Cunning
Cunning noun - The inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery.
Usage example: used cunning and subterfuge to work her way up the corporate ladder
Prevarication and cunning are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Prevarication" instead a noun "Cunning".
Nearby Word: cunningly
Prevarication
Prevarication noun - A statement known by its maker to be untrue and made in order to deceive.
Cunning and prevarication are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Cunning" instead a noun "Prevarication".
Mutual synonyms
Related pairs
- deception and cunning
- deception and prevarication
- artifice and cunning
- artifice and prevarication
- cheating and cunning
- cheating and prevarication
- double-dealing and cunning
- double-dealing and prevarication
- lying and cunning
- lying and prevarication
- fraud and cunning
- fraud and prevarication
- dishonesty and cunning
- dishonesty and prevarication
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Prevarication and Cunning. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 16, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/prevarication
Cunning & Prevarication. N.p., 2016. Web. 16 Aug. 2026. <https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/prevarication>.
Prevarication or Cunning. 2016. Accessed August 16, 2026. https://thesaurus.plus/related/cunning/prevarication.
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