Thesaurus
canniness
Synonyms and Antonyms of canniness
1
exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters
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 oneʼs ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means
artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness
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