Related Words:
- afraid
collapse - filled with regret or concern; used often to soften an unpleasant statement; "I'm afraid I won't be able to come"; "he was afraid he would have to let her go"; "I'm afraid you're wrong"
- feeling worry or concern or insecurity; "She was afraid that I might be embarrassed"; "terribly afraid of offending someone"; "I am afraid we have witnessed only the first phase of the conflict"
- having feelings of aversion or unwillingness; "afraid of hard work"; "afraid to show emotion" related words >
- abulic,
- afeared,
- aghast,
- anxious,
- apologetic,
- apprehensive,
- averse,
- backward,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chicken,
- chickenhearted,
- coward,
- cowardly,
- cowed,
- craven,
- daunted,
- dismayed,
- edgy,
- faint,
- fainthearted,
- fear-struck,
- feared,
- fearful,
- feeble,
- feebleminded,
- frail,
- frightened,
- fritter,
- funking,
- funky,
- haunted with fear,
- henhearted,
- hesitant,
- indisposed,
- infirm,
- intimidated,
- invertebrate,
- jittery,
- jumpy,
- lily-livered,
- loath,
- milk-livered,
- milksoppish,
- milksoppy,
- mousy,
- nervous,
- on edge,
- overtimid,
- overtimorous,
- panic-prone,
- panic-stricken,
- panicky,
- pigeonhearted,
- pliable,
- pusillanimous,
- rabbity,
- regretful,
- reluctant,
- rueful,
- scared,
- scared to death,
- scary,
- shrinking,
- shy,
- sissified,
- sissy,
- skittish,
- soft,
- sorry,
- spineless,
- spooked,
- terrified,
- timid,
- timorous,
- uneager,
- unhappy,
- unmanly,
- unmanned,
- unwilling,
- wary,
- weak,
- weak-kneed,
- weak-minded,
- weak-willed,
- weakhearted,
- white-livered,
- yellow
- crafty
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- 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 Dick"; "a wily old attorney" related words >
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adroit,
- ambidextrous,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chiseling,
- clever,
- collusive,
- covinous,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- devious,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- duplicitous,
- faithless,
- false,
- false-principled,
- falsehearted,
- fawning,
- feline,
- finagling,
- forsworn,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insincere,
- inventive,
- keen,
- knowing,
- pawky,
- perfidious,
- perjured,
- plotting,
- politic,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- tidy,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncandid,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unfrank,
- unsincere,
- untruthful,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adulterated,
- air-built,
- airy,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- attenuate,
- attenuated,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chimerical,
- clever,
- cloud-built,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cut,
- cute,
- dainty,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- delicate,
- designing,
- devious,
- dilute,
- diluted,
- diplomatic,
- dreamlike,
- ethereal,
- fanciful,
- fatuitous,
- fatuous,
- feline,
- fine,
- flimsy,
- foxy,
- gaseous,
- gossamery,
- guileful,
- illusory,
- imaginary,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insubstantial,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- pawky,
- phantomlike,
- politic,
- rare,
- rarefied,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- shadowy,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slight,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- spirituous,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tenuous,
- thin,
- thinned,
- thinned-out,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- uncompact,
- uncompressed,
- unreal,
- unsubstantial,
- vaporous,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- watered,
- watered-down,
- wily,
- windy
- artful
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- marked by skill in achieving a desired end especially with cunning or craft; "the artful dodger"; "an artful choice of metaphors" related words >
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adroit,
- ambidextrous,
- arch,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chiseling,
- clever,
- collusive,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- devious,
- dexterous,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- duplicitous,
- facile,
- faithless,
- false,
- false-principled,
- falsehearted,
- feline,
- finagling,
- forsworn,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insincere,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- oily,
- pawky,
- perfidious,
- perjured,
- politic,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- specious,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- suave,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- superficial,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncandid,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unfrank,
- unsincere,
- untruthful,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adroit,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- clandestine,
- clever,
- covert,
- crafty,
- creep,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- devious,
- dexterous,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- downy,
- feline,
- foxy,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- gumshoe,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- lurk,
- masterful,
- pawky,
- politic,
- predatory,
- privy,
- quiet,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skulk,
- skulking,
- slick,
- slide,
- slim,
- slink,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- slippery,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snake,
- snaky,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- snook,
- sophistical,
- steal,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unfrank,
- unobtrusive,
- unscrupulous,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- cagey,
- canny,
- catlike,
- catty,
- clandestine,
- clever,
- closet,
- covert,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- doggo,
- feline,
- foxy,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- hidden out,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- hugger-mugger,
- hush-hush,
- in ambush,
- in hiding,
- in the wings,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- lurking,
- noiseless,
- on tiptoe,
- pawky,
- politic,
- privy,
- prowling,
- pussyfoot,
- pussyfooted,
- quiet,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- secret,
- secretive,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- silent,
- skulking,
