What is another word for wily?
484 synonyms found
Pronunciation:
[ wˈa͡ɪli], [ wˈaɪli], [ w_ˈaɪ_l_i]
There are many synonyms for the word "wily," which means cunning, clever, or devious. Some common synonyms include sly, crafty, cunning, artful, shrewd, shifty, guileful, foxy, and wily. These words are often used to describe someone who is able to manipulate situations or people to their advantage, often through deceit or trickery. Other possible synonyms include scheming, conniving, calculating, and underhanded. When looking for a word to describe someone who is cunning and skilled in navigating complex situations, there are many choices to consider.
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Similar words for wily:
- cunning (adjective)
- deceptive (adjective)
- disingenuous (adjective)
- insidious (adjective)
- intuitive (adjective)
- underhand (adjective)
- witty (adjective)
- Machiavellian (adjective)
- arch (adjective)
- artful (adjective)
- calculating (adjective)
- crafty (adjective)
- deceitful (adjective)
- deep (adjective)
- designing (adjective)
- devious (adjective)
- diplomatic (adjective)
- double-dealing (adjective)
- foxy (adjective)
- furtive (adjective)
- serpentine (adjective)
- shifty (adjective)
- shrewd (adjective)
- sly (adjective)
- stealthy (adjective)
- subtle (adjective)
- tricky (adjective)
- underhanded (adjective)
Synonyms for Wily:
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adj.
• cunning- astute ,
- canny ,
- clever ,
- deft ,
- feline ,
- foxy ,
- ingenious ,
- masterful ,
- masterly ,
- quick ,
- sharp ,
- skillful ,
- slick ,
- slippery ,
- smooth ,
- snaky ,
- wary ,
- witty ,
- fancy footwork ,
- sly boots .
- adroit ,
- brilliant ,
- comical ,
- droll ,
- dry ,
- facetious ,
- funny ,
- intelligent ,
- inventive ,
- jocular ,
- joking ,
- pithy ,
- pointed ,
- quick-witted ,
- resourceful ,
- sarcastic ,
- scintillating ,
- scurrilous ,
- smart ,
- sparkling ,
- urbane ,
- waggish .
- hypo critical ,
- hypo-critical ,
- in direct ,
- in-direct ,
- mis leading ,
- mis-leading ,
- more astucious ,
- more beguiling ,
- more deceiving ,
- more feline ,
- more impostrous ,
- more rascal ,
- most astucious ,
- most beguiling ,
- most deceiving ,
- most feline ,
- most illusory ,
- most impostrous ,
- most rascal ,
- two faced ,
- twofaced ,
- un trustworthy ,
- un truthful ,
- un-trustworthy ,
- un-truthful .
- de signing ,
- de-signing ,
- more conniving ,
- more conspiring ,
- most conniving ,
- most conspiring ,
- un scrupulous ,
- un-scrupulous .
- faking out ,
- in sincere ,
- in sincerer ,
- in sincerest ,
- in-sincere ,
- in-sincerer ,
- in-sincerest ,
- more obliquitous ,
- most obliquitous ,
- playing politics .
- dis guised ,
- dis-guised ,
- hush hush ,
- hushhush ,
- masked ,
- more conspiratorial ,
- more skulking ,
- more slinking ,
- more sub rosa ,
- more sub-rosa ,
- more subrosa ,
- more under the table ,
- more under-the-table ,
- most conspiratorial ,
- most skulking ,
- most slinking ,
- most sub rosa ,
- most sub-rosa ,
- most subrosa ,
- most under the table ,
- most under-the-table ,
- subrosa ,
- under cover ,
- under wraps ,
- under-cover .
- Meandrous ,
- mazier ,
- maziest ,
- more coiling ,
- more snakelike ,
- more twisting ,
- most coiling ,
- most snakelike ,
- most twisting ,
- twisting turning .
- Unhonest ,
- fly by night ,
- more dodging ,
- more equivocating ,
- more prevaricative ,
- more prevaricatory ,
- more shuffling ,
- more unhonest ,
- most dodging ,
- most equivocating ,
- most prevaricative ,
- most prevaricatory ,
- most shuffling ,
- most unhonest ,
- un honest ,
- un-honest .
Other synonyms:
- dishonest .
- means .
