cageyness

The word “cageyness” has 2 syllables: cagey-ness

It's pronounced as /ˈkeɪdʒ.nəs/


What is synonym and antonym for cageyness?

In the thesaurus, “cageyness” has 76 synonyms and 33 antonyms.

Here are synonyms and antonyms for cageyness along with examples of usage in sentences.


Synonyms for cageyness

  • acumen
  • art
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • astuteness
  • bettering
  • calculation
  • canniness
  • care
  • clear-sightedness
  • cleverness
  • competition
  • competitive advantage
  • competitive edge
  • contrivance
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • cunningness
  • cutthroat
  • deceitfulness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • discernment
  • disingenuity
  • duplicity
  • ease
  • facility
  • finesse
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hardheadedness
  • ingeniousness
  • ingenuity
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • inventiveness
  • keenness
  • knowingness
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • reason
  • rivaling
  • ruse
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • savvy
  • sense
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stratagem
  • strategy
  • subterfuge
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wiles
  • wiliness
  • wisdom
  • wit

Antonyms for cageyness

  • artlessness
  • brainlessness
  • density
  • doltishness
  • dopiness
  • dumbness
  • fatuity
  • foolishness
  • frankness
  • greenness
  • guilelessness
  • half-wittedness
  • honesty
  • ingenuousness
  • innocence
  • mindlessness
  • naiveness
  • naivete
  • oafishness
  • obtuseness
  • openness
  • senselessness
  • simplemindedness
  • simpleness
  • simplicity
  • sincerity
  • slowness
  • stupidity
  • stupidness
  • unsophistication
  • unworldliness
  • vacuity
  • witlessness

Meanings of cageyness

  • noun
    1. The quality of being cagey.

Example Sentences

  • His cageyness in negotiations often left his opponents guessing about his true intentions.
  • The author's writing style was characterized by a certain cageyness, keeping readers intrigued until the very end.
  • Despite her outward appearance of innocence, there was a hint of cageyness in her eyes that betrayed her true nature.
  • The comedian's humor was appreciated for its clever cageyness, often delivering punchlines with subtle wit.
  • The politician's cageyness in answering questions during the press conference raised doubts about his sincerity.

On this page you'll find 109 synonyms, antonyms, or another words to cageyness, such as: acumen, art, artfulness, artifice, artlessness, astuteness, bettering.

Make sure to choose synonyms and antonyms that are appropriate for the context of the sentence.

Related Words

keenness

  • accuracy
  • acerbity
  • acidity
  • acidness
  • acridity
  • acridness
  • acrimoniousness
  • acrimony
  • acuity
  • acumen
  • acuteness
  • alacrity
  • ambition
  • amenability
  • appetence
  • appetency
  • appetite
  • ardor
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • asperity
  • astuteness
  • avidity
  • avidness
  • bite
  • bitterness
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • canniness
  • cattiness
  • clear-sightedness
  • craft
  • craftiness
  • cunning
  • delicacy
  • desirousness
  • deviousness
  • discernment
  • eagerness
  • edge
  • enthusiasm
  • exactitude
  • exactness
  • excitement
  • fervency
  • fineness
  • foxiness
  • ginger
  • gray matter
  • guile
  • gusto
  • hardheadedness
  • harshness
  • hunger
  • hyperacuity
  • hypersensitiveness
  • hypersensitivity
  • impatience
  • insight
  • intellect
  • intelligence
  • judgment
  • knowingness
  • lust
  • maliciousness
  • oversensitiveness
  • oversensitivity
  • passion
  • perception
  • perceptiveness
  • perceptivity
  • percipience
  • poignance
  • poignancy
  • pointedness
  • punch
  • pungency
  • quickness
  • raucousness
  • readiness
  • reason
  • roughness
  • sagaciousness
  • sagacity
  • sageness
  • sapience
  • sense
  • sensitiveness
  • sensitivity
  • severeness
  • severity
  • sharpness
  • shrewdness
  • shrillness
  • slickness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • spice
  • subtleness
  • subtlety
  • supersensitivity
  • tang
  • tartness
  • thirst
  • thorniness
  • virulence
  • vitriol
  • warmth
  • wiliness
  • willingness
  • wisdom
  • wit
  • zeal
  • zest

quackery

  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • misrepresentation
  • oiliness
  • plotting
  • pretense
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stealth
  • subterfuge
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wile
  • wiliness

fakery

gamesmanship

  • action
  • angle
  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • bettering
  • bit
  • booby trap
  • brainchild
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • canniness
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • child
  • competition
  • competitive advantage
  • competitive edge
  • con
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • cutthroat
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • device
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • dodge
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fairness
  • fakery
  • feint
  • forthrightness
  • foxiness
  • gambit
  • game
  • game plan
  • gimmick
  • goodness
  • grift
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • honesty
  • honor
  • honorableness
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • intrigue
  • jiggery-pokery
  • jugglery
  • layout
  • legerdemain
  • little game
  • maneuver
  • method
  • oiliness
  • one-upmanship
  • outfoxing
  • outsmarting
  • outwitting
  • pitch
  • plan
  • play
  • plot
  • plotting
  • ploy
  • pretext
  • principle
  • proposition
  • quackery
  • racket
  • righteousness
  • rivaling
  • ruse
  • scenario
  • scene
  • scheme
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • setup
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shift
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • sincerity
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slant
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stall
  • stealth
  • story
  • subterfuge
  • switch
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • twist
  • underhandedness
  • virtue
  • wile
  • wiliness

jiggery-pokery

  • artfulness
  • artifice
  • cageyness
  • caginess
  • chicane
  • chicanery
  • craftiness
  • crookedness
  • crookery
  • cunning
  • deceit
  • deceitfulness
  • deception
  • deceptiveness
  • design
  • deviousness
  • dirty pool
  • dirty tricks
  • dishonesty
  • dissimulation
  • double-dealing
  • dupery
  • duplicity
  • fakery
  • foxiness
  • gamesmanship
  • guile
  • guilefulness
  • hanky-panky
  • humbuggery
  • hypocrisy
  • imposture
  • insincerity
  • jugglery
  • legerdemain
  • oiliness
  • plotting
  • quackery
  • scheming
  • secrecy
  • shadiness
  • sharpness
  • shiftiness
  • shrewdness
  • skulduggery
  • skullduggery
  • slickness
  • slipperiness
  • slyness
  • sneakiness
  • stealth
  • subterfuge
  • treachery
  • trickery
  • underhandedness
  • wile
  • wiliness

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