative ,
- crooked ,
- cunningly ,
- cute ,
- dainty ,
- deceitful ,
- deceptive ,
- deep ,
- deep-laid ,
- deftness ,
- deliberate ,
- deliberately ,
- delicate ,
- delicately ,
- dexterity ,
- dexterous ,
- dexterously ,
- diplomatic ,
- discerning ,
- discreet ,
- discreetly ,
- discriminating ,
- discriminatingly ,
- discriminative ,
- dishonest ,
- disingenuous ,
- dodgy ,
- duplicitous ,
- economic ,
- eloquent ,
- enlightened ,
- evasive ,
- expertise ,
- expertly ,
- expertness ,
- expressive ,
- exquisitely ,
- facility ,
- faculty ,
- false ,
- farsighted ,
- fastidious ,
- finely ,
- finesse ,
- fly ,
- forehanded ,
- furtive ,
- gingerly ,
- guarded ,
- guardedly ,
- guileful ,
- handiness ,
- handy ,
- hard-boiled ,
- hardheaded ,
- having fancy footwork ,
- heady ,
- heedful ,
- hep ,
- hesitant ,
- hidden ,
- hip ,
- imaginative ,
- incisive ,
- ingeniously ,
- ingenuity ,
- insidious ,
- intelligence ,
- intriguing ,
- janus-faced ,
- judicious ,
- judiciously ,
- keen ,
- keenly ,
- knack ,
- knowingly ,
- leery ,
- long-headed ,
- machiavellian ,
- manipulative ,
- meaningful ,
- mindful ,
- money-saving ,
- neat ,
- nervous ,
- nimble ,
- nimble-witted ,
- no ,
- noncommittal ,
- not born yesterday ,
- oily ,
- on guard ,
- on the ball ,
- original ,
- parlous ,
- parsimonious ,
- pawky ,
- penetrating ,
- penny-wise ,
- perceptive ,
- percipient ,
- perfidious ,
- piercing ,
- playing it cool ,
- playing it safe ,
- politic ,
- precautional ,
- precautionary ,
- prepared ,
- prescient ,
- private ,
- prudence ,
- prudential ,
- prudently ,
- quickly ,
- rational ,
- ready ,
- reasonable ,
- regardful ,
- relaxed ,
- reserved ,
- safe ,
- sagacity ,
- sage ,
- sagely ,
- sapient ,
- save ,
- scotch ,
- secret ,
- sensible ,
- sensibly ,
- sensitive ,
- shady ,
- sharply ,
- shifty ,
- shrewdness ,
- shy ,
- significant ,
- skilful ,
- skilled ,
- skillfully ,
- sleight ,
- slim ,
- smartly ,
- sneaky ,
- snug ,
- sophistical ,
- spare ,
- squeamish ,
- stealthy ,
- strategic ,
- street smart ,
- subtlety ,
- supple ,
- tact ,
- tactical ,
- talented ,
- tentative ,
- thorough ,
- thoughtful ,
- time-saving ,
- timeserving ,
- timid ,
- timorous ,
- traitorous ,
- treacherous ,
- trenchant ,
- tricksy ,
- tuned in ,
- two-faced ,
- two-timing ,
- unadventurous ,
- uncommunicative ,
- unctuous ,
- undaring ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- understanding ,
- unenterprising ,
- untrustworthy ,
- unwasteful ,
- up to snuff ,
- vigilant ,
- vulpine ,
- warily ,
- watchful ,
- well-educated ,
- well-read ,
- well-versed ,
- wide-awake ,
- wise man ,
- wisely ,
- wit ,
- worldly-wise .
