Synonyms of the word tricky


TRICKYARTFUL - CATCHY - CRAFTY - CUNNING - DIFFICULT - DODGY - FOXY - GUILEFUL - HARD - KNAVISH - SLICK - SLIPPERY - SLY - TRICKSY - UNTRUSTWORTHY - UNTRUSTY - WILY

tricky

  • adj. hard to deal with, complicated.
  • adj. adept at using deception.
  • adj. (colloquial, slang) Relating to or associated with a prostitution trick.

artful

  • adj. Performed with, or characterized by, art or skill.
  • adj. Artificial; imitative.
  • adj. Using or exhibiting much art, skill, or contrivance; dexterous; skillful.
  • adj. Cunning; disposed to cunning indirectness of dealing; crafty; as, an artful boy. [The usual sense.].

catchy

  • adj. Instantly appealing and memorable (of a tune or phrase).
  • adj. (dated, chiefly figuratively) Tending to catch or ensnare; entangling.
  • adj. (dated) Consisting of, or occurring in, disconnected parts or snatches; changeable.

crafty

  • adj. Relating to, or characterized by, craft or skill; dexterous.
  • adj. Possessing dexterity; skilled; skillful.
  • adj. Skillful at deceiving others; characterized by craft; cunning; wily.

cunning

  • adj. Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
  • adj. (obsolete) Skillful, artful.
  • adj. (obsolete) Wrought with, or exibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
  • adj. (US, colloquial, dated) Cute, appealing.
  • n. Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
  • n. Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
  • n. The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being…
  • n. The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
  • n. (obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).

difficult

  • adj. Hard, not easy, requiring much effort.
  • adj. (often of a person, or a horse, etc) Hard to manage, uncooperative, troublesome.
  • adj. (obsolete) Unable or unwilling.
  • v. (obsolete, transitive) To make difficult; to impede; to perplex.

dodgy

  • adj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) evasive and shifty.
  • adj. (Britain, Australia, New Zealand) unsound and unreliable.
  • adj. dishonest.
  • adj. risky.
  • adj. deviant.
  • adj. uncomfortable and weird.

foxy

  • adj. having the qualities of a fox.
  • adj. attractive, sexy (of a woman).
  • adj. (of a person) red-haired.
  • adj. (of wine) Having an animal-like odour.

guileful

  • adj. Full of guile; treacherously deceptive.

hard

  • adj. (of material or fluid) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. (personal or social) Having a severe property; presenting difficulty.
  • adj. Unquestionable.
  • adj. (of a road intersection) Having a comparatively larger or a ninety-degree angle.
  • adj. (slang, vulgar, of a male) Sexually aroused.
  • adj. (bodybuilding) Having muscles that are tightened as a result of intense, regular exercise.
  • adj. (phonetics, not comparable).
  • adj. (art) Having a severe property; presenting a barrier to enjoyment.
  • adj. (not comparable) In the form of a hard copy.
  • adv. (manner) With much force or effort.
  • adv. (manner) With difficulty.
  • adv. (obsolete) So as to raise difficulties.
  • adv. (manner) Compactly.
  • adv. (now archaic) Near, close.
  • n. (countable, nautical) A firm or paved beach or slope convenient for hauling vessels out of the water.
  • n. (uncountable, drugs, colloquial, slang) crack cocaine.

knavish

  • adj. Having the characteristics of a knave; mischievous, roguish, waggish, rascally or impertinent.

slick

  • adj. Slippery or smooth due to a covering of liquid; often used to describe appearances.
  • adj. Appearing expensive or sophisticated.
  • adj. Superficially convincing but actually untrustworthy.
  • adj. (often used sarcastically) Clever, making an apparently hard task easy.
  • adj. (US, West Coast slang) Extraordinarily great or special.
  • adj. sleek; smooth.
  • n. A covering of liquid, particularly oil.
  • n. Someone who is clever and untrustworthy.
  • n. A tool used to make something smooth or even.
  • n. (sports, automotive) A tire with a smooth surface instead of a tread pattern, often used in auto racing.
  • n. (US, military slang) A helicopter.
  • n. (printing) A camera-ready image to be used by a printer. The "slick" is photographed to produce a negative…
  • n. A wide paring chisel used in joinery.
  • v. To make slick.

slippery

  • adj. Of a surface, having low friction, often due to being covered in a non-viscous liquid, and therefore hard…
  • adj. (figuratively, by extension) Evasive; difficult to pin down.
  • adj. (obsolete) Liable to slip; not standing firm.
  • adj. Unstable; changeable; inconstant.
  • adj. (obsolete) Wanton; unchaste; loose in morals.

sly

  • adj. Artfully cunning; secretly mischievous; wily.
  • adj. (having a positive sense) Dexterous in performing an action, so as to escape notice; nimble; skillful;…
  • adj. Done with, and marked by, artful and dexterous secrecy; subtle.
  • adj. Light or delicate; slight; thin.
  • adv. Slyly.

tricksy

  • adj. Inclined to trickery; sneaky, devious.

untrustworthy

  • adj. Not deserving of trust; unreliable.

untrusty

  • adj. Not trusty.

wily

  • adj. sly, cunning, full of tricks.

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