cagy

Other forms of cagy

comparative

cagier·

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 cagy

What does cagy mean?

cagy 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 cagy?

cagy has 2 syllables: ca-gy. The stress falls on "ca".

What is another word for cagy?

Close synonyms include cagey, canny, clever, cagey, 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 cagy a common word?

cagy is banded "Rare" — specialist or archaic — most readers will not have met it. The band comes from how often the word appears in a large corpus of everyday English, not from an editor's impression.