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cagey

adjective
variants: also cagy

Synonyms and Antonyms of cagey

1 clever at attaining one's ends by indirect and often deceptive means
  • a cagey old politician who is exceptionally skilled at getting federal money for his district
Synonyms of cagey

artful, beguiling, crafty, cunning, cute, designing, devious, foxy, guileful, scheming, shrewd, slick, sly, subtle, tricky, wily
Words Related to cagey

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 of cagey

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
Antonyms of cagey

artless, guileless, ingenuous, innocent, undesigning
2 slow to begin or proceed with a course of action because of doubts or uncertainty
  • When it came time to sign the contract, he suddenly got cagey about taking on the job.
Synonyms of cagey

disinclined, dubious, hesitant, indisposed, loath (also loth), reluctant, reticent
Words Related to cagey

uneager, unenthusiastic

averse, unwilling

ambivalent, conflicted, doubtful, faltering, halting, indecisive, infirm, irresolute, questioning, skeptical, uncertain, undecided, unsure, vacillating, wobbly (also wabbly)

fainthearted, shy, timid
Near Antonyms of cagey

eager, enthusiastic, glad, happy, keen

ready, willing

certain, decided, determined, resolute, sure, unquestioning
Antonyms of cagey

disposed, inclined

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