vulpine as an adjective: - 1
vulpine
adjective
1 vulpine
Resembling or characteristic of a fox:
— Vulpine cunning.
synonym: vulpecular.
Roget 702:
cunning,
crafty,
artful;
skillful
etc.
698;
subtle,
feline,
vulpine;
cunning as a fox,
cunning as a serpent;
deep,
deep laid;
profound;
designing,
contriving;
intriguing
etc.
v.;
strategic,
diplomatic,
politic,
Machiavelian,
timeserving†;
artificial;
tricky,
tricksy†;
wily,
sly,
slim,
insidious,
stealthy;
underhand
etc.
(hidden)
528;
subdolous†;
deceitful
etc.
545;
slippery as an eel,
evasive
etc.
623;
crooked;
arch,
pawky†,
shrewd,
acute;
sharp,
sharp as a tack,
sharp as a needle†;
canny,
astute,
leery,
knowing,
up to snuff,
too clever by half,
not to be caught with chaff.
tactful,
diplomatic,
politic;
polite
etc.
894.
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Dutch: listig
Polish: lisi
Moby thesaurus: Machiavellian, Machiavellic, acute, arch, artful, astute, cagey, canine, canny, clever, crafty, cunning, cute, deceitful, deep, deep-laid, designing, diplomatic, doggy, feline, foxlike, foxy, guileful, ingenious, insidious, inventive, knowing, lupine, pawky, politic, ready, resourceful, scheming, serpentine, sharp, shifty, shrewd, slick, slippery, sly, smooth, snaky, sneaky, sophistical, stealthy, strategic, subtile, subtle, supple, tactical, trickish, tricksy, tricky, wary, wily, wolfish ... show more.
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