'Canniness' definitions:
Definition of 'Canniness'
From: GCIDE
- Canniness \Can"ni*ness\, n. Caution; crafty management. [N. of Eng. & Scot.] [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'canniness'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- animal cunning,
- art,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- astuteness,
- austerity,
- austerity program,
- cageyness,
- calculation,
- callidity,
- care,
- careful consideration,
- carefulness,
- caution,
- cautiousness,
- chariness,
- circumspection,
- cleverness,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deliberate stages,
- deliberateness,
- deliberation,
- deviousness,
- discreetness,
- discretion,
- economic planning,
- economicalness,
- economy,
- economy of means,
- false economy,
- fine Italian hand,
- finesse,
- forehandedness,
- foresight,
- forethought,
- foxiness,
- frugality,
- frugalness,
- gamesmanship,
- gingerliness,
- good management,
- guardedness,
- guile,
- guilefulness,
- hedge,
- hedging,
- heed,
- heedfulness,
- hesitation,
- husbandry,
- ingeniousness,
- insidiousness,
- inventiveness,
- Italian hand,
- judiciousness,
- low cunning,
- management,
- mindfulness,
- one-upmanship,
- parsimoniousness,
- parsimony,
- pawkiness,
- precaution,
- prior consultation,
- providence,
- prudence,
- prudential administration,
- prudentialness,
- readiness,
- regardfulness,
- resourcefulness,
- safeness,
- safety first,
- satanic cunning,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- slickness,
- slipperiness,
- slowness to act,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- solicitude,
- sophistry,
- sparingness,
- stealth,
- stealthiness,
- subtility,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- suppleness,
- tentativeness,
- thoroughness,
- thrift,
- thriftiness,
- tight purse strings,
- trickiness,
- uncommunicativeness,
- unprecipitateness,
- unwastefulness,
- wariness,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- wit