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Synonyms for "artful" in English

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artful:
- cunning; artful; ingenious; shrewd; studied
- artful; disingenuous

English

Detailed Synonyms for artful in English

artful:

artful

artful
cunning; artful
- cunning
- artful
artful
ingenious; artful
- ingenious
- artful
artful
shrewd; artful
- shrewd
- artful
artful
cunning; studied; artful
- cunning
- studied
- artful
artful
studied; artful
- studied
- artful

artful adj

artful

– marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft ¹
artful
– marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft ¹
- artful adj
  - the artful dodger¹
  - an artful choice of metaphors¹
artful

– not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness ¹
artful; disingenuous
– not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness ¹
- artful adj
- disingenuous adj
  - an ambitious, disingenuous, philistine, and hypocritical operator, who...exemplified...the most disagreeable traits of his time¹
  - a disingenuous excuse¹

Related Words for "artful":

artfulness, artfully

Alternate Synonyms for "artful":

disingenuous; distorted; misrepresented; perverted; twisted; insincere
adroit; clever; ingenious; Byzantine; crafty; cunning; dodgy; foxy; guileful; knavish; slick; sly; tricksy; tricky; wily; cute; precious; designing; scheming; deep; elusive; evasive; manipulative; pawky

Antonyms for "artful":

ingenuous; artless

Related Definitions for "artful":

marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft¹
- the artful dodger¹
- an artful choice of metaphors¹
not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness¹

¹WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University