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canniness
| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | artfulness, artifice, astuteness, canniness, craftiness, deceit, duplicity, guile, slyness, trickery, wiliness |
| Main Entry: | caution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | alertness, carefulness |
| Synonyms: | Fabian policy, attention, canniness, care, circumspection, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, heed, heedfulness, providence, prudence, vigilance, watchfulness |
| Antonyms: | heedlessness, imprudence, indiscretion, neglect, negligence, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | cleverness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | brightness, ingenuity |
| Synonyms: | ability, adroitness, astuteness, brains, calculation, canniness, dexterity, discernment, flair, gift, gumption, intelligence, quick wit, quickness, resourcefulness, sagacity, sense, sharpness, shrewdness, skill, smartness, talent, wisdom, wit |
| Antonyms: | foolishness, ignorance, naievety, senselessness, stupidity |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit, scheme |
| Synonyms: | art, artfulness, artifice, cageyness, canniness, contrivance, craftiness, cunning, disingenuity, duplicity, foxiness, guile, ruse, shrewdness, slyness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, subtlety, trickery, wiles, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, openness |
| Main Entry: | discretion |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | caution, judgment |
| Synonyms: | acumen, attention, calculation, canniness, care, carefulness, chariness, circumspection, concern, considerateness, consideration, deliberation, diplomacy, discernment, discrimination, foresight, forethought, good sense, gumption, heed, heedfulness, judiciousness, maturity, observation, perspicacity, precaution, presence of mind, providence, prudence, responsibility, sagacity, sense, shrewdness, solicitude, tact, thoughtfulness, vigilance, wariness, warning, watchfulness, wisdom |
| Antonyms: | carelessness, indiscretion, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | foresight |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, canniness, care, carefulness, caution, circumspection, clairvoyance, discernment, discreetness, discretion, economy, far-sightedness, foreknowledge, forethought, insight, long-sightedness, perception, precaution, precognition, preconception, premeditation, premonition, prenotion, prescience, prospect, providence, provision, prudence, sagacity |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | forethought |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | mental preparedness |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, canniness, caution, deliberation, discreetness, discretion, far-sightedness, foresight, gumption, judgment, planning, precaution, premeditation, providence, provision, prudence, sense |
| Antonyms: | hindsight, ignorance, thoughtlessness |
| Main Entry: | precaution |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | carefulness; preventative measure |
| Synonyms: | anticipation, canniness, care, caution, circumspection, discreetness, discretion, foresight, forethought, insurance, protection, providence, provision, prudence, regard, safeguard, safety measure, wariness |
| Antonyms: | carelessness |
| Main Entry: | one-upmanship |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | back-and-forth competition |
| Synonyms: | artfulness, bettering, cageyness, canniness, competition, competitive advantage, competitive edge, cunning, cutthroat, gamesmanship, outfoxing, outsmarting, outwitting, rivaling |
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