parlous; canny, Inf.cute, subtle, artful, crafty, slick; sly, wily, foxy.
4. adroit, deft, dexterous, ambidextrous, nimble, handy, neat, Brit. Dial.
feat.
5. ingenious, resourceful, inventive, Daedalian; original, originative, creative, imaginative.
cleverness, n.1. brightness, brilliance, keenness, acuteness, sharpness, sharp-wittedness, braininess; gift, giftedness, endowment, genius, precocity, parts; talent, flair, bent, turn, forte; intelligence, aptness, smartness, agility, quickness, quick-wittedness; ability, capability, competence, competency, efficiency; adeptness, proficiency, mastery.
2. facility, ease, grace, finesse; wittiness, epigramma-tism, urbanity, piquancy, piquantness; sprightliness, jocularity, waggishness, whimsy, drollness.
3. sagaciousness, sagacity, cunning, cunningness, guile, sleight, canniness, Inf.cuteness, shrewdness; subtleness, artfulness, craftiness, slyness, wiliness, foxiness.
4. adroitness, deftness, dexterity, dexterousness, ambidextrousness, nimbleness; handiness, neatness, knack.
5. ingenuity, ingeniousness, inventiveness, resourcefulness; originality, creativity, creativeness, imaginativeness, imagination, inspiration.
clichl, n.platitude, truism, saw, maxim, stereotype, Inf.bromide; prosaism, banality, commonplace, old story orsong, familiar tune, old saw, Inf.chestnut,
click, n.1. clack, snap, crack, cluck, clink, clank, clunk, chink; tick, tap, beat, clap, strike, hit; rattle, jingle, jangle.
2. pawl, Mach.
detent, Mach.
ratchet, toothed bar, Mach.
dog; catch, latch, bolt, lock.
-v. 3. clack, snap, crack, cluck, clink, clank, clunk, chink; tick, tap, beat, clap, strike, hit; rattle, jingle, jangle.
4. Informal,
a. succeed, make a hit, Inf.go over,
b. fit well together, be synchronized, mesh; be compatible, get along, Inf.be on the same wavelength,
client, n.1. customer, patron, patronizer, regular, Fr. habitufr,
buyer, purchaser, Both Chiefly Law. vendee, emptor; shopper, marketer; consumer, user. 2. dependent, follower, protdgd, student, pupil, disciple; attendant, supporter, backer, adherent,
clientele, n.1. clients, customers, trade, business, patronage; patrons, patronizers, regulars, Fr. habitu£s
buyers, purchasers, shoppers, marketers.
2. dependents, followers, protdgds, students, pupils, disciples; following, attendants, Obs.attendance, cortege, retinue, supporters, backers, adherents,
cliff, n.precipice, crag, bluff, Brit,
scar; ridge, ledge, shelf, palisade, crest, chine, escarpment; peak, pin-nicale, summit, promontory, tor.
climacteric, n.1. Physiology,
menopause, change of life; crucial age, grand climacteric.
2. crisis, crux, crunch, crest; crossroads, turning point, critical moment orpoint, critical period, crucial moment, critical juncture, juncture, moment of truth, climax, zero hour; emergency, exigency; predicament, plight, dilemma, quandary, strait, extremity; pinch, rub, scrape, squeeze, push, Inf.hole, Inf.clutch, Sl.
crunch,
climate, n.1. weather, prevailing weather, Literary. clime.
2. region, area, zone, place, locale.
3. milieu, atmosphere, air, aura, ambience; spirit, feel, sense, tone, undertone, overtone; mores, norms, ethos, ideology, world view.
climax, n.1. culmination, acme, zenith, meridian, high noon, pitch, orgasm, Inf.payoff; height, high point, extremity, maximum, max., crowning point, supreme moment; prime, heyday, maturity, fruition, bloom, full flower; sublimity, supremacy, perfection, extreme, utmost, uttermost, U.S. SI.
the most, U.S. SI. the greatest, SI.the tops; summit, apex, vertex, apogee, Latin, neplus ultra',
pinnacle, peak, crest, heights; spire, point, tip, tiptop, top; crown, cap, headpiece, head, capper.