- slick,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneak,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealing,
- stealthful,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- under cover,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unobtrusive,
- vulpine,
- waiting concealed,
- wary,
- wily
- resourceful
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- having inner resources; adroit or imaginative; "someone who is resourceful is capable of dealing with difficult situations"; "an able and resourceful politician"; "the most resourceful cook in town" related words >
- Daedalian,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adaptable,
- adept,
- adjustable,
- adroit,
- all-around,
- ambidextrous,
- amphibious,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- authoritative,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- clean,
- clever,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- creative,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fancy,
- feline,
- flexible,
- foxy,
- generally capable,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- imaginative,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- magisterial,
- many-sided,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- neat,
- no mean,
- pawky,
- politic,
- professional,
- proficient,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-handed,
- versatile,
- virtuoso,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-done,
- wily,
- workmanlike
- deceitful
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- intended to deceive; "deceitful advertising"; "fallacious testimony"; "smooth, shining, and deceitful as thin ice" - S.T.Coleridge; "a fraudulent scheme to escape paying taxes" related words >
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- ambidextrous,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chiseling,
- clandestine,
- clever,
- collusive,
- counterfeit,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceptive,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- delusive,
- delusory,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- double,
- double-dealing,
- double-faced,
- double-minded,
- double-tongued,
- doublehearted,
- duplicitous,
- faithless,
- false,
- false-principled,
- falsehearted,
- feline,
- finagling,
- forsworn,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- guileful,
- hypocritical,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insincere,
- inventive,
- knavish,
- knowing,
- lying,
- mendacious,
- misleading,
- pawky,
- perfidious,
- perjured,
- politic,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- roguish,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncandid,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unfrank,
- unsincere,
- untrustworthy,
- untruthful,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Argus-eyed,
- acute,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- all ready,
- all set,
- armed,
- armed and ready,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- avid,
- booted and spurred,
- briefed,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- coached,
- cocked,
- covering,
- custodial,
- defensive,
- eager,
- eagle-eyed,
- equipped,
- familiarized,
- fostering,
- good and ready,
- groomed,
- guarded,
- guardian,
- guarding,
- hawk-eyed,
- immunizing,
- in arms,
- in battle array,
- in readiness,
- in the saddle,
- informed,
- keen,
- keen-eyed,
- lidless,
- loaded,
- loaded for bear,
- mature,
- mobilized,
- observant,
- on guard,
- on the alert,
- on the lookout,
- on the mark,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- parental,
- planned,
- prearranged,
- prepared,
- prepared and ready,
- prepped,
- preventive,
- primed,
- prophylactic,
- protecting,
- protective,
- provided,
- prudent,
- psyched up,
- ready,
- ready for anything,
- ripe,
- safeguarding,
- screening,
- set,
- sharp,
- sharp-eyed,
- sheltering,
- shielding,
- sleepless,
- tutelary,
- unsleeping,
- up in arms,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-prepared,
- wide-awake,
- with open eyes
- insidious
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- working or spreading in a hidden and usually injurious way; "glaucoma is an insidious disease"; "a subtle poison"
- intended to entrap
- beguiling but harmful; "insidious pleasures" related words >
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- amoral,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chiseling,
- clever,
- collusive,
- conscienceless,
- corrupt,
- corrupted,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- criminal,
- crooked,
- cunning,
- cute,
- dangerous,
- dark,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- devious,
- diplomatic,
- dishonest,
- dishonorable,
- doubtful,
- dubious,
- evasive,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- feline,
- felonious,
- finagling,
- fishy,
- foxy,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- gradual,
- guileful,
- ill-got,
- ill-gotten,
- immoral,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- not kosher,
- pawky,
- perfidious,
- perilous,
- politic,
- questionable,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- rotten,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- shady,
- shameless,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- sinister,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- suspicious,
- tactical,
- treacherous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- unconscienced,
- unconscientious,
- unconscionable,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- unethical,
- unprincipled,
- unsavory,
- unscrupulous,
- unstraightforward,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily,
- without remorse,
- without shame
- discreet
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- marked by prudence or modesty and wise self-restraint; "his trusted discreet aide"; "a discreet, finely wrought gold necklace" related words >
- Olympian,
- aloof,
- backward,
- bashful,
- blank,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chilled,
- chilly,
- circumspect,
- close,
- closemouthed,
- cold,
- considerate,
- constrained,
- controlled,
- cool,
- dark,
- deliberate,
- detached,
- diplomatic,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- distant,
- dry,
- enlightened,
- evasive,
- expressionless,
- forbidding,
- frigid,
- frosty,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- icy,
- impassive,
- impersonal,
- inaccessible,
- introverted,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- modest,
- noncommittal,
- offish,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- reasonable,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- remote,
