Deviousness
Deviousness noun - Skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded means.
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Synonyms for Deviousness
Knowingness and deviousness are semantically related. In some cases you can use "Knowingness" instead a noun "Deviousness".
Knowingness
Knowingness noun - Exceptional discernment and judgment especially in practical matters.
Usage example: all the knowingness that comes from 20 years in the police department was evident in his appraisal of the situation
Deviousness and knowingness are semantically related. Sometimes you can use "Deviousness" instead a noun "Knowingness".
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Related pairs
- subtlety and deviousness
- subtlety and knowingness
- wariness and deviousness
- wariness and knowingness
- artifice and deviousness
- artifice and knowingness
- cunning and deviousness
- cunning and knowingness
- astuteness and deviousness
- astuteness and knowingness
- craft and deviousness
- craft and knowingness
- shrewdness and deviousness
- shrewdness and knowingness
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Knowingness and Deviousness. (2016). Retrieved 2026, August 14, from https://thesaurus.plus/related/deviousness/knowingness
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