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Synonyms and Antonyms of cagey
- a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district
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
- When it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job.
disinclined, dubious, hesitant, indisposed, loath (also loth), reluctant, reticent
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