- removed,
- repressed,
- reserved,
- restrained,
- reticent,
- retiring,
- safe,
- secret,
- secretive,
- shifty,
- shrinking,
- simple,
- slow to act,
- standoff,
- standoffish,
- subdued,
- suppressed,
- tactful,
- temperate,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- unadorned,
- unadventurous,
- unaffable,
- unapproachable,
- uncommunicative,
- uncongenial,
- undaring,
- undemonstrative,
- unelaborate,
- unenterprising,
- unexcessive,
- unexpansive,
- unextreme,
- ungenial,
- unostentatious,
- unprecipitate,
- unpretentious,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- withdrawn
- circumspect
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- heedful of potential consequences; "circumspect actions"; "physicians are now more circumspect about recommending its use"; "a discreet investor" related words >
- ambling,
- attentive,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- claudicant,
- considerate,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- easy,
- enlightened,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indolent,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loving,
- lumbering,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scrupulous,
- shuffling,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- solicitous,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- unprecipitate,
- waddling,
- wary,
- well-advised,
- well-judged
- Lenten,
- Scotch,
- Spartan,
- abstemious,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- budget,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- cheap,
- cheeseparing,
- conservational,
- conservative,
- conserving,
- discreet,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- easy,
- economic,
- economical,
- economizing,
- economy,
- exiguous,
- forehanded,
- frugal to excess,
- impoverished,
- inexpensive,
- jejune,
- labor-saving,
- lean,
- limited,
- low,
- low-priced,
- manageable,
- meager,
- mean,
- measured,
- meticulous,
- miserly,
- moderate,
- modest,
- money-saving,
- narrow,
- negligible,
- niggardly,
- nominal,
- overfrugal,
- paltry,
- parsimonious,
- penny-pinching,
- penny-wise,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- penurious,
- piddling,
- poor,
- preserving,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- puny,
- reasonable,
- restrained,
- saving,
- scamping,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scrawny,
- scrimp,
- scrimping,
- scrimpy,
- sensible,
- shabby,
- shoddy,
- skimp,
- skimping,
- skimpy,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- small,
- sober,
- spare,
- sparing,
- starvation,
- stingy,
- stinted,
- stinting,
- straitened,
- stunted,
- subsistence,
- temperate,
- thin,
- thrifty,
- tight-fisted,
- time-saving,
- token,
- too frugal,
- unexpensive,
- unnourishing,
- unnutritious,
- unwasteful,
- wary,
- watered,
- watery,
- within means,
- worth the money
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- Scotch,
- acute,
- adroit,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- clever,
- conserving,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deliberate,
- designing,
- devious,
- dexterous,
- diplomatic,
- discreet,
- economic,
- economical,
- economizing,
- feline,
- forehanded,
- foxy,
- frugal,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- guileful,
- heedful,
- hep,
- hesitant,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- judicious,
- knowing,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- mindful,
- money-saving,
- nimble-witted,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- parsimonious,
- pawky,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- quick,
- quick-witted,
- ready,
- regardful,
- resourceful,
- safe,
- saving,
- scheming,
- scrimping,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- sharp-witted,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skimping,
- slick,
- slim,
- slippery,
- slow to act,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- spare,
- sparing,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Daedalian,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- authoritative,
- bravura,
- bright,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- clean,
- clever,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- coordinated,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- creative,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- demiurgic,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- diplomatic,
- esemplastic,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fancy,
- fecund,
- feline,
- fertile,
- foxy,
- germinal,
- gifted,
- good,
- goodish,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- ideational,
- ideative,
- imaginative,
- innovational,
- innovative,
- insidious,
- inspired,
- inventive,
- keen,
- knowing,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- neat,
- no mean,
- notional,
- on the ball,
- original,
- originative,
- pawky,
- politic,
- pregnant,
- productive,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prolific,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- seminal,
- serpentine,
- shaping,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skilled,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slim,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smart,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- talented,
- teeming,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- virtuoso,
- visioned,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-done,
- wily,
- workmanlike
- reluctant
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- not eager; "foreigners stubbornly uneager to accept our ways"; "fresh from college and uneager for the moment to marry him"; "reluctant to help"
- unwilling to become involved; "they were usually reluctant to socialize"; "reluctant to help" related words >
- afraid,
- ambling,
- antagonistic,
- apathetic,
- averse,
- backward,
- balking,
- balky,
- calculating,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- complaining,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- deliberate,
- dilatory,
- disinclined,
- disputatious,
- disputing,
- dissentient,
- dissenting,
- easy,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- fractious,
- gentle,
- gradual,
- grudging,
- halting,
- hesitant,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- indifferent,
- indisposed,
- indolent,
- laggard,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leery,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loath,
- lumbering,
- moderate,
- noncooperative,
- objecting,
- obstructive,
- on the barricades,
- opposed,
