What is another word for canny?
626 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ kˈani], [ kˈani], [ k_ˈa_n_i]Table of Contents
Similar words for canny:- acute (adjective)
- astute (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- chary (adjective)
- circumspect (adjective)
- clever (adjective)
- clever, artful (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- cunning (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- dexterous (adjective)
- economical (adjective)
- far-sighted (adjective)
- farsighted (adjective)
- foxy (adjective)
- frugal (adjective)
- guarded (adjective)
- ingenious (adjective)
- intelligent (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- keen (adjective)
- knowing (adjective)
- not born yesterday (adjective)
- politic (adjective)
- provident (adjective)
- prudent (adjective)
- quick (adjective)
- quick-witted (adjective)
- sagacious (adjective)
- savvy (adjective)
- sensible (adjective)
- sharp (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- slick (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- smart (adjective)
- sparing (adjective)
- thoughtful (adjective)
- thrifty (adjective)
- wary (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
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Synonyms for Canny:
adj.
•acute (adjective)- dis-criminating,
- in tenser,
- in-tense,
- more acute,
- observant,
- in tense,
- in tensest,
- in-tenser,
- dis criminating,
- in-tensest.
- many sided,
- dexterous-dextrous,
- most capable,
- most egghead,
- most knowledgeable,
- witty,
- pro,
- re sourceful,
- nobody's fool,
- most crackerjack,
- quick trigger,
- wisest,
- more crackerjack,
- more talented,
- dexterousdextrous,
- re-sourceful,
- nobodys fool,
- more skilled,
- dexterous dextrous,
- manysided,
- nobody fool,
- more egghead.
- hep,
- smooth,
- intelligent,
- slippery,
- worldly-wise,
- with it,
- adroit,
- street smart,
- watchful,
- having fancy footwork,
- subtle,
- quick,
- skillful,
- discreet.
- Slighty,
- designing,
- masterly,
- well-laid,
- scheming,
- feline,
- fancy footwork,
- well-planned,
- devious,
- deft,
- tricky,
- sly boots,
- serpentine,
- masterful,
- snaky.
- having the know how,
- having the knowhow,
- nimblefingered,
- more nimble fingered,
- having knowhow,
- having know how,
- most nimble fingered,
- most nimble-fingered,
- most nimblefingered,
- effortless,
- nimble fingered,
- more nimblefingered,
- more nimble-fingered.
- curmudgeonly,
- time-saving,
- niggardly,
- timesaving,
- money-saving,
- work-saving,
- meager,
- on the rims,
- unwasteful,
- pennypinching,
- pennywise,
- penny-wise,
- prudential,
- penurious.
- more far seeing,
- most far seeing,
- more far-seeing,
- far seeing,
- most farseeing,
- more farseeing,
- most far-seeing.
- most conserving,
- most tightwad,
- mingiest,
- more tightwad,
- tightwad,
- pre-serving,
- more preserving,
- pre serving,
- more conserving,
- most preserving,
- mingier.
- more overcautious,
- most overcautious,
- over careful,
- re-served,
- over-cautious,
- most overcareful,
- non committal,
- over cautious,
- more overcareful,
- re served.
- innovative,
- more innovative,
- more deviceful,
- innovational,
- most innovational,
- more innovational,
- most deviceful.
- cogent,
- gifted,
- capable,
- knowledgeable,
- worldly,
- profound,
- keen,
- bright,
- encyclopedic,
- genius,
- erudite,
- Comprehending,
- intellectual,
- sophisticated,
- brilliant,
- brainy.
- experienced,
- well-informed,
- educated,
- informed,
- witting,
- percipient,
- tuned-in,
- competent,
- learned,
- versed,
- omniscient,
- with-it,
- encylopedic,
- worldly wise,
- Sophic,
- cognizant.
- more battle scarred,
- more battlescarred,
- un believing,
- most battle-scarred,
- battle scarred,
- more battle-scarred,
- most battlescarred,
- un-believing,
- battlescarred,
- most battle scarred.
- more well prepared,
- more wellprepared,
- most well prepared,
- most wellprepared,
- more well-prepared,
- pre-pared,
- most well-prepared,
- well prepared,
- fore-sighted,
- fore sighted,
- pre pared,
- wellprepared.
- more nimble-witted,
- nimble witted,
- more nimblewitted,
- most nimblewitted,
- quick on draw,
- smart as whip,
- quickest,
- quick the draw,
- quick draw,
- quick the trigger,
- nimblewitted,
- most nimble witted,
- most nimble-witted,
- more nimble witted.
- more sharp-sighted,
- quick witted,
- more sharpsighted,
- most sharpsighted,
- sharp witted,
- most penetrative,
- more penetrative,
- sharpsighted,
- sharp sighted,
- sharpwitted,
- quickwitted,
- most sharp sighted,
- most sharp-sighted,
- more sharp sighted.
- having one's marbles,
- most wellreasoned,
- more well-reasoned,
- wellreasoned,
- most well thought out,
- most well-thought-out,
- having marbles,
- more well thought out,
- having all ones marbles,
- well reasoned,
- having one marbles,
- having ones marbles,
- more wellreasoned,
- more well reasoned,
- more well-thought-out,
- having all one marbles,
- most well reasoned,
- most well-reasoned.
- in side,
- pro founder,
- more argute,
- pro found,
- sharkest,
- wised up,
- Sharker,
- under hand,
- pro-founder,
- under-hand,
- pro-found,
- most argute,
- on inside,
- shrewdest.
- more smooth-spoken,
- most dextrous,
- most smooth-spoken,
- smoothspoken,
- more dextrous,
- more smoothspoken,
- most smooth spoken,
- most smoothspoken,
- more smooth spoken,
- smooth spoken.
