SUBTERFUGE Synonyms
There are 3 hypernyms of the word subterfuge. (close relations)
subterfuges
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| artifice | nounn | |||||
noun • a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | ||||||
| chicanery | nounn | |||||
noun • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
| cunning | adjectiveadj | |||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • crafty artfulness (especially in deception) adjective satellite • attractive especially by means of smallness or prettiness or quaintness • marked by skill in deception • showing inventiveness and skill | ||||||
| deceit | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being fraudulent • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving | ||||||
| deceitfulness | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being deceitful | ||||||
| deception | nounn | |||||
noun • a misleading falsehood • the act of deceiving • an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers | ||||||
| dishonesty | nounn | |||||
noun • the quality of being dishonest • lack of honesty; acts of lying or cheating or stealing | ||||||
| double-dealing | noun, adjectiven, adj | |||||
noun • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another adjective satellite • marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| duplicity | nounn | |||||
noun • a fraudulent or duplicitous representation • acting in bad faith; deception by pretending to entertain one set of intentions while acting under the influence of another | ||||||
| evasion | nounn | |||||
noun • a statement that is not literally false but that cleverly avoids an unpleasant truth • the deliberate act of failing to pay money • nonperformance of something distasteful (as by deceit or trickery) that you are supposed to do • the act of physically escaping from something (an opponent or a pursuer or an unpleasant situation) by some adroit maneuver | ||||||
| fraud | nounn | |||||
noun • intentional deception resulting in injury to another person • a person who makes deceitful pretenses • something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage • the act of swindling by some fraudulent scheme | ||||||
| guile | nounn | |||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception • the quality of being crafty • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
| ploy | nounn | |||||
noun • an opening remark intended to secure an advantage for the speaker • a maneuver in a game or conversation | ||||||
| pretense | nounn | |||||
noun • the act of giving a false appearance • pretending with intention to deceive • imaginative intellectual play • a false or unsupportable quality • an artful or simulated semblance | ||||||
| ruse | nounn | |||||
noun • a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) | ||||||
| sham | nounn | |||||
noun • something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be • a person who makes deceitful pretenses adjective satellite • adopted in order to deceive verb • make a pretence of • make believe with the intent to deceive | ||||||
| slyness | nounn | |||||
noun • shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception | ||||||
| stratagem | nounn | |||||
noun • a maneuver in a game or conversation • an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade | ||||||
| treachery | nounn | |||||
noun • betrayal of a trust • an act of deliberate betrayal | ||||||
| trickery | nounn | |||||
noun • verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way • the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) | ||||||
