Tricky

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The American Heritage® Dictionary of the English Language, 4th Edition
  • adj. Given to or characterized by trickery.
  • adj. Requiring caution or skill: a tricky recipe.
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  • adj. hard to deal with, complicated
  • adj. adept at using deception
    • the GNU version of the Collaborative International Dictionary of English
  • adj. Given to tricks; practicing deception; trickish; knavish.
    • The Century Dictionary and Cyclopedia
  • Given to tricks; knavish; artful; sharp; shifty: as, a tricky wind; a plausible and tricky fellow.
  • Playful; roguish; mischievous.
  • Synonyms Artful, Sly, etc. See cunning.
    • WordNet 3.0 Copyright 2006 by Princeton University. All rights reserved.
  • adj. having concealed difficulty
  • adj. not to be trusted
  • adj. marked by skill in deception
    • Equivalent
    difficult    hard    untrustworthy    untrusty    artful   
    Antonym
    artless   
    Cross Reference
    tricky ale-yard    sneaky   
    Variant
    trickiest    trickier   
    Synonym
    Words with the same meaning
    trickish    knavish    deceitful    evasive    artful    pawky    tricksy    shifty    shifting    crooked   
    Rhyme
    Words with the same terminal sound
    Dickey    Dickie    Dicky    Hickey    Mickey    Micky    Nicki    Nicky    Niki    Nikki   
    Same Context
    Words that are found in similar contexts
    risky    devious    difficult    confuse    sneaky    tough    clever    scary    treacherous    unpredictable   
     
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