- Types Of Speech
- You can use cunning as a noun or as a adjective satellite in a sentence.
- About Cunning
- A 2 syllables noun and 7 letters with the letters c, g, i, n, and u, 5 consonants, 2 vowels and 2 syllables with the middle letter n. Cunning starts with and ends in a consonant with the starting letters c, cu, cun, cunn, cunni, and the ending characters are g, ng, ing, ning, nning, . Cunning is also a double consonant (nn) word. View the double consonant words list.
- Definition
- Drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- Origin/Roots
- Middle English
- School Grade
- Cunning is set as a sat word that starts with c, ends with g, 2 syllables, 2 vowels and 7 letters.
- Scrabble
- Is cunning a scrabble word? A 10 point word in scrabble. Check the word games tab below for probability, odds and more.
- Pig Latin
- Cunning in Pig Latin is said as "unningcay or unningcway".
- Unigram
- c | u | n | n | i | n | g
- Bigram
- cu | un | nn | ni | in | ng
- Trigram
- cun | unn | nni | nin | ing
- Quadrigram
- cunn | unni | nnin | ning
- Word Gram
- Noun Examples
- drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
- shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
- shrewdness in deception;
"as cunning as a fox"
- Adjective Satellite Examples
- showing inventiveness and skill;
"a clever gadget";
"the cunning maneuvers leading to his success";
"an ingenious solution to the problem" - marked by skill in deception;
"cunning men often pass for wise";
"deep political machinations";
"a foxy scheme";
"a slick evasive answer";
"sly as a fox";
"tricky Dik";
"a wily old attorney" - attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
"a cute kid with pigtails";
"a cute little apartment";
"cunning kittens";
"a cunning baby"
Synonym | Definition |
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Ability | the quality of being able to perform a quality that permits or facilitates achievement or accomplishment |
Accessibility | the attribute of being easy to meet or deal with |
Ace | a serve that the receiver is unable to reach |
Acute | a mark ('') placed above a vowel to indicate pronunciation |
Acute Accent | |
Address | social skill |
Adept | someone who is dazzlingly skilled in any field |
Adeptness | skillful performance or ability without difficulty "his quick adeptness was a product of good design" "he was famous for his facility as an archer" |
Adroit | quick or skillful or adept in action or thought "an exceptionally adroit pianist" "an adroit technician" "his adroit replies to hecklers won him many followers" "an adroit negotiator" |
Adroitness | skillful performance or ability without difficulty "his quick adeptness was a product of good design" "he was famous for his facility as an archer" |
View all cognitive synonyms for Cunning
Anagram | Definition |
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Cunning | drafty artfulness (especially in deception) |
View English words with the unique letters used in cunning. Words With The Letters Cginu
Word | Definition |
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Artfulness | the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage |
Word | Scrabble | Words With Friends | Word Chums | 4Pics1Word | Jumble |
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Vicugna (7 letters) | 13 +3 | 18 +2 | vicugna | ||
Cunning (7 letters) | 10 | 16 | cunning | ||
Uncaging (8 letters) | 12 +2 | 18 +2 | uncaging | ||
Guacin (6 letters) | 9 | 13 | guacin |
Cunning Is In These Word Lists
- Starts With C
- Ends With G
- Spelled With / Contains Letters