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Artful

🔄 Synonyms of "Artful"

29 synonyms found via WordNet and Google Books.

Word	Definition
cunningnoun	Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
elusive	Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
adroit	deft, dexterous, or skillful
byzantinenoun	(history) Belonging to the civilization of the Eastern Roman Empire between 331, when its capital was moved to Constantinople, and 1453, when that capital was conquered by the Turks and ultimately renamed Istanbul.
clevernoun	Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
ingenious	Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
perverted	Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.
knavish	Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
deepnoun	(of distance or position; also figurative) Extending, reaching or positioned far from a point of reference, especially downwards.
guileful	Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
disingenuous	Not ingenuous; not frank or open.
wily	Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
slynoun	Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
cute	Possessing physical features, behaviors, personality traits or other properties that are mainly attributed to infants and small or cuddly animals; e.g. fair, dainty, round, and soft physical features, disproportionately large eyes and head, playfulness, fragility, helplessness, curiosity or shyness, innocence, affectionate behavior.
slicknoun	Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
tricky	Hard to deal with, complicated.
distorted	having an intended meaning altered or misrepresented
evasive	Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
dodgy	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
schemingnoun	The activity or practice of making secret or underhanded plans.
twisted	Consisting of two or more threads, strands or the like intertwined; formed by twisting or twining.
foxynoun	(informal) Attractive, sexy (of a woman).
crafty	Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
manipulativenoun	Tending to manipulate.
tricksy	Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.

↔️ Antonyms of "Artful"

Words with the opposite meaning.

Word	Definition
ingenuous	Straightforward, candid, open, frank.
artless	Having or displaying no guile, cunning, or deceit.

💡 Words with a Similar Meaning to "Artful"

Found via reverse dictionary — words that share a conceptual meaning.

Word	Definition
wily	Sly, cunning, full of tricks.
cunning	Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
sly	Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
tricksynoun	Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.
guileful	Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.
pawky	(Scotland, northern British) Shrewd, sly; often also characterised by a sarcastic sense of humour.
manipulative	Tending to manipulate.
scheming	(derogatory) Tending to scheme; forming underhand plots.
crafty	Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
designingverb	artful; scheming
evasive	Tending to avoid speaking openly or making revelations about oneself.
adroit	deft, dexterous, or skillful
clever	Quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent.
elusive	Evading capture, comprehension or remembrance.
knavish	Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.
ingenious	Of a person, displaying genius or brilliance; inventive.
tricky	Hard to deal with, complicated.
dodgy	(UK, Ireland, Commonwealth) Unsound and unreliable.
precious	Of high value or worth.
perverted	Deviating from what is normally considered right, normal or correct.