guileful Synonyms
Strongest:
Strong:
- deceptive
- scheming
- slick
- fraudulent
- shady
- foxy
- slippery
- artful
- beguiling
- cagy
- crafty
- tricky
- treacherous
- sly
- dodgy
- designing
- devious
- crooked
- wily
- dishonest
- shrewd
- cagey
- deceitful
Weak:
- astute
- underhand
- sneaky
- circuitous
- stealthy
- covert
- double-dealing
- knavish
- undercover
- shifty
- furtive
- glib
- underhanded
- facile
- hypocritical
- serpentine
- surreptitious
- sharp
- secret
- backhanded
- mealy
- smooth-tongued
- oblique
- concealed
- machiavellian
- clandestine
- insinuating
- circular
- calculating
- two-faced
- roundabout
- unscrupulous
- insincere
- plotting
Strongest:
- straightforward
- open
- open
- guileless
- direct
- real
- frank
- innocent
- frank
- real
- simple
- honest
- straightforward
- sincere
- guileless
- public
- direct
- forthright
- plain
- simple
- obvious
- unconcealed
- public
- honest
- obvious
- artless
- ingenuous
- plain
- forthright
- unconcealed
- innocent
- artless
- sincere
- ingenuous
Strong:
- unworldly
- candid
- unaffected
- unpretentious
- aboveboard
- unworldly
- unvarnished
- candid
- unsophisticated
- impressionable
- natural
- simpleminded
- patent
- natural
- unpretending
- undesigning
- outspoken
- unpretending
- unvarnished
- unpretentious
- childlike
- outspoken
- impressionable
- aboveboard
- undesigning
- unaffected
- childlike
- patent
- simpleminded
- unsophisticated
Weak:
guileful Meaning
guileful (s)
marked by skill in deception
guileful (a.)
Full of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.
guileful Sentence Examples
- The politician's guileful rhetoric convinced the public of his sincerity.
- The fox's guileful nature allowed it to outsmart its prey.
- The serpent's guileful whispers tempt Eve in the Garden of Eden.
- The salesman's guileful tactics led him to close the deal despite the product's flaws.
- Her guileful smile masked her true intentions.
- The con artist's guileful charm distracted his victims from his nefarious plans.
- The diplomat's guileful negotiations prevented an armed conflict.
- The lawyer's guileful arguments swayed the jury in favor of his client.
- The rival's guileful trap caught the hero off guard.
- The students' guileful trick fooled their teacher into giving them an extension.
FAQs About the word guileful
marked by skill in deceptionFull of guile; characterized by cunning, deceit, or treachery; guilty.
cute,cunning, subtle,deceptive, scheming, slick, fraudulent, shady, foxy, slippery
straightforward, open, open, guileless, direct, real, frank, innocent, frank, real
The politician's guileful rhetoric convinced the public of his sincerity.
The fox's guileful nature allowed it to outsmart its prey.
The serpent's guileful whispers tempt Eve in the Garden of Eden.
The salesman's guileful tactics led him to close the deal despite the product's flaws.