- perfunctory,
- poking,
- poky,
- proof against,
- protesting,
- rebellious,
- recalcitrant,
- refractory,
- relaxed,
- renitent,
- repellent,
- resistant,
- resisting,
- resistive,
- restive,
- retardant,
- retardative,
- sauntering,
- shuffling,
- shy,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- staggering,
- strolling,
- tentative,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- uncooperative,
- uneager,
- unenthusiastic,
- unhurried,
- unsubmissive,
- unwilling,
- unyielding,
- unzealous,
- up in arms,
- waddling,
- wary,
- withstanding
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- abecedarian,
- aboriginal,
- acute,
- antenatal,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- autochthonous,
- beginning,
- budding,
- cagey,
- canny,
- causative,
- clever,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- constructive,
- crafty,
- creative,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- demiurgic,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- elemental,
- elementary,
- embryonic,
- esemplastic,
- fecund,
- feline,
- fertile,
- fetal,
- formative,
- foundational,
- foxy,
- fruitful,
- fundamental,
- generative,
- germinal,
- gestatory,
- guileful,
- ideational,
- ideative,
- imaginative,
- in embryo,
- in its infancy,
- in the bud,
- inaugural,
- inceptive,
- inchoate,
- inchoative,
- incipient,
- incunabular,
- infant,
- infantile,
- ingenious,
- initial,
- initiative,
- initiatory,
- innovational,
- innovative,
- insidious,
- inspired,
- introductory,
- knowing,
- nascent,
- natal,
- notional,
- original,
- originative,
- parturient,
- pawky,
- politic,
- postnatal,
- pregnant,
- prenatal,
- primal,
- primary,
- prime,
- primeval,
- primitive,
- primogenial,
- procreative,
- productive,
- prolific,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- rudimental,
- rudimentary,
- scheming,
- seminal,
- serpentine,
- shaping,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- tactical,
- teeming,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- ur,
- visioned,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- thoughtful
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- considerate of the feelings or well-being of others
- having intellectual depth; "a deeply thoughtful essay"
- acting with or showing thought and good sense; "a sensible young man"
- exhibiting or characterized by careful thought; "a thoughtful paper" related words >
- accommodating,
- accommodative,
- affable,
- agreeable,
- analytical,
- attentive,
- brainy,
- brooding,
- calculating,
- careful,
- caring,
- cautious,
- charitable,
- circumspect,
- civil,
- cogitative,
- cognitive,
- compassionate,
- complaisant,
- concentrating,
- concentrative,
- conceptive,
- conceptual,
- conceptualized,
- considerate,
- contemplating,
- contemplative,
- courteous,
- curious,
- decorous,
- deep,
- deferential,
- deliberating,
- deliberative,
- delicate,
- demure,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- earnest,
- engrossed,
- enlightened,
- excogitating,
- fair,
- formal,
- frowning,
- graceful,
- gracious,
- grave,
- grim,
- grim-faced,
- grim-visaged,
- heedful,
- helpful,
- ideative,
- indulgent,
- intellectual,
- introspective,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- kind,
- kindly,
- lenient,
- logical,
- long-faced,
- loving,
- meditating,
- meditative,
- melancholy,
- mental,
- mindful,
- mindful of others,
- museful,
- musing,
- noetic,
- obliging,
- pensive,
- polite,
- politic,
- pondering,
- prehensive,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- rapt,
- rational,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- respectful,
- ruminant,
- ruminating,
- ruminative,
- sedate,
- serious,
- sober,
- sober-minded,
- sobersided,
- solemn,
- solicitous,
- somber,
- speculative,
- staid,
- stone-faced,
- straight-faced,
- studious,
- sympathetic,
- tactful,
- tender,
- thinking,
- thought,
- tolerant,
- unsmiling,
- unthoughtful,
- urbane,
- wary,
- weighty,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wistful
- careful
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- exercising caution or showing care or attention; "they were careful when crossing the busy street"; "be careful to keep her shoes clean"; "did very careful research"; "careful art restorers"; "careful of the rights of others"; "careful about one's behavior"
- with care and dignity; "walking at the same measured pace"; "with all deliberate speed"
- mindful of the future in spending money; "careful with money"
- cautiously attentive; "careful of her feelings"; "heedful of his father's advice"
- full of cares or anxiety; "Thou art careful and troubled about many things"-Luke 10.41 related words >
- Scotch,
- accurate,
- advertent,
- agog,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aware,
- calculating,
- canny,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- concentrated,
- conscientious,
- conscionable,
- conscious,
- conserving,
- considerate,
- critical,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- diligent,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- duteous,
- dutiful,
- earnest,
- economic,
- economizing,
- enlightened,
- exact,
- fastidious,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- forehanded,
- foresighted,
- frugal,
- fussy,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- loving,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- money-saving,
- nice,
- niggling,
- noncommittal,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- open-eared,
- open-eyed,
- openmouthed,
- overconscientious,
- overlooking no possibility,
- overscrupulous,
- painstaking,
- parsimonious,
- particular,
- pawky,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- precise,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- punctilious,
- punctual,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- religious,
- safe,
- saving,
- scrimping,
- scrupulous,
- skimping,
- slow to act,
- solicitous,
- spare,
- sparing,
- strict,
- studied,
- systematic,
- tender,
- tender-conscienced,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged
- diplomatic
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- skilled in dealing with sensitive matters or people
- relating to or characteristic of diplomacy; "diplomatic immunity" related words >
- Daedalian,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- adept,
- adroit,
- ambassadorial,
- apt,
- arch,
- artful,
- artistic,
- astute,
- authoritative,
- bland,
- bravura,
- brilliant,
- cagey,
- canny,
- civic,
- clean,
- clever,
- consular,
- coordinated,
- courteous,
- crack,
