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Synonyms for guileful

  • adjective

Most common

subtle fraudulent artful wily viperous ratlike

All synonyms

Adjective

1. Artful

artful, wily, subtle, fraudulent, cunning, insidious, crafty, deceitful, false, tricky, designing, slick, sly, treacherous, foxy, tricksy, dodgy informal, knavish, sneaky, shrewd, astute, scheming

Other

viperous, ratlike, guiled dated

Antonyms

simple

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Definitions

  1. adj. 1

    Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

Example sentences

  • subtle There was a subtle difference between their views.
  • fraudulent The dictator took power in a fraudulent election.
  • artful Tom is such an artful dodger that he always finds a way to get out of trouble.
  • wily He plays a wily detective with a penchant for disguises.

Popularity over time

Word1850 → 2019Trend
guilefulsteady
subtlerising
fraudulentsteady
artfulrising
wilyrising
viperousrising

Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.

By length

3 letters
sly1
4 letters
foxy2, wily2
5 letters
false1, slick1, dodgy
6 letters
subtle2, tricky2, sneaky2, crafty2, shrewd1, astute2, artful2, guiled
7 letters
cunning2, tricksy, knavish, ratlike
8 letters
scheming2, viperous
9 letters
designing3, insidious4, deceitful3
10 letters
fraudulent3
11 letters
treacherous3

The small number after each word is its number of syllables (foxy2 = 2 syllables).