Related Searches
on Ask.com
Nearby Entries
gambit - 17 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | gambit |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | plan, plot |
| Synonyms: | artifice, design, device, gimmick, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, trick, jig |
| Main Entry: | chicanery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, trickery |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheating, dishonesty, dodge, double-dealing*, duplicity, feint, fraud, gambit, hanky-panky*, intrigue, machination, maneuver, plot, ploy, ruse, skullduggery, sophistry, stratagem, subterfuge, chicane, deviousness, double-crossing, fourberie, furtiveness, sharp practice, surreptitiousness, underhandedness, wiles |
| Notes: | duplicity implies double-dealing while chicanery suggests trickery and wiliness |
| Antonyms: | honesty, truthfulness, forthrightness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | feint |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | pretense |
| Synonyms: | artifice, bait, blind, bluff, cheat, deceit, distraction, dodge, duck, expedient, fake, gambit, hoax, imposture, make-believe, maneuver, play, ploy, pretension, pretext, ruse, sham*, shift, snare, stall, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile, hoodwinking, mock attack |
| Antonyms: | truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | gimmick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | contrived object; scheme |
| Synonyms: | aid, apparatus, artifice, catch, concern, counterfeit, deceit, device, dodge*, fake, feint, fixture, fun, gadget, gambit, game, gizmo*, imposture, instrument, jest, maneuver, means, method, ploy, ruse, secret, shift, sport, stratagem, stunt, trick, widget*, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud, trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam*, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus*, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile, put-on |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | ruse |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, deception |
| Synonyms: | angle, artifice, blind, booby trap*, deceit, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, hoax, imposture, maneuver, ploy, scenario, sham, shenanigans*, shift, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch*, twist*, wile, curveball, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | strategem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, bit*, booby trap*, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan*, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trap |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | snare, trick |
| Synonyms: | ambush, artifice, bait, booby trap*, come-on*, conspiracy, deception, decoy, device, dragnet, enticement, feint, gambit, hook*, intrigue, lasso*, lure, machination, maneuver, net, noose, pitfall, plot, ploy, prank, quagmire, ruse, snag*, stratagem, subterfuge, temptation, wile, allurement, ambuscade, inveiglement, quicksand, seducement |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | victim |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | someone or something sacrificed, preyed upon |
| Synonyms: | butt, casualty, clown, dupe, easy mark*, fatality, fool, gambit, gull, hireling, hunted, innocent, mark, martyr, patsy, pawn, prey, pushover*, quarry, sacrifice, scapegoat, sitting duck*, soft touch*, stooge*, sucker, underdog, wretch, babe in woods, easy make, gopher, gudgeon, immolation, injured party, pigeon*, sitting target, sufferer |
| Antonyms: | criminal, culprit |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| 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: | stratagem |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, bit, booby trap, child, con, deception, device, dodge, feint, gambit, game, game plan, gimmick, grift, intrigue, layout, maneuver, method, one-upmanship, pitch, plan, play, plot, ploy, pretext, proposition, racket, ruse, scenario, scene, scheme, setup, shift, slant, stall, story, subterfuge, switch, twist, wile, brainchild, gamesmanship, little game |
| 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 |
| Antonyms: | candor, frankness, honesty, honor, innocence, reality, sincerity, truthfulness, ingenuousness, openness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | maneuver |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | move, tactic |
| Synonyms: | action, angle, artifice, contrivance, device, dodge, feint, finesse, gambit, game, gimmick, intrigue, machination, manipulation, measure, movement, plan, play, plot, ploy, procedure, proceeding, ruse, scheme, shenanigans*, shuffle*, step, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, trick, curveball, demarche, fancy footwork, jig |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | pawn |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | security for a loan |
| Synonyms: | assurance, bond, collateral, earnest, forfeit, gambit, guarantee, guaranty, pledge, security, token, warrant, gage |
| 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
| Main Entry: | shift |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick, stratagem |
| Synonyms: | artifice, contrivance, craft, device, dodge, equivocation, evasion, expedient, gambit, hoax, makeshift, maneuver, move, ploy, recourse, refuge, resort, resource, ruse, stopgap*, strategy, substitute, subterfuge, wile, expediency |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
Cite This Source
Copyright © 2009, Dictionary.com, LLC. All rights reserved.
