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Synonyms & Antonyms of pawky
Synonyms & Near Synonyms for pawky
- artful,
- cagey
- (also cagy),
- crafty,
- cunning,
- devious,
- dodgy
- [chiefly British],
- foxy,
- guileful,
- slick,
- sly,
- subtle,
- tricky,
- wily
- astute,
- canny,
- clear-eyed,
- clear-sighted,
- hard-boiled,
- hardheaded,
- heady,
- knowing,
- savvy,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shrewd,
- smart
Antonyms & Near Antonyms for pawky
- 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
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“Pawky.” Merriam-Webster.com Thesaurus, Merriam-Webster, https://www.merriam-webster.com/thesaurus/pawky. Accessed 28 May. 2022.
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The first known use of pawky was circa 1640
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