Other relevant words:
- Chiseling ,
- Conspiring ,
- Contriving ,
- Covinous ,
- Daedalian ,
- Deceiving ,
- Double dealing ,
- ENG ,
- Foxlike ,
- Plotting ,
- Subdolous ,
- Subreptitious ,
- Subtile ,
- Time-serving ,
- Trickish ,
- ability ,
- acute ,
- affect ,
- apparition ,
- apprehension ,
- arch ,
- archly ,
- artful ,
- artfully ,
- artificial ,
- assume ,
- astutely ,
- bad ,
- badly ,
- be at variance ,
- beguiling ,
- behind ones back ,
- belie ,
- bent ,
- betray ,
- byzantine ,
- cagey ,
- cagy ,
- calculated ,
- casuistic ,
- catchy ,
- cautious ,
- chanceful ,
- chancy ,
- cheat ,
- cheating ,
- chiefly ,
- circumvent ,
- cleverly ,
- collusive ,
- conniving ,
- conspiratorial ,
- contradict ,
- contravene ,
- controvert ,
- corrupt ,
- counterfeit ,
- craftily ,
- crazy like a fox ,
- crooked ,
- cunningly ,
- cute ,
- deceitful ,
- deceitfully ,
- deceive ,
- deceptive ,
- deep ,
- deep-laid ,
- defraud ,
- defy ,
- delicate ,
- delude ,
- demon ,
- deny ,
- designingly ,
- devil ,
- devilish ,
- deviously ,
- diabolical ,
- dicey ,
- diplomatic ,
- diplomatically ,
- dirty trick ,
- dirty work ,
- discerning ,
- disingenuous ,
- dissemble ,
- dissembling ,
- distrust ,
- dodgy ,
- doubt ,
- downy ,
- dubious ,
- duplicitous ,
- eagerly ,
- eloquent ,
- evasive ,
- evil ,
- evilly ,
- expressive ,
- faithless ,
- false ,
- falsehearted ,
- falsify ,
- fear ,
- feign ,
- finagling ,
- fly ,
- foxily ,
- fraudulent ,
- furtive ,
- ghost ,
- glib ,
- glossy ,
- go against ,
- graceful ,
- greasy ,
- guileful ,
- guilefully ,
- hesitation ,
- hidden ,
- hint ,
- hunch ,
- hypocritical ,
- immorally ,
- indirect ,
- ingeniously ,
- inkling ,
- insidious ,
- insidiously ,
- insincere ,
- intriguing ,
- janus-faced ,
- jesuitical ,
- keen ,
- keenly ,
- knavish ,
- know ,
- knowing ,
- leery ,
- long-headed ,
- lubricious ,
- lying ,
- machiavellian ,
- manipulative ,
- meaningful ,
- mendacious ,
- mephistophelian ,
- mischievously ,
- misgiving ,
- misleading ,
- misrepresent ,
- mistrust ,
- nefarious ,
- nimble ,
- no ,
- oily ,
- oppose ,
- pat ,
- pawky ,
- perceptive ,
- percipient ,
- perfidious ,
- perspicacious ,
- phantom ,
- politic ,
- pretend ,
- private ,
- profound ,
- qualm ,
- ready ,
- reptilian ,
- resist ,
- sagacious ,
- sagaciously ,
- sage ,
- satanic ,
- satin ,
- satiny ,
- scruple ,
- secret ,
- secretive ,
- shady ,
- sharply ,
- shiftily ,
- shifty ,
- shrewdly ,
- significant ,
- silken ,
- silklike ,
- silky ,
- simulate ,
- skilful ,
- sleek ,
- slickly ,
- slim ,
- slimy ,
- slyly ,
- smarmy ,
- smartly ,
- sneakily ,
- sophistical ,
- specter ,
- spectre ,
- spirit ,
- stealthy ,
- strategic ,
- street smart ,
- streetwise ,
- subtly ,
- supple ,
- supposition ,
- surreptitious ,
- suspicion ,
- tactical ,
- thin ,
- timeserving ,
- traitorous ,
- treacherous ,
- trickily ,
- tricksy ,
- two-faced ,
- two-timing ,
- unctuous ,
- underhand ,
- underhanded ,
- ungenuine ,
- unprincipled ,
- unscrupulous ,
- untrustworthy ,
- untruthful ,
- up to snuff ,
- viciously ,
- vision ,
- vulpine ,
- wickedly ,
- wise ,
- wise man ,
- zealously .
- Astucious ,
- Impostrous ,
- Retiary ,
- Witted ,
- calculating ,
- complicit ,
- crafty ,
- crazy like fox ,
- cunning ,
- designing ,
- devious ,
- faking one out ,
- in the know ,
- mazy ,
- not straightforward ,
- obliquitous ,
- on the inside ,
- on top of ,
- opportunistic ,
- playing games ,
- prevaricative ,
- prevaricatory ,
- scheming ,
- serpentine ,
- shark ,
- shorthanded ,
- shrewd ,
- sly ,
- snakelike ,
- sneaking ,
- sub-rosa ,
- subtle ,
- tricky ,
- twisting and turning ,
- under-the-table ,
- up on .
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How to use "Wily" in context?
The word "wily" originates from Old French and has the meaning of "clever, shrewd". The word has been used in English since the middle of the thirteenth century.
The Oxford English Dictionary defines the word as follows: "Of or pertaining to cunning; crafty; sly; artful." Today, the word sly is often used to describe someone who is untrustworthy, manipulative, and often dishonest.
Wily has been used to describe people who are accomplished in many areas, not just those who are skilled in the art of deception.
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