| Main Entry: | canny |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, artful |
Synonyms: |
able, acute, adroit, astute, cagey, careful, cautious, circumspect, cunning, dexterous, discreet, foxy*, frugal, having fancy footwork, hep, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, knowing, nimble-witted, perspicacious, prudent, quick, quick-witted, sagacious, shrewd, skillful, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth*, street smart, streetwise, subtle, wary, watchful, wise, with it, worldly-wise |
Antonyms: |
foolish, inept, silly |
| Main Entry: | competitive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | willing to oppose |
Synonyms: |
aggressive, ambitious, antagonistic, at odds, combative, competing, cutthroat, dog-eat-dog, emulous, killer instinct, killer*, opposing, rival, streetwise, vying |
Antonyms: |
noncompetitive, unambitious |
| Main Entry: | crafty |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, scheming |
Synonyms: |
adroit, artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, crazy like fox, cunning, deceitful, deep, designing, devious, disingenuous, duplicitous, foxy*, fraudulent, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, knowing, sharp, shrewd, slick, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, street smart, streetwise, subtle, tricky, vulpine, wily |
Antonyms: |
honest, naive, unclever |
| Main Entry: | cunning |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | devious |
Synonyms: |
Machiavellian, acute, artful, astute, cagey, canny, crafty, crazy like fox, deep, fancy footwork, foxy, guileful, insidious, keen, knowing, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, sly boots, smart, smarts, smooth, street-smart, streetwise, subtle, tricky, wary, wily |
Antonyms: |
gullible, kind, naive, shy |
| Main Entry: | savvy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrewd |
Synonyms: |
acute, astute, brainy, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, discerning, experienced, farsighted, foxy*, heady, in the know, ingenious, intelligent, judicious, keen, knowing, on the ball, perceptive, sagacious, sensible, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, wise |
| Main Entry: | shrewd |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | clever, intelligent |
Synonyms: |
acute, argute, artful, astucious, astute, brainy, cagey, calculating, canny, crafty, cunning, cutting*, deep*, discerning, discriminating, farsighted, foxy*, heady, in the know, ingenious, inside, judicious, keen, knowing, on the inside, on top of, penetrating, perceptive, perspicacious, piercing, probing, profound, prudent, quick-witted, sagacious, savvy*, sensible, shark, sharp, slick*, slippery*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, tricky, underhand, up on, wily, wise, wised up |
Antonyms: |
foolish, frivolous, naive, stupid, unthinking |
| Main Entry: | slick |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | smart, clever |
Synonyms: |
adroit, cagey, canny, deft, dextrous, foxy, glib, knowing, meretricious, plausible, professional, quick, sharp, shrewd, skillful, sly, smooth, smooth-spoken, sophisticated, specious, streetwise, unctuous, urbane, wise |
Antonyms: |
amateurish, clumsy, stupid, unclever, unintelligent |
| Main Entry: | sophisticated |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | cosmopolitan, cultured |
Synonyms: |
adult, artificial, been around, blasé, bored, citified, cool*, couth, cultivated, cynical, disenchanted, disillusioned, experienced, in, in the know, into*, jaded, jet-set, knowing, laid-back*, mature, mondaine, on to, practical, practiced, refined, schooled, seasoned, sharp, skeptical, smooth, stagy, streetwise, studied, suave, svelte, switched on, uptown, urbane, well-bred, wise to, wised up, with it, world-weary, worldly, worldly wise |
Antonyms: |
naive, uncultivated, uncultured, unrefined, unsophisticated |
| Main Entry: | street smart |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | shrewd |
Synonyms: |
artful, astute, cagey, calculating, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, experienced, foxy*, ingenious, intelligent, perceptive, quick-witted, savvy*, seasoned, sharp, slick*, sly, smart, smooth, streetwise, wily, wise |
| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | deceptive, sly |
Synonyms: |
artful, astute, cagey, catchy, clever, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deep, delusive, delusory, devious, dishonest, foxy, greasy, guileful, insidious, intelligent, keen, misleading, scheming, shady, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick*, slippery*, smooth, streetwise, subtle, treacherous, wily, witted, wry |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, frank, honest |