| Main Entry: | tactic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan |
Synonyms: |
gambit, ploy, stratagem |
| Main Entry: | artifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | hoax; clever act |
Synonyms: |
con, contrivance, device, dodge, expedient, gambit, gimmick, machination, maneuver, play, ploy, racket, ruse, savvy, scam*, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile |
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candor, frankness, honesty, honor, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, reality, sincerity, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | expediency/expedience |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | resource |
Synonyms: |
band-aid, contrivance, design, device, dodge, easy way out, gimmick, makeshift, maneuver, means, measure, method, recourse, resort, scheme, shift, step, stopgap, stratagem, strategy, substitute, surrogate, tactic, trick |
| Main Entry: | game |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plot, trick |
Synonyms: |
butt, derision, design, device, hoax, joke, object of ridicule, plan, ploy, practical joke, prank, scheme, stratagem, strategy, tactic |
| Main Entry: | means |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | way, method |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, instrumentation, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Main Entry: | ploy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | game, trick |
Synonyms: |
artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, gambit, maneuver, move, play, ruse, scheme, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic, wile |
| Main Entry: | tack |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | course of movement |
Synonyms: |
aim, alteration, approach, bearing, bend, deflection, deviation, digression, direction, double, echelon, heading, line, method, oblique course, path, plan, point of sail, procedure, set, shift, siding, sidling, sweep, swerve, switch, tactic, tangent, turn, variation, way, yaw, zigzag |
| Main Entry: | instrumentation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | means |
Synonyms: |
agency, agent, aid, apparatus, auspices, avenue, channel, course, dodge*, equipment, expedient, factor, fashion, gimmick, instrument, instrumentality, intermediary, machinery, manner, measure, mechanism, medium, ministry, mode, modus operandi, organ, organization, paraphernalia, path, power, process, road, route, step, stepping-stone, system, tactic, technique, trick, vehicle, ways and means |
| Concept: | Means. |
| Category: | 2. Subservience to ends; actual subservience |
Synonyms: |
-nouns
means, resources, wherewithal, ways and means; capital (money); revenue; stock in trade; provision; a shot in the locker; appliances (machinery); means and appliances; conveniences; cards to play; expedients (measures); two strings to one's bow; sheet anchor (safety); aid; medium..
-verbs
find means, have means, possess means
-adjectives
-adverbs
by means of, with; by what means, by all means, by any means, by some means; wherewith, herewith, therewith; wherewithal., how (in what manner); through (by the instrumentality of); with the aid of, by the aid of (assistance) [more]; by the agency of.
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