- dis-honorable,
- more bluffing,
- more conniving,
- most bluffing,
- doubledealing,
- most dissembling,
- more dissembling,
- un scrupulous,
- dis honorable,
- impish,
- most conniving,
- un-scrupulous.
- skuller,
- skull,
- more genius,
- most long haired,
- more long haired,
- longhaired,
- most eggheaded,
- skullest,
- long haired,
- most long-haired,
- most longhaired,
- most genius,
- more long-haired,
- more eggheaded,
- more longhaired.
- more money-conscious,
- most costconscious,
- tight fisted,
- most cost-conscious,
- costconscious,
- un-giving,
- more stewardly,
- more cost-conscious,
- more costconscious,
- un giving,
- most cost conscious,
- more money conscious,
- more ungiving,
- more tight fisted,
- most money-conscious,
- most tight fisted,
- money conscious,
- most moneyconscious,
- more cost conscious,
- more tight-fisted,
- most money conscious,
- most tight-fisted,
- cost conscious,
- most ungiving,
- more moneyconscious,
- moneyconscious,
- most stewardly.
- more observative,
- un selfish,
- well bred,
- un-selfish,
- most observative,
- co operative,
- wellbred,
- well thoughtout.
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- academic.
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- ability.
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- able.
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- frugal.
- dainty,
- cleverly,
- machiavellian,
- discriminative,
- Labor-saving,
- hard-boiled,
- tactical,
- supple,
- shady,
- discreetly,
- wise man,
- facility,
- attentive,
- two-faced,
- skilled,
- clear-eyed,
- undaring,
- awake,
- shrewdness,
- deceptive,
- guileful,
- exquisitely,
- expertise,
- arch,
- Subdolous,
- conniving,
- sophistical,
- adeptness,
- fastidious,
- intriguing,
- prudently,
- agile,
- handy,
- conspiratorial,
- economic,
- sapient,
- artifice,
- precautionary,
- Sharp-witted,
- piercing,
- dexterously,
- treacherous,
- contrivance,
- well-educated,
- spare,
- stealthy,
- prudence,
- knowingly,
- deep-laid,
- disingenuous,
- snug,
- delicate,
- expertly,
- Trickish,
- delicately,
- au fait,
- parsimonious,
- intelligence,
- Deceiving,
- adroitness,
- calculated,
- nimble,
- on the ball,
- precautional,
- guardedly,
- cleverness,
- heedful,
- deliberately,
- tact,
- handiness,
- aptitude,
- thorough,
- dishonest,
- deliberate,
- meaningful,
- aware,
- crackerjack,
- perceptive,
- wit,
- Economizing,
- talented,
- evasive,
- knack,
- Subtile,
- slim,
- hip,
- cannily,
- creative,
- smartly,
- cheeseparing,
- Scrimping,
- judiciously,
- Argute,
- hesitant,
- expertness,
- diplomatic,
- playing it safe,
- keenly,
- nervous,
- incisive,
- well-versed,
- sagacity,
- tricksy,
- Clear-headed,
- artfully,
- skilful,
- no,
- subtlety,
- squeamish,
- leery,
- reserved,
- Daedalian,
- ready,
- expressive,
- relaxed,
- artificial,
- Precautious,
- wide-awake,
- long-headed,
- comfy,
- craft,
- underhand,
- Canniness,
- oily,
- enlightened,
- timorous,
- crooked,
- clear-sighted,
- byzantine,
- ingeniously,
- shy,
- faculty,
- art,
- quickly,
- secret,
- noncommittal,
- cozy,
- parlous,
- rational,
- two-timing,
- sensitive,
- duplicitous,
- aptly,
- alertly,
- private,
- strategic,
- Skimping,
- finesse,
- perfidious,
- cunningly,
- astuteness,
- unadventurous,
- understanding,
- unenterprising,
- timeserving,
- untrustworthy,
- deceitful,
- cautiously,
- uncommunicative,
- carefully,
- Plotting,
- penetrating,
- false,
- skillfully,
- Contriving,
- finely,
- sharply,
- dexterity,
- trenchant,
- playing it cool,
- eloquent,
- shifty,
- unctuous,
- vigilant,
- significant,
- ENG,
- ingenuity,
- artfulness,
- craftily,
- safe,
- discriminatingly,
- janus-faced,
- well-read,
- traitorous,
- alert,
- bent,
- aptness,
- cute,
- underhanded,
- hidden,
- timid,
- deftness,
- imaginative,
- furtive,
- original,
- hardheaded,
- up to snuff,
- insidious,
- adroitly,
- tentative,
- forehanded,
- adept,
- mindful,
- dodgy,
- regardful,
- sleight,
- prepared,
- agility,
- apt,
- vulpine,
- alive to,
- conserving,
- on guard,
- sneaky,
- alive,
- sagely,
- heady,
- pawky,
- warily.
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Antonyms for Canny:
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adj.
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clever, artful
unwise, imprudent, stupid, inept, foolish, thoughtless, imbecile, hasty, unintelligent, idiotic, incautious, careless, awkward, rash, unskilled, uncareful, reckless, ignorant, honest, open, silly.
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Other antonyms:
dissatisfied, discontented, dopey, airheaded, thickheaded, slow-witted, unknowing, dumb, slow, naive, half-witted, gullible, gormless, displeased, obtuse, moronic, dim-witted, feebleminded, birdbrained, brainless, exploitable, lamebrain, empty-headed, lunkheaded, witless, disturbed, unperceptive, dull, agitated, thick-witted, uninformed, perturbed, uncomfortable, troubled, dense, Weak-minded, softheaded, brain dead.
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clever, artful
Homophones for Canny:
- Canney.