Thesaurus / canniness
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synonyms for canniness
- planning
- thought
- caution
- circumspection
- contrivance
- deliberation
- discretion
- foresight
- precaution
- prudence
- attention
- care
- discretion
- foresight
- prudence
- vigilance
- circumspection
- deliberation
- discreetness
- forethought
- heed
- heedfulness
- providence
- watchfulness
- Fabian policy
- dexterity
- flair
- gumption
- quickness
- wit
- ability
- adroitness
- astuteness
- brains
- calculation
- discernment
- gift
- intelligence
- resourcefulness
- sagacity
- sense
- sharpness
- shrewdness
- skill
- smartness
- talent
- wisdom
- quick wit
- art
- artfulness
- artifice
- contrivance
- craftiness
- cunning
- duplicity
- foxiness
- guile
- ruse
- shrewdness
- slyness
- stratagem
- strategy
- subterfuge
- subtlety
- trickery
- wiles
- wiliness
- cageyness
- disingenuity
- attention
- foresight
- maturity
- prudence
- responsibility
- tact
- vigilance
- wisdom
- acumen
- calculation
- care
- carefulness
- chariness
- circumspection
- concern
- considerateness
- consideration
- deliberation
- diplomacy
- discernment
- discrimination
- forethought
- gumption
- heed
- heedfulness
- judiciousness
- observation
- perspicacity
- precaution
- providence
- sagacity
- sense
- shrewdness
- solicitude
- thoughtfulness
- wariness
- warning
- watchfulness
- good sense
- presence of mind
- insight
- prudence
- anticipation
- care
- carefulness
- caution
- circumspection
- clairvoyance
- discernment
- discreetness
- discretion
- economy
- foreknowledge
- forethought
- perception
- precaution
- precognition
- preconception
- premeditation
- premonition
- prescience
- prospect
- providence
- provision
- sagacity
- far-sightedness
- long-sightedness
- prenotion
- anticipation
- caution
- deliberation
- discreetness
- discretion
- foresight
- gumption
- judgment
- planning
- precaution
- premeditation
- providence
- provision
- prudence
- sense
- far-sightedness
- chicanery
- craftiness
- cunning
- deviousness
- guile
- shiftiness
- shrewdness
- slickness
- slyness
- sneakiness
- trickery
- trickiness
- wiliness
- caginess
- gamesmanship
- artfulness
- competition
- cunning
- cutthroat
- bettering
- cageyness
- competitive advantage
- competitive edge
- outsmarting
- outwitting
- rivaling
- care
- caution
- insurance
- protection
- provision
- safeguard
- safety measure
- anticipation
- circumspection
- discreetness
- discretion
- foresight
- forethought
- providence
- prudence
- regard
- wariness
- caution
- discretion
- foresight
- frugality
- moderation
- restraint
- thrift
- vigilance
- wisdom
- calculation
- cautiousness
- circumspection
- economy
- forethought
- judiciousness
- providence
- sense
- temperance
- sophrosyne
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antonyms for canniness
MOST RELEVANT
- carelessness
- disregard
- ignorance
- indiscretion
- neglect
- negligence
- thoughtlessness
- heedlessness
- imprudence
- carelessness
- disregard
- ignorance
- indiscretion
- negligence
- thoughtlessness
- heedlessness
- inattention
- indifference
- neglect
- omission
- carelessness
- ignorance
- indiscretion
- negligence
- thoughtlessness
- wildness
- disregard
- imprudence
- rashness
- recklessness
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How to use canniness in a sentence
He gave a remarkable proof of his canniness in the successful outcome of his bargaining with the trustees of the British Museum.
MAKERS OF BRITISH BOTANY; A COLLECTION OF BIOGRAPHIES BY LIVING BOTANISTSVARIOUSWith a childish canniness he held the bottle so that she could see the skull and cross-bones and the word beneath.
THE CUP OF FURYRUPERT HUGHESCarson, with the canniness so characteristic of the American, was not to be so easily convinced.
THE WOLF CUBPATRICK CASEYAs she doffed her warlike garments, her feminine canniness warned her that this was no time for explanations.
HALF PORTIONSEDNA FERBERHis keenness for the main chance, and his general canniness, all his subjects admired hugely.
SERBIA: A SKETCHHELEN LEAH REEDThis was said with such laborious canniness that the thief made haste to discover just how the land lay.
OFFICER 666BARTON W. CURRIEWith the canniness of her new-found love, Avice approached the subject in a roundabout way.
THE MARK OF CAINCAROLYN WELLSHe was, in a way, a Paul Revere spreading intelligence, and with Scotch canniness made a good bargain for himself.
THE ALASKANJAMES OLIVER CURWOODA dog is singularly destitute in what is called in Scotland, canniness.
CATSW. GORDON STABLESIt was in the morning that the landlady showed her canniness.
OUR JOURNEY TO THE HEBRIDESJOSEPH PENNELL AND ELIZABETH ROBINS PENNELLWORDS RELATED TO CANNINESS
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