- crackerjack,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- daedal,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deft,
- delicate,
- designing,
- dexterous,
- dextrous,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- excellent,
- expert,
- fancy,
- feline,
- foxy,
- geopolitical,
- good,
- goodish,
- governmental,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- handy,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- magisterial,
- masterful,
- masterly,
- ministerial,
- neat,
- no mean,
- pawky,
- perceptive,
- perspicacious,
- plenipotentiary,
- polite,
- politic,
- political,
- politico-commercial,
- politico-diplomatic,
- politico-economic,
- politico-geographical,
- politico-judicial,
- politico-military,
- politico-moral,
- politico-religious,
- politico-scientific,
- politico-social,
- politico-theological,
- professional,
- proficient,
- prudent,
- quick,
- quite some,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- scheming,
- sensitive,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- skillful,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- some,
- sophistical,
- statesmanlike,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stylish,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- suffragist,
- supple,
- tactful,
- tactical,
- the compleat,
- the complete,
- thoughtful,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- virtuoso,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- well-done,
- wily,
- wise,
- workmanlike
- Argus-eyed,
- advertent,
- agape,
- aghast,
- agog,
- alert,
- all agog,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- amazed,
- assiduous,
- astonished,
- astounded,
- at gaze,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- aware,
- awed,
- awestruck,
- beguiled,
- bewildered,
- bewitched,
- breathless,
- burning with curiosity,
- captivated,
- careful,
- concentrated,
- confounded,
- conscious,
- consumed with curiosity,
- curious,
- custodial,
- diligent,
- dumbfounded,
- dumbstruck,
- eagle-eyed,
- earnest,
- enchanted,
- enraptured,
- enravished,
- enthralled,
- entranced,
- fascinated,
- finical,
- finicking,
- finicky,
- flabbergasted,
- gaping,
- gauping,
- gazing,
- ghoulish,
- gossipy,
- guarded,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hypnotized,
- in awe,
- in awe of,
- inquiring,
- inquisitive,
- intense,
- intent,
- intentive,
- interested,
- itchy,
- keen-eyed,
- lidless,
- lost in wonder,
- marveling,
- mesmerized,
- meticulous,
- mindful,
- morbid,
- morbidly curious,
- nice,
- niggling,
- observant,
- observing,
- on guard,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eared,
- openmouthed,
- overcurious,
- overwhelmed,
- popeyed,
- prudent,
- prurient,
- puzzled,
- quizzical,
- rapt in wonder,
- regardful,
- scopophiliac,
- sharp-eyed,
- sleepless,
- spellbound,
- staggered,
- staring,
- stupefied,
- supercurious,
- surprised,
- thunderstruck,
- under a charm,
- unsleeping,
- untold,
- vigilant,
- voyeuristic,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- watchful,
- wide-awake,
- wide-eyed,
- with open eyes,
- wonder-struck,
- wondering
- saving
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- characterized by thriftiness; "wealthy by inheritance but saving by constitution"- Ellen Glasgow related words >
- Scotch,
- aside from,
- bar,
- barring,
- beside,
- besides,
- but,
- cache,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- compensating,
- compensatory,
- conservancy,
- conservation,
- conservational,
- conservationism,
- conservationist,
- conservative,
- conservatory,
- conserving,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- deliverance,
- delivery,
- economic,
- economical,
- economization,
- economizing,
- economy,
- environmental conservation,
- ex,
- except,
- except for,
- excepting,
- excluding,
- exclusive of,
- excusing the liberty,
- extenuating,
- extenuatory,
- extrication,
- forehanded,
- forest conservation,
- forest management,
- freeing,
- frugal,
- frugality,
- hoard,
- in deference to,
- keeping,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out,
- let alone,
- liberation,
- lifesaving,
- low growth rate,
- maintenance,
- money-saving,
- nest egg,
- omitting,
- outside of,
- parsimonious,
- penny-wise,
- precluding,
- preserval,
- preservation,
- preservative,
- preservatory,
- preserving,
- protection,
- protective,
- providence,
- provident,
- prudence,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- qualifying,
- ransom,
- recovery,
- redeeming,
- redemption,
- redemptional,
- redemptive,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- release,
- rescue,
- reserve,
- resources,
- retrenchment,
- retrieval,
- safekeeping,
- salvage,
- salvation,
- save,
- save and except,
- saving your reverence,
- savings,
- scraping,
- scrimping,
- skimping,
- slowdown,
- soil conservation,
- spare,
- sparing,
- sparingness,
- stream conservation,
- support,
- than,
- thrift,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unless,
- unwasteful,
- upkeep,
- wary,
- water conservation,
- wetlands conservation,
- wildlife conservation,
- with all respect,
- with due respect,
- without
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- Titian,
- acute,
- adust,
- alluring,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- attractive,
- auburn,
- bay,
- bay-colored,
- bayard,
- besmirched,
- blackened,
- brazen,
- bronze,
- bronze-colored,
- bronzed,
- brownish-red,
- cagey,
- cagy,
- calculating,
- canine,
- canny,
- castaneous,
- chestnut,
- chestnut-brown,
- clever,
- copper,
- copper-colored,
- coppery,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cupreous,
- cute,
- darkened,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- devious,
- diplomatic,
- discolored,
- dishonest,
- disingenuous,
- doggy,
- feline,
- ferruginous,
- foxed,
- foxlike,
- guileful,
- henna,
- ingenious,
- inky,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- liver-brown,
- liver-colored,
- livid-brown,
- lupine,
- mahogany,
- murky,
- pawky,
- plotting,
- politic,
- ready,
- reddish-brown,
- resourceful,
- roan,
- rubiginous,
- rufous,
- russet,
- russety,
- rust,
- rust-colored,
- rusty,
- scheming,
- seductive,
- serpentine,
- sexy,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smirched,
- smoky,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- soiled,
- sophistical,
- stained,
- stealthy,
- stigmatic,
- stigmatiferous,
- stigmatized,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- sunburned,
- supple,
- tactical,
- tainted,
- tarnished,
- terra-cotta,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily,
- wise,
- wolfish
- Argus-eyed,
- agile,
- alert,
