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[1] adroit, delicate, dexterous, expert, masterful, masterly, practiced, skillful, virtuoso—more at SKILLFUL

[2a] clever, creative, imaginative, ingenious—more at CLEVER

[2b] cagey, crafty, cunning, devious, foxy, guileful, slick, sly, subtle, wily; also astute, cute, facile, glib, sharp, shrewd

Antonyms

artless, ingenuous

art·ful·ness noun : the quality or state of being artful

Synonyms

artifice, caginess, canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, guile, slyness, wiliness—more at CUNNING

adeptness, adroitness, art, artifice, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill—more at SKILL

ar·thri·tis noun, plural -thri·ti·des : inflammation of the joints

— ar·thrit·ic adjective or noun

ar·thro·pod noun : any of a phylum of invertebrate animals comprising those (as insects, spiders, or crabs) with segmented bodies and jointed limbs

— arthropod adjective

ar·thros·co·py noun, plural -pies : visual examination of the interior of a joint (as the knee) with a special surgical instrument; also : joint surgery using arthroscopy

— ar·thro·scope noun

— ar·thro·scop·ic adjective

ar·ti·choke noun [ORIGIN: It dial. articiocco, ultim. fr. Ar al-khurshūf]

: a tall herb related to the daisies; also : its edible flower head

ar·ti·cle noun [ORIGIN: ME, fr. AF, fr. L articulus joint, division, dim. of artus joint, limb]

1 : a distinct part of a written document

2 : a nonfictional prose composition forming an independent part of a publication

3 : a word (as an, the) used with a noun to limit or give definiteness to its application

4 : a member of a class of things; especially : COMMODITY

Synonyms

composition, essay, paper, theme—more at ESSAY

ar·tic·u·lar adjective : of or relating to a joint

1articulate adjective 1 : divided into meaningful parts : INTELLIGIBLE

2 : able to speak; also : expressing oneself readily and effectively

3 : JOINTED

— ar·tic·u·late·ly adverb

— noun

Synonyms

eloquent, fluent, well-spoken; also facile, glib, voluble

Antonyms

inarticulate

2articulate verb -lat·ed; -lat·ing 1 a : to give clear and effective utterance to <~ their grievances>

b : to utter distinctly <~ each note in the musical phrase>

2 : to unite by or as if by joints

Synonyms

clothe, couch, express, formulate, phrase, put, say, state, word—more at PHRASE

ar·tic·u·late·ness noun : the quality or state of being articulate

Synonyms

eloquence, poetry, rhetoric—more at ELOQUENCE

ar·tic·u·la·tion noun 1 : the act of giving utterance or expression

2 : the act or manner of articulating sounds

Synonyms

expression, formulation, statement, utterance, voice—more at EXPRESSION

ar·ti·fact noun : something made or modified by humans usu. for a purpose; especially : an object remaining from another time or culture

ar·ti·fice noun 1 a : clever or artful skill

b : an ingenious device

2 a : an artful stratagem : TRICK

b : false or insincere behavior

Synonyms

[1a] adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill—more at SKILL

[2a] device, dodge, gimmick, jig, ploy, scheme, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile—more at TRICK

[2b] craft, craftiness, crookedness, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, duplicity, guile, wiliness—more at DECEIT

ar·ti·fi·cer noun : a skilled worker

Synonyms

artisan, craftsman, handicrafter—more at ARTISAN

ar·ti·fi·cial adjective 1 : produced by art rather than nature; also : made by humans to imitate nature

2 : not genuine : FEIGNED

— ar·ti·fi·ci·al·i·ty noun

— ar·ti·fi·cial·ly adverb

— ar·ti·fi·cial·ness noun

Synonyms

[1] bogus, fake, imitation, mock, sham, substitute, synthetic—more at IMITATION

[2] affected, assumed, bogus, contrived, false, feigned, insincere, mechanical, phony, put-on, spurious, unnatural; also automatic, canned, concocted, fabricated, labored, manufactured, unauthentic, unreal, unrealistic

Antonyms

genuine, natural, spontaneous, unfeigned, unforced

artificial