cute

¹cute

adj \ˈkyüt\

cut·ercut·est

Definition of CUTE

1

a : clever or shrewd often in an underhanded manner b : impertinent, smart-alecky <don't get cute with me>

2

: attractive or pretty especially in a childish, youthful, or delicate way

3

: obviously straining for effect

— cute·ly adverb

— cute·ness noun

Examples of CUTE

1. <she's very nice, but she's not afraid to get cute when there's something she wants>
2. <we're having a serious discussion here, so cut the cute remarks>

Origin of CUTE

short for acute

First Known Use: circa 1731

Related to CUTE

Synonyms: beguiling, cagey (also cagy), crafty, cunning, artful, designing, devious, dodgy [chiefly British], foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily

Antonyms: artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning

Related Words: astute, facile, glib, sharp; crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous; backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced; circuitous, circular, roundabout; clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover; calculating, plotting

Near Antonyms: obvious, open, patent, plain, public, unconcealed; aboveboard, candid, direct, forthright, frank, honest, natural, outspoken, plainspoken, real, simple, sincere, straightforward, unaffected, unpretending, unpretentious, unvarnished; childlike, impressionable, simpleminded, unsophisticated, unworldly; unforced, unstudied; trustful, trusting

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Rhymes with CUTE

boot, bruit, brut, brute, bute, Bute, butte, chute, cloot, coot, flute, fruit, glout, glute, hoot, jute, Jute, loot, lute, moot, mute, newt, pood, root, Root, rout, route, scoot, scute, shoot, snoot, soot, suit, suite, toot, tout, ut, Ute