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.

Synonyms

cunning

sly

wily

tricky

shrewd

artful

astute

foxy

clever

deceitful

smart

sharp

shifty

dodgy

cagey

nimble

skillful

calculating

canny

sneaky

cautious

treacherous

fraudulent

guileful

scheming

knavish

slick

insidious

tricksy

politic

resourceful

wicked

subtle

arch

slippery

villainous

vulpine

evil

dishonest

pawky

designing

roguish

devious

dexterous

sinister

skilful

slicker

smooth

stratagem

strong

subtile

traitor

traitorous

underhanded

unreliable

unscrupulous

vicious

violent

wickedly

wise

wry

move swiftly

practic

scampish

very cunning

great at

slyish

fawce

vilainous

agile

on a high degree

ambidextrous

bloke

clandestine

crooked

deadpan

deceptive

deep

deft

dextrous

diplomatic

disloyal

downy

false

fly

✈️

guttersnipe

handy

hoodlum

hooligan

huggermugger

intelligent

learned

leery

loopy

ludicrous

malicious

maneuver

mestizo

outlandish

overbearing

parlous

perfidious

perverse

polished

pretentious

prodigy

prudent

ready

rogue

scare

😨

scheme

secretive

shady

shining

Pronounced as (IPA)

/ˈkɹæfti/

Etymology

Inherited from Middle English: crafty

Inherited from Old English: cræftiġ

Cognate with Saterland Frisian: kräftich

Cognate with Western Frisian: krêftich

Cognate with Dutch: krachtig

Cognate with German: kräftig

In summary

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.