All complicit synonyms
com·plic·it
C c adj complicit
- conniving — If you describe someone as conniving, you mean you dislike them because they make secret plans in order to get things for themselves or harm other people.
- scheming — given to making plans, especially sly and underhand ones; crafty.
- deceitful — If you say that someone is deceitful, you mean that they behave in a dishonest way by making other people believe something that is not true.
- duplicitous — marked or characterized by duplicity.
- adept — Someone who is adept at something can do it skilfully.
- calculating — If you describe someone as calculating, you disapprove of the fact that they deliberately plan to get what they want, often by hurting or harming other people.
- cunning — Someone who is cunning has the ability to achieve things in a clever way, often by deceiving other people.
- craft — You can refer to a boat, a spacecraft, or an aircraft as a craft.
- discreet — judicious in one's conduct or speech, especially with regard to respecting privacy or maintaining silence about something of a delicate nature; prudent; circumspect.
- guileful — insidiously cunning; artfully deceptive; wily.
- strategic — pertaining to, characterized by, or of the nature of strategy: strategic movements.
- wily — full of, marked by, or proceeding from wiles; crafty; cunning.
- slippery — tending or liable to cause slipping or sliding, as ice, oil, a wet surface, etc.: a slippery road.
- canny — A canny person is clever and able to think quickly. You can also describe a person's behaviour as canny.
- chary — If you are chary of doing something, you are fairly cautious about doing it.
- politic — shrewd or prudent in practical matters; tactful; diplomatic.