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canniness

noun

Synonyms and Antonyms of canniness

1 exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters

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

Synonyms of canniness

acumen, astuteness, caginess (also cageyness), clear-sightedness, foxiness, hardheadedness, intelligence, keenness, knowingness, sharpness, shrewdness, wit

Words Related to canniness

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

Near Antonyms of canniness

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

Synonyms of canniness

artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness

Words Related to canniness

calculation, care, design

savvy, sharpness, shrewdness

cleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventiveness

ease, facility, finesse

deceitfulness, duplicity, shiftiness, underhandedness

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