- alive,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- ardent,
- assiduous,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- awake,
- bright,
- constant,
- continuing,
- custodial,
- diligent,
- disturbed,
- dogged,
- eagle-eyed,
- enduring,
- energetic,
- faithful,
- fervent,
- guarded,
- hard,
- hardworking,
- hawk-eyed,
- immutable,
- inalterable,
- indefatigable,
- indomitable,
- industrious,
- insistent,
- insomniac,
- insomnious,
- invincible,
- keen,
- keen-eyed,
- laborious,
- lasting,
- lidless,
- loyal,
- never idle,
- never-tiring,
- nimble,
- observant,
- obstinate,
- on guard,
- on the,
- on the alert,
- on the ball,
- on the job,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- patient,
- patient as Job,
- permanent,
- perseverant,
- persevering,
- persistent,
- persisting,
- pertinacious,
- plodding,
- plugging,
- preoccupied,
- prompt,
- prudent,
- qui vive,
- quick,
- rapt,
- ready,
- relentless,
- resolute,
- restless,
- sedulous,
- sharp,
- sharp-eyed,
- single-minded,
- slogging,
- slumberless,
- smart,
- stable,
- steadfast,
- steady,
- strenuous,
- stubborn,
- tenacious,
- tireless,
- unabating,
- unblinking,
- unconquerable,
- undaunted,
- undiscouraged,
- undrooping,
- unfailing,
- unfaltering,
- unflagging,
- unflinching,
- unintermitting,
- uninterrupted,
- unnodding,
- unrelaxing,
- unrelenting,
- unremitting,
- unsleeping,
- unsparing,
- unswerving,
- untiring,
- unwavering,
- unwearied,
- unwearying,
- unwinking,
- utterly attentive,
- vehement,
- vigilant,
- wakeful,
- wary,
- watchful,
- weariless,
- wide-awake,
- with open eyes,
- zealous
- Byzantine,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- acute,
- arch,
- artful,
- artifice,
- astute,
- cabal,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- chiseling,
- clever,
- collusion,
- collusive,
- complicity,
- complot,
- confederacy,
- connivance,
- connivent,
- conniving,
- conspiracy,
- conspiring,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- counterplot,
- covin,
- covinous,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- deep-laid plot,
- designing,
- devious,
- diplomatic,
- disingenuous,
- duplicitous,
- engineering,
- false,
- falsehearted,
- feline,
- finagling,
- finesse,
- forsworn,
- foxy,
- frame-up,
- fraudulent,
- furtive,
- game,
- guileful,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- insincere,
- intrigue,
- intriguing,
- inventive,
- knowing,
- little game,
- machination,
- maneuvering,
- manipulation,
- nefarious,
- packed deal,
- packed jury,
- pawky,
- perjured,
- planning,
- plot,
- plotting,
- politic,
- prearrangement,
- preconcertedness,
- premeditation,
- preordering,
- put-up job,
- ready,
- resourceful,
- rigged jury,
- rigging,
- scheme,
- schemery,
- serpentine,
- setup,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stacked deck,
- stealthy,
- stratagem,
- stratagemical,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tactical,
- treacherous,
- trick,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- two-faced,
- uncandid,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- underplot,
- unfrank,
- unsincere,
- untruthful,
- up to,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- web of intrigue,
- wily,
- wire-pulling
- prudent
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- careful and sensible; marked by sound judgment; "a prudent manager"; "prudent rulers"; "prudent hesitation"; "more prudent to hide than to fight" related words >
- Argus-eyed,
- Scotch,
- advisable,
- alert,
- all ears,
- all eyes,
- anticipant,
- anticipatory,
- attentive,
- aux aguets,
- bland,
- canny,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chary,
- cheeseparing,
- circumspect,
- clairvoyant,
- conserving,
- considerate,
- custodial,
- deliberate,
- discerning,
- discreet,
- discriminating,
- discriminative,
- divinatory,
- eagle-eyed,
- economic,
- economical,
- economizing,
- enlightened,
- farseeing,
- farsighted,
- forehanded,
- foreknowing,
- foreseeing,
- foresighted,
- forethoughted,
- forethoughtful,
- frugal,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- guarded,
- hawk-eyed,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- intuitive,
- judgmatic,
- judicial,
- judicious,
- keen-eyed,
- labor-saving,
- leaving out nothing,
- lidless,
- longsighted,
- mild,
- mild as milk,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- money-saving,
- noncommittal,
- nonviolent,
- observant,
- on guard,
- on the lookout,
- on the watch,
- open-eyed,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pacifistic,
- parsimonious,
- pawky,
- peaceable,
- peaceful,
- penny-wise,
- politic,
- precognitive,
- precognizant,
- prepared,
- prescient,
- provident,
- providential,
- prudential,
- ready,
- reasonable,
- reflecting,
- reflective,
- regardful,
- safe,
- sagacious,
- sage,
- sane,
- sapient,
- saving,
- scrimping,
- sensible,
- sharp-eyed,
- shrewd,
- skimping,
- sleepless,
- slow to act,
- sober,
- soft,
- spare,
- sparing,
- tactical,
- tame,
- temperate,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- thrifty,
- time-saving,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unprecipitate,
- unwasteful,
- vigilant,
- wary,
- watchful,
- well-advised,
- well-judged,
- wise,
- with open eyes
- anxious
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- causing or fraught with or showing anxiety; "spent an anxious night waiting for the test results"; "cast anxious glances behind her"; "those nervous moments before takeoff"; "an unquiet mind" related words >
- aching,
- aghast,
- agitated,
- agog,
- alacritous,
- alarmed,
- all agog,
- all-overish,
- anguished,
- animated,
- annoyed,
- antsy,
- antsy-pantsy,
- anxioused up,
- apprehensive,
- ardent,
- athirst,
- avid,
- beset,
- bored,
- bothered,
- breathless,
- bursting to,
- careful,
- cautious,
- chafing,
- cheerless,
- concerned,
- depressed,
- desirous,
- disgusted,
- disquieted,
- distressed,
- disturbed,
- eager,
- edgy,
- embarrassed,
- enthusiastic,
- excited,
- fearful,
- foreboding,
- forward,
- fretful,
- fretting,
- frightened,
- full of life,
- grim,
- harassed,
- hasty,
- hopped-up,
- ill at ease,
- impatient,
- impetuous,
- importunate,
- in a lather,
- in a pucker,
- in a stew,
- in a sweat,
- in suspense,
- inconvenienced,
- irked,
- jittery,
- joyless,
- keen,
- keyed-up,
- lively,
- longing,
- misgiving,
- nauseated,
- nauseous,
- nervous,
- on edge,
- on tenterhooks,
- on tiptoe,
- overanxious,
- overapprehensive,
- panting,
- perturbed,
- plagued,
- pleasureless,
- pressing,
- prey to malaise,
- prompt,
- put to it,
- puzzled,
- qualmish,
- qualmy,
- quick,
- quivering,
- raring to,
- ready,
