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| Main Entry: | craftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceitfulness |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, deceit, deviousness, dishonesty, foxiness, guile, shadiness, shiftiness, slyness, sneakiness, trickery, trickiness |
| Main Entry: | craftiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | artfulness |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cunning, foxiness, guile, caginess, canniness, slickness, wiliness |
| Main Entry: | finesse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | know-how, maneuver |
| Synonyms: | acumen, adroitness, artifice, bluff, cleverness, competence, con, craft, cunning, delicacy, diplomacy, discernment, discretion, feint, gimmick, grift, guile, polish, quickness, racket*, run-around*, ruse, savoir-faire, savvy, skill, sophistication, stratagem, subtlety, tact, trick, wile, adeptness, artfulness, big stick, craftiness |
| Antonyms: | ignorance |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | guile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | slyness, cleverness |
| Synonyms: | artifice, chicanery, craft, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty pool*, dirty work*, dishonesty, double-cross*, duplicity, foul play*, run-around*, ruse, stab in the back*, treachery, trickery, artfulness, craftiness, dirty dealing, dirty trick, dissemblance, dissimulation, jive*, sellout, sharp practice, trickiness, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | artlessness, frankness, honesty, sincerity, naivety, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | legerdemain |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | sleight of hand |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, cunning, deceit, deception, hocus-pocus, manipulation, trickery, artfulness, conjuring, craftiness |
| Main Entry: | wile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, cheating, chicanery, con*, contrivance, craft, deceit, deception, device, dishonesty, dodge, feint, flimflam*, fraud, gambit, game, gimmick, guile, hoax, horseplay, imposition, lure, maneuver, monkey business*, plot, ploy, racket*, ruse, scam*, scheming, setup, shenanigans*, skullduggery*, slant, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch, trick, trickery, twist, artfulness, chicane, craftiness, dissimulation, little game, monkeyshines, slyness |
| Antonyms: | stupidity, naivety |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deceit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | practice of misleading |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheating, chicanery, craft, cunning, deceitfulness, deception, dirty pool*, dishonesty, double-dealing, duplicity, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, pretense, smoke and mirrors*, treachery, trickery, two-timing, ambidexterity, ambidextrousness, chicane, cozening, craftiness, defrauding, dirty dealing, dissemblance, dissimulation, entrapping, fraudulence, overreaching, slyness, trapping, two-facedness, underhandedness |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deception |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | misleading; being dishonest |
| Synonyms: | betrayal, blarney*, cheat, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, dirt, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, falsehood, flimflam*, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, imposition, insincerity, juggling, legerdemain, lying, mendacity, pretense, prevarication, snow job*, sophism, treachery, treason, trickery, trumpery, untruth, beguilement, boondoggle, circumvention, cozenage, craftiness, deceptiveness, defraudation, disinformation, dissimulation, dupery, fast one, fraudulence, hokum, trickiness |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty, honor, truth, truthfulness, uprightness, openness, trustworthiness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposition |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheating, con, fraud, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hypocrisy, illusion, imposture, stratagem, trick, trickery, craftiness, dissimulation |
| Antonyms: | honesty, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | art |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
| Synonyms: | artifice, astuteness, deceit, duplicity, guile, trickery, artfulness, canniness, craftiness, slyness, wiliness |
| Main Entry: | artifice |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning; deception |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, dishonesty, duplicity, guile, scheming, trickery, artfulness, craftiness, slyness, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | candor, frankness, honesty, honor, innocence, reality, sincerity, truthfulness, ingenuousness, openness |
| Main Entry: | craft |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit, scheme |
| Synonyms: | art, artifice, contrivance, cunning, duplicity, guile, ruse, shrewdness, stratagem, strategy, subterfuge, subtlety, trickery, artfulness, cageyness, canniness, craftiness, disingenuity, foxiness, slyness, wiles, wiliness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, openness |
| Main Entry: | device |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ploy, scheme, maneuver |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cabal, chicanery, craft, design, dodge, evasion, expedient, fake, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, improvisation, loophole*, machination, method, pattern, plan, plot, project, proposition, purpose, racket, ruse, shift, stratagem, strategy, stunt, subterfuge, trap, trick, wile, clever move, craftiness, cunningness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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