Thesaurus
canniness
Synonyms and Antonyms of canniness
- negotiates business deals with all of the proverbial canniness of an old-time horse trader
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
- the canniness with which she negotiated her contract as spokesperson for the shoe manufacturer
artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness
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