Synonyms for trickish

Most common

tricky · designing · fraudulent · insidious · deceitful · artful · wily · roguish

All synonyms

Adjective

Definitions

1. adj. 1

   Using tricks or trickery.

Example sentences

• tricky It's a tricky task which requires a lot of patience.
• designing Tom has been designing ships for over thirty years.
• fraudulent The dictator took power in a fraudulent election.
• insidious It's a dangerous and insidious animal.
• deceitful I learned the hard way that silence can be deceitful.
• artful Tom is such an artful dodger that he always finds a way to get out of trouble.

Popularity over time

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

By length

3 letters

sly¹

4 letters

foxy², wily²

6 letters

tricky², crafty², artful²

7 letters

cunning², roguish, knavish

8 letters

scheming², guileful

9 letters

designing³, insidious⁴, deceitful³

10 letters

fraudulent³, tricksical

11 letters

treacherous³

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