cunning

/kˈʌnɪŋ/ · 2 syllables

Meaning

adjective

1. attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness
   “a cute kid with pigtails”
2. marked by skill in deception
   “cunning men often pass for wise”
3. showing inventiveness and skill
   “a clever gadget”

noun

1. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
2. crafty artfulness (especially in deception)

Synonyms for cunning

• cute
• attractive
• crafty
• dodgy
• foxy
• guileful
• knavish
• slick
• sly
• tricksy
• tricky
• wily
• artful
• clever
• ingenious
• adroit
• craft
• craftiness
• foxiness
• guile
• slyness
• wiliness

Words that rhyme with cunning

• running
• stunning
• shunning
• bunning
• dunning
• gunning
• outgunning
• outrunning
• overrunning
• rerunning
• sunning