| Main Entry: | tricky |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | complicated, difficult |
Synonyms: |
catchy, complex, critical, delicate, intricate, involved, knotty, perplexing, precarious, problematic, quirky, risky, rocky, sensitive, sticky, thorny, ticklish, touch-and-go, touchy, undependable, unstable |
Antonyms: |
easy, uncomplicated |
| 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 |
| Main Entry: | artful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | skillful; cunning |
Synonyms: |
adept, adroit, clever, crafty, designing, dexterous, foxy*, ingenious, masterly, politic, proficient, resourceful, scheming, sharp, shrewd, slick*, sly, smart, smooth*, tricky, wily |
Antonyms: |
artless, ingenuous, naive, unskillful |
| Main Entry: | chancy |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dangerous, risky |
Synonyms: |
capricious, contingent, dicey, erratic, fluctuant, fluky, hazardous, iffy, incalculable, precarious, problematic, problematical, rocky, speculative, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, unsound, whimsical |
Antonyms: |
certain, not dangerous, safe, secure, sure, tried |
| 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: | deceitful |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest, insincere |
Synonyms: |
artful, astucious, astute, beguiling, clandestine, counterfeit, crafty, cunning, deceiving, deceptive, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, double-dealing, duplicitous, fallacious, false, feline, foxy, fraudulent, furtive, guileful, hypocritical, illusory, impostrous, indirect, insidious, knavish, lying, mendacious, misleading, rascal, roguish, shifty, slick, sly, sneaky, stealthy, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded, untrustworthy, untruthful, wily |
| Notes: | deceitful means intended to deceive or cheat while deceptive means causing one to believe what is not true or likely to mislead someone |
Antonyms: |
faithful, frank, honest, loyal, open, sincere, trustworthy, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | deceptive |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | dishonest |
Synonyms: |
ambiguous, astucious, beguiling, bum*, catchy, crafty, cunning, deceitful, deceiving, deluding, delusive, delusory, designing, disingenuous, fake, fallacious, false, fishy, foxy, fraudulent, illusory, imposturous, indirect, insidious, lying, misleading, mock, oblique, off*, phony, plausible, rascal, roguish, scheming, seeming, serpentine, shifty, slick, slippery, sly, sneaky, snide, specious, spurious, subtle, treacherous, tricky, two-faced, underhand, underhanded, unreliable, wily |
Antonyms: |
forthright, frank, honest, open, truthful, upright |
| Main Entry: | deep |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | scheming, devious |
Synonyms: |
acute, artful, astute, canny, contriving, crafty, cunning, designing, foxy, guileful, insidious, intriguing, keen, knowing, plotting, sharp, shrewd, sly, tricky, wily |
Antonyms: |
aboveboard, artless, open |
| Main Entry: | delicate |
| Part of Speech: | adjective |
| Definition: | difficult, sticky (situation) |
Synonyms: |
critical, hair-trigger, precarious, sensitive, ticklish, touchy, tricky, uncertain, unpredictable, volatile |