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Synonyms & Antonyms of canniness
(Entry 1 of 2)
- negotiates business deals with all of the proverbial canniness of an old-time horse trader
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- the canniness with which she negotiated her contract as spokesperson for the shoe manufacturer
Synonyms for canniness
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- caginess
- (also cageyness),
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deviousness,
- foxiness,
- guile,
- guilefulness,
- slickness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- wiliness
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canny
adjectiveSynonyms & Antonyms of canny (Entry 2 of 2)
- a canny card player, good at psyching out his opponents
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- exploitable,
- gullible
- (also gullable)
- airheaded,
- birdbrained,
- brain-dead,
- brainless,
- dim-witted,
- dopey
- (also dopy),
- dumb,
- empty-headed,
- feebleminded,
- gormless
- [chiefly British],
- half-witted,
- knuckleheaded,
- lamebrain
- (or lamebrained),
- lunkheaded,
- simple,
- slow,
- slow-witted,
- softheaded,
- stupid,
- thickheaded,
- thick-witted,
- unintelligent,
- weak-minded
Antonyms for canny
- warm and canny under the woolen bedcovers, we didn't mind the chilly Scottish nights
Synonyms for canny
- comfortable,
- comfy,
- cozy,
- relaxed,
- snug
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