Word Meanings - ARTFUL - Book Publishers vocabulary database

1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton. 2. Artificial; imitative. Addison. 3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He too artful a writer to set down

Additional info about word: ARTFUL

1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton. 2. Artificial; imitative. Addison. 3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He too artful a writer to set down events in exact historical order. Dryden. 4. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. Artful in speech, in action, and in mind. Pope. The artful revenge of various animals. Darwin. Syn. -- Cunning; skillful; adroit; dexterous; crafty; tricky; deceitful; designing. See Cunning.

Possible synonyms: (Same meaning words of ARTFUL)

• Insidious
• Wily
• treacherous
• designing
• dangerous
• deceitful
• crafty
• artful
• Sly
• Cunning
• subtle
• wily
• underhanded
• astute
• stealthy
• Subtle
• cunning
• insinuating
• nice
• discriminating
• fine
• shrewd
• sophistical
• Jesuitical

Related words: (words related to ARTFUL)

• DESIGN
  drawing, dessein a plan or scheme; all, ultimately, from L. designare to designate; de- + signare to mark, mark out, signum mark, sign. See 1. To draw preliminary outline or main features of; to sketch for a pattern or model; to delineate; to trace
• CRAFTY
  1. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous. "Crafty work." Piers Plowman. 2. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful. A noble crafty man of trees. Wyclif. 3. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.
• DESIGNATE
  Designated; appointed; chosen. Sir G. Buck.
• INSIDIOUS
  insidere to sit in; pref. in- + sedere to sit: cf. F. insidieux. See 1. Lying in wait; watching an opportunity to insnare or entrap; deceitful; sly; treacherous; -- said of persons; as, the insidious foe. "The insidious witch." Cowper. 2. Intended
• ASTUTE
  Critically discerning; sagacious; shrewd; subtle; crafty. Syn. -- Keen; eagle-eyed; penetrating; skilled; discriminating; cunning; sagacious; subtle; wily; crafty. As*tute"ly, adv. -- As*tute"ness, n.
• CUNNINGNESS
  Quality of being cunning; craft.
• SUBTLE
  subtil, OF. soutil, later subtil, F. subtil, L. subtilis; probably, originally, woven fine, and fr. sub under + tela a web, fr. texere to 1. Sly in design; artful; cunning; insinuating; subtile; -- applied to persons; as, a subtle foe. "A subtle
• DISCRIMINATENESS
  The state of being discriminated; distinctness.
• DECEITFUL
  Full of, or characterized by, deceit; serving to mislead or insnare; trickish; fraudulent; cheating; insincere. Harboring foul deceitful thoughts. Shak.
• ARTFULNESS
  The quality of being artful; art; cunning; craft.
• CUNNINGLY
  In a cunning manner; with cunning.
• INSINUATION
  1. The act or process of insinuating; a creeping, winding, or flowing in. By a soft insinuation mix'd With earth's large mass. Crashaw. 2. The act of gaining favor, affection, or influence, by gentle or artful means; -- formerly used in a good
• DISCRIMINATOR
  One who discriminates.
• DESIGNATOR
  An officer who assigned to each his rank and place in public shows and ceremonies. 2. One who designates.
• DESIGNATIVE
  Serving to designate or indicate; pointing out.
• DESIGNFUL
  Full of design; scheming. -- De*sign"ful*ness, n. Barrow.
• CUNNINGMAN
  A fortune teller; one who pretends to reveal mysteries. Hudibras.
• DESIGNEDLY
  By design; purposely; intentionally; -- opposed to accidentally, ignorantly, or inadvertently.
• ARTFUL
  1. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill. "Artful strains." "Artful terms." Milton. 2. Artificial; imitative. Addison. 3. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful. He too artful a writer to set down
• DISCRIMINATE
  Having the difference marked; distinguished by certain tokens. Bacon. (more info) divide, separate, fr. discrimen division, distinction, decision, fr.
• FOREDESIGN
  To plan beforehand; to intend previously. Cheyne.
• STARTFULNESS
  Aptness to start.
• THEOSOPHISTICAL
  Of or pertaining to theosophy; theosophical.
• JESUITIC; JESUITICAL
  1. Of or pertaining to the Jesuits, or to their principles and methods. 2. Designing; cunning; deceitful; crafty; -- an opprobrious use of the word. Dryden.
• SUPERSUBTLE
  To subtle. Shak.