cagey

Other forms of cagey

comparative or superlative

cagier

comparative or superlative

cagiest

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 cagey

What does cagey mean?

cagey means "showing self-interest and shrewdness in dealing with others". That is the primary sense; the word has 2 in total, listed in full on this page.

How many syllables are in cagey?

cagey has 2 syllables: ca-gey. The stress falls on "ca". In IPA it is /ˈkeɪdʒi/.

What is another word for cagey?

Close synonyms include cagy, canny, clever, cagy, chary. 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.

Is cagey a common word?

cagey 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.