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cleverness
Synonyms and Antonyms of cleverness
- it takes real cleverness to find a way around the rules
ability, aptitude, capability, capacity, faculty, knack, prowess, talent
competence, competency, efficiency, expertise, know-how, proficiency
ingeniousness, ingenuity, resourcefulness
artfulness, artifice, caginess (also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, wiliness
- the undeniable cleverness of the negotiator, who managed to get each side to believe that they had won
- Cole Porter's overall cleverness with words, including his effortless ability to rhyme and pun
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