Astute is an adjective in the Portuguese language that characterizes the individual who get what you want with wit, cunning and ingenuity; a person who don't be fooled or cheat.
A cunning individual can also have a negative connotation, being related to the practice of evil; someone who deceives other people for his own gain.
In the religious sphere, the term "cunning" is quoted in the Christian Holy Bible in the book of Matthew: "I am sending them like sheep among wolves. Therefore, be cunning as serpents and without malice as doves" (Matthew 10:16).
In this context, the shrewd one is the attentive and prudent individual, not the cunning or deceiving one.
Etymologically, the word cunning emerged from the Latin cunning, and is considered a crafty or cunning quality.
In English, the word "cunning" can be translated to cunning, crafty, cunning, foxy or dodgy, depending on the context used.
Synonyms for cunning
- cunning
- mischievous
- cunning
- bustling
- smartass
- clever
- finite
- sly
- rogue
- shrewd
- rogue
- shrewd
- insightful
- rogue
- malicious
- perfidious
See also: meaning of Cunning.