tricky

  • (s) not to be trusted
    • "how extraordinarily slippery a liar the camera is"- James Agee
    slippery,
  • (s) having concealed difficulty
    • a catchy question
    • a tricky recipe to follow
    catchy,
  • (s) 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
    crafty, foxy, guileful, knavish, sly, tricksy, wily, cunning, dodgy, slick,

Synonyms

slippery catchy crafty foxy guileful knavish sly tricksy wily cunning dodgy slick

Words of close approximity

trice trick
tricot