Synonyms for tricky
ˈtrɪk itrick·y

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1. tricky

   Synonyms:
   adroit, artful, crafty, cunning, deceitful, designing, diplomatic, foxy, insincere, intriguing, knowing, maneuvering, sharp, shrewd, sly, subtle, wily

   Antonyms:
   aboveboard, artless, candid, fair, frank, guileless, honest, impartial, ingenuous, innocent, naive, open, simple, sincere, straightforward, transparent, truthful, unbiased, unprejudiced, unreserved, unsophisticated

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1. slippery, trickyadjective

   not to be trusted

   "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee

   Synonyms:
   dodgy, catchy, cunning, knavish, sly, guileful, wily, foxy, crafty, slippy, slick, tricksy, slippery

   Antonyms:
   trustworthy, trusty, easy, artless

2. catchy, trickyadjective

   having concealed difficulty

   "a catchy question"; "a tricky recipe to follow"

   Synonyms:
   dodgy, catchy, cunning, knavish, sly, attention-getting, guileful, wily, foxy, crafty, slick, tricksy, slippery

   Antonyms:
   easy, trustworthy, trusty, artless

3. crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wilyadjective

   marked by skill in deception

   "cunning men often pass for wise"; "deep political machinations"; "a foxy scheme"; "a slick evasive answer"; "sly as a fox"; "tricky Dick"; "a wily old attorney"

   Synonyms:
   tricksy, slippery, cunning, silky, clever, dicey, slick, sly, cute, satiny, chancy, sleek, catchy, ingenious, chanceful, pat, crafty, silklike, wily, guileful, knavish, dodgy, silken, glib, foxy

   Antonyms:
   artless, trustworthy, trusty, easy

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1. sneaky

   to do something different than said

   you will take a cookie when no one is looking

   Submitted by GallowayKitten on May 2, 2020  

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1. trickyadjective

   Synonyms:
   TRICKISH

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1. trickyadjective

   Synonyms:
   trickish, knavish, unprincipled, treacherous

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1. List of paraphrases for "tricky":

   delicate, thorny, difficult, sensitive, complicated, complex, awkward

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1. List of known nicknames for "Tricky":

   Adrian Thaws, Starving Souls, Adrian Nicholas Matthews Thaws, Tricky Kid

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How to use tricky in a sentence?

1. Briton Murray:

   It was tricky. I didn't feel great, it was good to get through that one.

2. Emmy Betz:

   One of the tricky things is, for driving, there are some assessments you can do, they're not perfect, but they're helpful. There isn't anything for firearms.

3. George Russell:

   It feels like a long time ago, to be honest, it's been a tough couple of months with some really tricky races, with races that felt like everything was going against me, then some races with some tough performances.

4. Kenisha Forbes:

   In terms of where home equity rates are headed, the next couple of months could be tricky, if nothing else, what we can bank on is that the current climate is unpredictable.

5. Fraser Stewart:

   It is tricky to do, it takes an awful lot of will and collective enthusiasm to get it done but when those assets start generating and they sell their electricity, the profits then get reinvested back into that community.