- ready and willing,
- repelled,
- restive,
- restless,
- revolted,
- sad,
- scared,
- scary,
- sickened,
- solicitous,
- sore beset,
- spirited,
- squirming,
- squirmy,
- strained,
- suffering angst,
- suspenseful,
- taut,
- tense,
- terrified,
- thirsty,
- troubled,
- uncertain,
- uneasy,
- unfulfilled,
- ungratified,
- unhappy,
- unpatient,
- unquiet,
- unsatisfied,
- upset,
- urgent,
- vexed,
- vital,
- vivacious,
- vivid,
- wary,
- watchful,
- with bated breath,
- with muscles tense,
- worried,
- yearning,
- zealous,
- zestful
- feline
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- any of various lithe-bodied roundheaded fissiped mammals many with retractile claws
- of or relating to cats; "feline fur" related words >
- Cheshire cat,
- Chinchilla cat,
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- Maltese cat,
- acute,
- alley cat,
- amphibian,
- aquatic,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- back-door,
- backstairs,
- biped,
- blue cat,
- cagey,
- calico cat,
- canine,
- cannibal,
- canny,
- carnivore,
- cat,
- catlike,
- cattish,
- catty,
- clandestine,
- clever,
- cosmopolite,
- covert,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- felid,
- foxy,
- furtive,
- gib,
- gib-cat,
- gnawer,
- grimalkin,
- guileful,
- herbivore,
- hidlings,
- hole-and-corner,
- house cat,
- hugger-mugger,
- ingenious,
- insectivore,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- invertebrate,
- kit,
- kitling,
- kitten,
- kittenish,
- kitty,
- kitty-cat,
- knowing,
- leonine,
- lionlike,
- mammal,
- mammalian,
- marsupial,
- marsupialian,
- mouser,
- omnivore,
- pawky,
- politic,
- primate,
- privy,
- puss,
- pussy,
- pussycat,
- quadruped,
- quiet,
- ready,
- reptile,
- resourceful,
- rodent,
- ruminant,
- scavenger,
- scheming,
- serpentine,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- silver cat,
- skulking,
- slick,
- slinking,
- slinky,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaking,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- surreptitious,
- tabby,
- tabby cat,
- tactical,
- tiger cat,
- tigerish,
- tom,
- tomcat,
- tortoise-shell cat,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- under-the-counter,
- under-the-table,
- undercover,
- underground,
- underhand,
- underhanded,
- ungulate,
- unobtrusive,
- varmint,
- vermin,
- vertebrate,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- wily
- Lenten,
- Scotch,
- Spartan,
- absolution,
- abstemious,
- amnesty,
- ascetic,
- austere,
- benevolent,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- cheap,
- cheeseparing,
- close,
- conciliatory,
- conserving,
- cooling,
- cooling down,
- cooling off,
- curtailment,
- cutback,
- dwarfed,
- dwarfish,
- economic,
- economical,
- economization,
- economizing,
- exculpation,
- excuse,
- exemption,
- exiguous,
- exoneration,
- forbearing,
- forehanded,
- forgiving,
- frugal,
- frugal to excess,
- generous,
- grace,
- immunity,
- impoverished,
- indemnity,
- jejune,
- kind,
- labor-saving,
- lean,
- limited,
- long-suffering,
- longanimous,
- low growth rate,
- magnanimous,
- meager,
- mean,
- measured,
- mingy,
- miserly,
- moderate,
- money-saving,
- narrow,
- niggardly,
- overfrugal,
- paltry,
- pardon,
- parsimonious,
- patient,
- penny-pinching,
- penny-wise,
- penny-wise and pound-foolish,
- penurious,
- placable,
- poor,
- provident,
- prudent,
- prudential,
- puny,
- redemption,
- reduction of expenses,
- reduction of spending,
- remission,
- remission of sin,
- reprieve,
- restrained,
- retrenchment,
- saving,
- scamping,
- scant,
- scanty,
- scraping,
- scrawny,
- scrimp,
- scrimping,
- scrimpy,
- shrift,
- skimp,
- skimping,
- skimpy,
- slender,
- slight,
- slim,
- slowdown,
- small,
- sober,
- spare,
- sparse,
- starvation,
- stingy,
- stinted,
- stinting,
- straitened,
- stunted,
- subsistence,
- temperate,
- thin,
- thrifty,
- tight,
- tight-fisted,
- tightfisted,
- time-saving,
- tolerant,
- too frugal,
- ungiving,
- unnourishing,
- unnutritious,
- unresentful,
- unrevengeful,
- unwasteful,
- wary,
- watered,
- watery
- cautious
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- cautious in attitude and careful in actions; prudent; "a cautious answer"; "very cautious about believing everything she was told"
- showing careful forethought; "reserved and cautious; never making swift decisions"; "a cautious driver"
- avoiding excess; "a conservative estimate" related words >
- alert,
- ambling,
- attentive,
- cagey,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- chary,
- circumspect,
- claudicant,
- considerate,
- cozy,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- creeping like snail,
- curious,
- deliberate,
- demurring,
- diffident,
- discreet,
- disinclined to believe,
- disposed to doubt,
- easy,
- expedient,
- faltering,
- flagging,
- foot-dragging,
- foresighted,
- forethoughtful,
- gentle,
- gingerly,
- gradual,
- guarded,
- halting,
- hard of belief,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- hesitating,
- hobbled,
- hobbling,
- idle,
- impervious to persuasion,
- inconvincible,
- incredulous,
- indolent,
- jibbing,
- judicious,
- languid,
- languorous,
- lazy,
- leaving out nothing,
- leery,
- leisurely,
- limping,
- loving,
- lumbering,
- mindful,
- moderate,
- noncommittal,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- pawky,
- poking,
- poky,
- politic,
- precautious,
- provident,
- prudent,
- regardful,
- relaxed,
- reluctant,
- safe,
- sauntering,
- scheming,
- scrupling,
- shilly-shallying,
- shrewd,
- shuffling,
- shy of belief,
- skeptical,
- slack,
- slothful,
- slow,
- slow as death,
- slow as molasses,
- slow as slow,
- slow to act,
- slow-crawling,
- slow-foot,
- slow-going,
- slow-legged,
- slow-moving,
- slow-paced,
- slow-poky,
- slow-running,
- slow-sailing,
- slow-stepped,
- sluggish,
- snail-paced,
- snaillike,
- solicitous,
- staggering,
- sticking,
- stickling,
- straining,
- strolling,
- suspecting,
- suspicious,
- tender,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- thoughtful,
- timid,
- toddling,
- tortoiselike,
- tottering,
- trudging,
- turtlelike,
- unadventurous,
- uncommunicative,
- unconvincible,
- uncredulous,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unhurried,
- unpersuadable,
- unpersuasible,
- unprecipitate,
- unwilling to accept,
- vigilant,
- waddling,
- wary,
- watchful
- supple
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- make pliant and flexible; "These boots are not yet suppled by frequent use" related words >
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- able to adapt,
- accommodating,
- acquiescent,
- acute,
- adaptable,
- adjustable,
- agile,
- all-around,
