artful

Other forms of artful

comparative

artfuller·

superlative

artfullest·

Forms marked · are formed by the regular rule rather than recorded in the source data. English keeps a few hundred irregulars and the rest follow the pattern, so the rule is right far more often than not — but it is a rule, and the mark says so.

Questions about artful

What does artful mean?

artful means "not straightforward or candid; giving a false appearance of frankness". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in artful?

artful has 2 syllables: art-ful. The stress falls on "art". In IPA it is /ˈɑɹtfəl/.

What is another word for artful?

Close synonyms include disingenuous. Each sense on this page lists its own synonyms, because a word with several meanings rarely has one substitute that works for all of them.

What is the opposite of artful?

The recorded antonyms are artless.

Is artful a common word?

artful is banded "Uncommon" — turns up in careful writing rather than conversation. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.