Synonyms and Antonyms of caginess
1
exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters
- most consumers should possess sufficient caginess to see through that scam
acumen, astuteness, canniness, clear-sightedness, foxiness, hardheadedness, intelligence, keenness, knowingness, sharpness, shrewdness, wit
discernment, insight, perception, perceptiveness, perceptivity, percipience, sagaciousness, sagacity, sageness, sapience, wisdom
artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, deviousness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness
brain(s), gray matter, intellect, reason, sense
artlessness, greenness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, innocence, naiveness, naïveté (also naivete), simplemindedness, simpleness, simplicity, unsophistication, unworldliness
brainlessness, density, doltishness, dopiness, dumbness, fatuity, foolishness, half-wittedness, mindlessness, oafishness, obtuseness, senselessness, slowness, stupidity, stupidness, vacuity, witlessness
2
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
artfulness, artifice, canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness
calculation, care, design
savvy, sharpness, shrewdness
cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness
ease, facility, finesse
deceitfulness, duplicity, shiftiness, underhandedness
