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tricky
Synonyms and Antonyms of tricky
- a tricky musical passage for the woodwind section
- He's a tricky one, so be careful when dealing with him.
crooked, deceitful, deceptive, dishonest, fraudulent, insinuating, knavish, Machiavellian, oblique, serpentine, shady, shifty, slippery, sneaky, treacherous, underhand, underhanded, unscrupulous
backhanded, double-dealing, hypocritical, insincere, left-handed, mealy, mealymouthed, smooth-tongued, two-faced
circuitous, circular, roundabout
clandestine, concealed, covert, furtive, hugger-mugger, secret, stealthy, surreptitious, undercover
Synonym Discussion of tricky
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- a sly corporate raider
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- the cunning fox avoided the trap
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- a crafty lefthander
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- the wily fugitive escaped the posse
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- a tricky political operative
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- a foxy publicity man planting stories
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- elicited the information by artful questioning
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- slick operators selling time-sharing
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