crafty

Meaning

1. Skillful at deceiving others.
2. Sneaky; surreptitious.
3. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
4. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
5. Magical or occult, or allegedly so.

Concepts

crafty

cunning

sly

wily

tricky

shrewd

artful

astute

clever

foxy

deceitful

smart

sharp

cagey

dodgy

shifty

calculating

canny

nimble

skillful

sneaky

cautious

guileful

scheming

fraudulent

treacherous

knavish

slick

politic

resourceful

tricksy

insidious

designing

dishonest

arch

roguish

subtle

pawky

dexterous

vulpine

evil

slippery

devious

villainous

wicked

crooked

unscrupulous

vicious

pretentious

unreliable

diplomatic

rogue

perfidious

downy

loopy

very cunning

prudent

deft

dextrous

great at

handy

skilful

slicker

bloke

guttersnipe

hoodlum

hooligan

parlous

slyish

subtile

learned

wise

wickedly

vilainous

ambidextrous

deep

deceptive

fly

wry

agile

ready

clandestine

secretive

violent

shady

leery

on a high degree

ludicrous

outlandish

traitorous

disloyal

maneuver

scheme

stratagem

perverse

sinister

prodigy

polished

shining

smooth

traitor

intelligent

deadpan

fawce

huggermugger

mestizo

practic

scampish

underhanded

scare

move swiftly

strong

false

overbearing

malicious

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæfti/

Etymology

From Middle English crafty, crefty, craftiȝ, from Old English cræftiġ (“ingenious; skilful; crafty; cunning; virtuous; powerful”), from Proto-West Germanic *kraftag, *kraftīg, *kraftug, from Proto-Germanic *kraftugaz (“powerful”), equivalent to craft + -y. Cognate with Saterland Frisian kräftich, krääftig, West Frisian krêftich, Dutch krachtig, German Low German krachtig, German kräftig.