foxy
adjective
Synonyms
- artful
- beguiling
- cagey
- cagy
- crafty
- cunning
- cute
- designing
- devious
- dodgy [chiefly British]
- guileful
- scheming
- shrewd
- slick
- sly
- subtle
- tricky
- wily
Example Sentences
Drew Mackie, Peoplemag, 29 Aug. 2022 These scenes are beautifully imagined, Musidora’s foxy vitality melting into Mira’s moody vibrance before our every eyes. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 6 June 2022 Thanks to White’s foxy-angel vocals, and the sweet, empathetic bastards backing him: bassist Spencer Duncan, drummer Reed Watson, keyboardist Ben Tanner and guitarist Adam Morrow. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 16 May 2022 If Turner’s faith in her characters is not always returned — Maria, who gets only one scene, feels underwritten, and Leigh, despite Van Sciver’s foxy performance, never quite coheres — her faith in the audience is an entirely successful investment. New York Times, 21 Mar. 2022 Madonna's forthcoming biopic may be getting a foxy addition. Chelsey Sanchez, Harper's BAZAAR, 19 Jan. 2022 Getting the tagline of being a foxy person is usually a quite flattering label. Lance Eliot, Forbes, 21 Dec. 2021 New York's foxiest hipsters run Afrobeat and Julian Casablancas croon through a drum machine. Matt Wake | Mwake@al.com, al, 1 May 2020 Before long, the women are treating themselves to foxy Louboutins and over-the-top Gucci satchels. Stephanie Zacharek, Time, 12 Sep. 2019 See More Word History
1528, in the meaning defined at sense 1
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foxy
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foxy
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- cute
- cunning
- wily
- slick
- subtle
- crafty
- sly
- deceptive
- crooked
- shrewd
- beguiling
- artful
- fraudulent
- dishonest
- treacherous
- cagey
- devious
- tricky
- designing
- dodgy
- scheming
- guileful
- deceitful
- shady
- cagy
- slippery
- sharp
- calculating
- astute
- plotting
- shifty
- sneaky
- knavish
- undercover
- unscrupulous
- covert
- clandestine
- glib
- serpentine
- secret
- circular
- hypocritical
- oblique
- insinuating
- concealed
- underhanded
- facile
- furtive
- stealthy
- two-faced
- backhanded
- surreptitious
- roundabout
- smooth-tongued
- underhand
- insincere
- Machiavellian
- mealy
- circuitous
- left-handed
- mealymouthed
- double-dealing
- hugger-mugger
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- innocent
- artless
- guileless
- real
- outspoken
- plain
- obvious
- natural
- frank
- unsophisticated
- simple
- candid
- unconcealed
- public
- forthright
- unaffected
- honest
- ingenuous
- unpretentious
- impressionable
- open
- childlike
- straightforward
- sincere
- direct
- patent
- unvarnished
- unworldly
- unpretending
- undesigning
- simpleminded
- aboveboard
- unstudied
- plainspoken
- trustful
- unforced
- trusting
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of foxy are artful, crafty, cunning, slick, sly, tricky, and wily. While all these words mean "attaining or seeking to attain one's ends by guileful or devious means," foxy implies a shrewd and wary craftiness usually involving devious dealing.
While the synonyms artful and foxy are close in meaning, artful implies indirectness in dealing and often connotes sophistication or cleverness.
The words crafty and foxy can be used in similar contexts, but crafty implies cleverness and subtlety of method.
In some situations, the words cunning and foxy are roughly equivalent. However, cunning suggests the inventive use of sometimes limited intelligence in overreaching or circumventing.
While in some cases nearly identical to foxy, slick emphasizes smoothness and guile.
The meanings of sly and foxy largely overlap; however, sly implies furtiveness, lack of candor, and skill in concealing one's aims and methods.
The words tricky and foxy are synonyms, but do differ in nuance. Specifically, tricky is more likely to suggest shiftiness and unreliability than skill in deception and maneuvering.
The synonyms wily and foxy are sometimes interchangeable, but wily implies skill and deception in maneuvering.