Dictionary and Thesaurus

Definition of Cunning

• (a.) Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
• (a.) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
• (a.) Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
• (a.) Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
• (a.) Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
• (a.) The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.

Synonyms of Cunning

• Craft
• Craftiness
• Foxiness
• Guile
• Slyness
• Wiliness
• Cute
• Crafty
• Dodgy
• Foxy
• Guileful
• Knavish
• Slick
• Sly
• Tricksy
• Tricky
• Wily
• Clever
• Ingenious

Antonyms of Cunning

Homophones of Cunning