Synonyms of canniness

canniness

noun

1

as in intelligence

exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

negotiates business deals with all of the proverbial canniness of an old-time horse trader

Synonyms & Similar Words

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

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

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

2

as in cunning

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

the canniness with which she negotiated her contract as spokesperson for the shoe manufacturer

Synonyms & Similar Words

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