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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1. Rory McIlroy:

   I just kept telling myself to be patient out there today, it was a tricky day. The wind was swirling a little bit. Pin positions were tough. Anything under par I felt was a pretty good score. It was nice to pick up a couple birdies on the back nine on the par 5s there. Pretty satisfied with today's work.

2. Alec Baldwin:

   I said I would keep a little diary while I was traveling and working, we had our first day today, which is always tricky. I don't work as much as I used to, and I've said this before maybe, but you go to work, and you forget what you're supposed to do. I just was like, oh, God what do you do? What is acting or any of this nonsense that I've ended up doing?

3. Graeme McDowell:

   The golf course is firm and fast and really tricky and better for guys like me and Jim Furyk, rather than the usual Tiger Woods, Rory McIlroys that play well around Firestone, it really requires a lot of grinding.

4. Adonia Simpson:

   It’s going to be a little bit more tricky for some applicants.

5. Matsapa Matsapa:

   A business is about stock, available stock. When the beers are here, they sell. My problem is a shortage of supply, the alcohol market is a very tricky thing.