Synonyms of caginess

caginess

noun

variants also cageyness

1

as in intelligence

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

most consumers should possess sufficient caginess to see through that scam

Synonyms & Similar Words

• intelligence
• insight
• shrewdness
• astuteness
• canniness
• acumen
• knowingness
• hardheadedness
• wisdom
• wit
• intellect
• foxiness
• clear-sightedness
• keenness
• sharpness
• sagacity
• perception
• perceptivity
• perceptiveness
• sense
• deviousness
• sneakiness
• slyness
• discernment
• subtlety
• percipience
• sagaciousness
• wiliness
• slickness
• cunning
• guile
• artfulness
• craftiness
• sapience
• subtleness
• sageness
• gray matter
• artifice
• craft
• reason
• brain(s)

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• naïveté
• naiveté
• ingenuousness
• guilelessness
• artlessness
• naivete
• unworldliness
• simplicity
• innocence
• greenness
• simplemindedness
• unsophistication
• naiveness
• simpleness
• obtuseness
• stupidity
• slowness
• density
• foolishness
• dopiness
• witlessness
• mindlessness
• oafishness
• fatuity
• dumbness
• vacuity
• brainlessness
• senselessness
• stupidness
• doltishness
• half-wittedness

2

as in cunning

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

the lawyer's celebrated caginess makes her the first choice of the hopelessly guilty

Synonyms & Similar Words

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