Clever vs. Cunning
Cleveradjective
Nimble with hands or body; skillful; adept.
Cleveradjective
Resourceful, sometimes to the point of cunning.
Cleveradjective
Smart, intelligent, or witty; mentally quick or sharp.
Cleveradjective
Showing inventiveness or originality; witty.
Cleveradjective
Possessing magical abilities.
Cleveradjective
(obsolete) Fit; suitable; having propriety.
Cleveradjective
(obsolete) Well-shaped; handsome.
Cleveradjective
Good-natured; obliging.
Cleveradjective
Fit and healthy; free from fatigue or illness.
Cleveradjective
Possessing quickness of intellect, skill, dexterity, talent, or adroitness; expert.
Cleveradjective
Showing skill or adroitness in the doer or former; as, a clever speech; a clever trick.
Cleveradjective
Having fitness, propriety, or suitableness.
Cleveradjective
Well-shaped; handsome.
Cleveradjective
Good-natured; obliging.
Cleveradjective
skillful (or showing skill) in adapting means to ends;
Cleveradjective
showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others;
Cleveradjective
mentally quick and resourceful;
Cleveradjective
showing inventiveness and skill;
Cleveradjective
quick to understand, learn, and devise or apply ideas; intelligent
Cleveradjective
skilled at doing or achieving something; talented
Cleveradjective
showing skill and originality; ingenious
Cleveradjective
sensible; well advised
Cleveradjective
healthy or well
Cunningadjective
Sly; crafty; clever in surreptitious behaviour.
Cunningadjective
(obsolete) Skillful, artful.
Cunningadjective
(obsolete) Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious.
Cunningadjective
Cute, appealing.
Cunningnoun
Practical knowledge or experience; aptitude in performance; skill, proficiency; dexterity.
Cunningnoun
Practical skill employed in a secret or crafty manner; craft; artifice; skillful deceit.
Cunningnoun
The disposition to employ one's skill in an artful manner; craftiness; guile; artifice; skill of being cunning, sly, conniving, or deceitful.
Cunningnoun
The natural wit or instincts of an animal.
Cunningnoun
(obsolete) Knowledge; learning; special knowledge (sometimes implying occult or magical knowledge).
Cunningadjective
Knowing; skillful; dexterous.
Cunningadjective
Wrought with, or exhibiting, skill or ingenuity; ingenious; curious; as, cunning work.
Cunningadjective
Crafty; sly; artful; designing; deceitful.
Cunningadjective
Pretty or pleasing; as, a cunning little boy.
Cunningnoun
Knowledge; art; skill; dexterity.
Cunningnoun
The faculty or act of using stratagem to accomplish a purpose; fraudulent skill or dexterity; deceit; craft.
Cunningnoun
shrewdness in deception;
Cunningnoun
shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
Cunningnoun
drafty artfulness (especially in deception)
Cunningadjective
attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness;
Cunningadjective
marked by skill in deception;
Cunningadjective
showing inventiveness and skill;