- alterable,
- alterative,
- ambidextrous,
- amphibious,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- athletic,
- bendable,
- bending,
- cagey,
- canny,
- changeable,
- checkered,
- clever,
- complaisant,
- compliant,
- crafty,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- designing,
- diplomatic,
- ductile,
- elastic,
- ever-changing,
- extensible,
- extensile,
- fabricable,
- facile,
- fawning,
- feline,
- fictile,
- flexible,
- flexile,
- flexuous,
- fluid,
- formable,
- formative,
- foxy,
- generally capable,
- giving,
- graceful,
- guileful,
- impermanent,
- impressible,
- impressionable,
- ingenious,
- ingratiating,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- kaleidoscopic,
- knowing,
- like putty,
- limber,
- lissome,
- lithe,
- lithesome,
- malleable,
- many-sided,
- metamorphic,
- mobile,
- modifiable,
- moldable,
- movable,
- mutable,
- nimble,
- nonuniform,
- obliging,
- obsequious,
- pawky,
- permutable,
- plastic,
- pliable,
- pliant,
- politic,
- protean,
- proteiform,
- ready,
- receptive,
- resilient,
- resourceful,
- responsive,
- rubbery,
- scheming,
- sensitive,
- sequacious,
- serpentine,
- servile,
- shapable,
- sharp,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- slick,
- slippery,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snaky,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- springy,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stretch,
- stretchy,
- submissive,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- susceptible,
- tactical,
- temporizing,
- timeserving,
- toadying,
- tractable,
- tractile,
- transient,
- transitory,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- trimming,
- two-handed,
- unresistant,
- unresisting,
- variable,
- versatile,
- vulpine,
- wary,
- whippy,
- willowy,
- wily,
- wiry,
- yielding
- safe
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- strongbox where valuables can be safely kept
- a ventilated or refrigerated cupboard for securing provisions from pests
- (of an undertaking) secure from risk
- free from danger or the risk of harm; "a safe trip"; "you will be safe here"; "a safe place"; "a safe bet"
- in safekeeping; "your secret is safe with me" related words >
- Fort Knox,
- OK,
- acceptable,
- all right,
- allowable,
- appropriate,
- armed,
- bank,
- bona fide,
- bursary,
- calculating,
- canny,
- careful,
- cash register,
- cashbox,
- cautious,
- chary,
- chest,
- circumspect,
- cloaked,
- coffer,
- coin box,
- conservative,
- considerate,
- copyrighted,
- correct,
- covered,
- crypt,
- defended,
- deliberate,
- dependable,
- depository,
- discreet,
- exchequer,
- fisc,
- gingerly,
- gold depository,
- guarded,
- guarding,
- harmless,
- healthy,
- heedful,
- hesitant,
- immune,
- immunized,
- impregnable,
- innocent,
- innocuous,
- inoffensive,
- insured,
- intact,
- inviolable,
- invulnerable,
- judicious,
- justifiable,
- justified,
- leaving out nothing,
- locker,
- mindful,
- money chest,
- noncommittal,
- okay,
- on guard,
- overlooking no possibility,
- patented,
- pawky,
- penny bank,
- permissible,
- piggy bank,
- policed,
- politic,
- pork barrel,
- proper,
- protected,
- protecting,
- prudent,
- public crib,
- public till,
- public treasury,
- public trough,
- regardful,
- reliable,
- repository,
- right,
- riskless,
- safe and sound,
- safe-deposit box,
- safeguarded,
- safeguarding,
- safely,
- satisfactory,
- scatheless,
- screened,
- secure,
- secured,
- securely,
- sheltered,
- sheltering,
- shielded,
- shielding,
- slow to act,
- solid,
- sound,
- storehouse,
- strong room,
- strongbox,
- subtreasury,
- suitable,
- sure,
- tentative,
- thorough,
- till,
- timely,
- treasure-house,
- treasury,
- tried and true,
- unadventurous,
- unassailable,
- uncommunicative,
- undamaged,
- undaring,
- unenterprising,
- unharmed,
- unhurt,
- uninjured,
- uninjurious,
- unpolluted,
- unprecipitate,
- unscathed,
- unthreatened,
- untouched,
- vault,
- wary,
- whole,
- wholesome
- Machiavellian,
- Machiavellic,
- aberrant,
- aberrative,
- acute,
- ambagious,
- amphibian,
- anfractuous,
- anguiform,
- anguine,
- arch,
- artful,
- astute,
- batrachian,
- cagey,
- canny,
- circuitous,
- circumlocutory,
- clever,
- colubriform,
- convolutional,
- crafty,
- crawling,
- creeping,
- crocodilian,
- cunning,
- cute,
- deceitful,
- deep,
- deep-laid,
- departing,
- designing,
- desultory,
- deviant,
- deviating,
- deviative,
- deviatory,
- devious,
- digressive,
- diplomatic,
- discursive,
- eellike,
- errant,
- erratic,
- excursive,
- feline,
- flexuose,
- flexuous,
- foxy,
- froggy,
- guileful,
- indirect,
- ingenious,
- insidious,
- inventive,
- involute,
- involuted,
- involutional,
- knowing,
- labyrinthine,
- lizardlike,
- lumbriciform,
- mazy,
- meandering,
- meandrous,
- ophidian,
- out-of-the-way,
- pawky,
- planetary,
- politic,
- rambling,
- ready,
- repent,
- reptant,
- reptile,
- reptilelike,
- reptilian,
- reptiliform,
- reptiloid,
- resourceful,
- rivose,
- rivulose,
- roundabout,
- roving,
- ruffled,
- saurian,
- scheming,
- serpentiform,
- serpentile,
- serpentine,
- serpentlike,
- serpentoid,
- sharp,
- shifting,
- shifty,
- shrewd,
- sinuate,
- sinuose,
- sinuous,
- slick,
- slippery,
- slithering,
- sly,
- smooth,
- snake-shaped,
- snakelike,
- sneaky,
- sophistical,
- stealthy,
- strategic,
- stray,
- subtile,
- subtle,
- supple,
- swerving,
- tactical,
- toadish,
- torsional,
- tortile,
- tortuous,
- trickish,
- tricksy,
- tricky,
- turning,
- twisting,
- twisty,
- undirected,
- vagrant,
- veering,
- vermiform,
- viperiform,
- viperish,
- viperlike,
- viperoid,
- viperous,
- vipery,
- vulpine,
- wandering,
- wary,
- whorled,
- wily,
- winding,
- wormlike,
- wreathlike,
- wreathy,
- zigzag
- scrupulous
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- having scruples; arising from a sense of right and wrong; principled; "less scrupulous producers sent bundles that were deceptive in appearance" related words >
- Pyrrhonic,
- accurate,
- active,
- agnostic,
- analyze,
- attentive,
- bashful,
- boggling,
- canvass,
- careful,
- case,
- cautious,
- censorious,
- check over,
- check up,
- choicy,
- choosy,
- close,
- comb,
- compliant,
- con,
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- a person who has conservative ideas or opinions
- resistant to change
- opposed to liberal reforms related words >
- Bircher,
- Bourbon,
- Epistle side,
- Methuselah,
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- ultraconservative,
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- unextreme,
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- wary
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