Synonyms of artfulness

artfulness

noun

1

as in cunning

skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means

with well-practiced artfulness, he convinced his mother he was sick enough to stay home from school but not sick enough for a visit to the doctor's office

Synonyms & Similar Words

• cunning
• subtlety
• subtleness
• slyness
• deviousness
• craft
• guile
• canniness
• craftiness
• slickness
• sneakiness
• wiliness
• ease
• artifice
• cunningness
• inventiveness
• caginess
• cleverness
• calculation
• cageyness
• ingenuity
• design
• foxiness
• shrewdness
• care
• guilefulness
• ingeniousness
• finesse
• savvy
• sharpness
• duplicity
• facility
• shiftiness
• deceitfulness
• underhandedness

2

as in skill

subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing something

building a ship model requires a painstaking artfulness I don't have

Synonyms & Similar Words

• skill
• skillfulness
• art
• cunning
• artistry
• creativity
• ease
• proficiency
• cleverness
• adeptness
• deftness
• masterfulness
• talent
• adroitness
• expertise
• artifice
• finesse
• craft
• experience
• inventiveness
• knack
• dexterity
• aptitude
• ingenuity
• expertness
• knowledge
• flair
• learning
• gift
• handiness
• know-how
• bent

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• artlessness
• ineptitude
• ineptness
• awkwardness
• clumsiness
• crudeness
• amateurishness
• rudeness
• inability
• incompetence
• maladroitness
• incapacity
• inefficiency
• inadequacy
• ineffectiveness
• ineffectuality
• inefficacy
• incapability
• klutziness
• ineffectualness
• inadequateness