- Deviceful ,
- Observative ,
- Retiary ,
- Stewardly ,
- Ungiving ,
- all there ,
- astute ,
- battle-scarred ,
- been around ,
- calculating ,
- clever ,
- co-operative ,
- complicit ,
- coolheaded ,
- cost-conscious ,
- crafty ,
- crazy like fox ,
- cunning ,
- dextrous ,
- eggheaded ,
- far-seeing ,
- farseeing ,
- handling with kid gloves ,
- having all marbles ,
- having all one's marbles ,
- having know-how ,
- having the know-how ,
- hedging one's bets ,
- in right mind ,
- ingenious ,
- judgmatic ,
- keeping on one's toes ,
- knowing ,
- long-haired ,
- matter of fact ,
- mingy ,
- money-conscious ,
- nimble-fingered ,
- non-committal ,
- on lookout ,
- on the inside ,
- on the lookout ,
- on the qui vive ,
- on top of ,
- over-careful ,
- overcareful ,
- overcautious ,
- penetrative ,
- probing ,
- quick on the draw ,
- quick on the trigger ,
- quick on the uptake ,
- quick on trigger ,
- quick-witted ,
- sagacious ,
- scrimpy ,
- shark ,
- sharp as a tack ,
- sharp-sighted ,
- shrewd ,
- sly ,
- smart as a whip ,
- smooth-spoken ,
- sneaking ,
- streetwise ,
- thinking twice ,
- tight-fisted ,
- up on ,
- walking on eggs ,
- wary ,
- well thought out ,
- well thought-out ,
- well-prepared ,
- well-reasoned ,
- well-thought-out ,
- wideawake ,
- with eyes peeled .
- DEF ,
- Grounded ,
- Hard-headed ,
- Mega ,
- PHAT ,
- a-ok ,
- ace ,
- all right ,
- amazeballs ,
- apple pie ,
- bad ,
- badass ,
- banging ,
- beat ,
- beaut ,
- bee ,
- best ,
- better ,
- bodacious ,
- bonzer ,
- boss ,
- brill ,
- business ,
- champion ,
- cheap ,
- choice ,
- class ,
- cracking ,
- dandy ,
- die ,
- discrimination ,
- dope ,
- down-to-earth ,
- dream ,
- fab ,
- far out ,
- foot ,
- forward-looking ,
- gnomic ,
- groovy ,
- half ,
- hard-nosed ,
- head ,
- healthy ,
- hindsight ,
- hunky-dory ,
- hurt ,
- immense ,
- jim-dandy ,
- juicy ,
- killer ,
- knob ,
- knock ,
- legitimacy ,
- level-headed ,
- magic ,
- magical ,
- mature ,
- mean ,
- method ,
- mouth ,
- much ,
- neatly ,
- nifty ,
- no-nonsense ,
- now ,
- perspective ,
- perspicacity ,
- pisser ,
- plum ,
- practical ,
- practicality ,
- pragmatic ,
- pragmatically ,
- pragmatism ,
- pukka ,
- quality ,
- rad ,
- rationally ,
- realism ,
- realist ,
- realistic ,
- realistically ,
- reasonably ,
- reasoned ,
- red-hot ,
- responsibility ,
- responsible ,
- right-minded ,
- rock ,
- royal ,
- rule ,
- savoir-faire ,
- sense ,
- serious ,
- shabby ,
- shit hot ,
- sight ,
- smashing ,
- softly-softly ,
- some ,
- sound ,
- soundness ,
- splendiferous ,
- steady ,
- steal ,
- stonking ,
- street smarts ,
- street-smart ,
- stupendous ,
- suck ,
- swell ,
- think ,
- thinking ,
- tip-top ,
- top-notch ,
- unmissable ,
- unreal ,
- victory ,
- well advised ,
- wicked ,
- wild ,
- wisdom ,
- world .
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How to use "Canny" in context?
The word 'canny' has a variety of meanings, all of which are relevant in this context. The first definition is 'quick-witted'. This is an important quality for anyone in business, as you need to be able to think on your feet and be able to quickly come up with a solution to a problem.
The second meaning is more literal. It refers to someone who is nimble and able to move quickly and easily. This is an important quality when you are dealing with other people, as you need to be able to get round them and obstacles.
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