| Main Entry: | skullduggery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | tricky behavior |
Synonyms: |
chicanery, crafty, trickery |
| Main Entry: | chicanery |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception, trickery |
Synonyms: |
artifice, cheating, chicane, deviousness, dishonesty, dodge, double-crossing, double-dealing, duplicity, feint, fourberie, fraud, furtiveness, gambit, hanky-panky, intrigue, machination, maneuver, plot, ploy, ruse, sharp practice, skullduggery, sophistry, stratagem, subterfuge, surreptitiousness, underhandedness, wiles |
| Notes: | duplicity implies double-dealing while chicanery suggests trickery and wiliness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, truthfulness |
| Main Entry: | dirty tricks |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dishonest practices |
Synonyms: |
dirty pool, funny business, malicious tactics, monkey business, shady business, skullduggery, unethical behavior |
| Main Entry: | duplicity |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deception |
Synonyms: |
Judas kiss, artifice, chicanery, cunning, deceit, dirty dealing, dirty pool, dirty trick, dirty work, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double-dealing, dualism, duality, faithlessness, falsehood, fraud, guile, hypocrisy, one-upmanship, perfidiousness, perfidy, skullduggery, stab in back, treacherousness, treachery, two-facedness, twoness |
Antonyms: |
forthrightness, honesty, trustworthiness |
| Main Entry: | hanky-panky |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | monkey business |
Synonyms: |
amour, chicane, chicanery, dalliance, deception, devilry, dirty pool, double-dealing, fling, flirtation, fooling around, fourberie, fraud, funny business, funny business, hankie-pankie, hokey-pokey, knavery, liaison, love affair, machinations, mischief, monkey business, romance, sexual activity, sharp practice, shenanigans*, skullduggery, subterfuge, trickery |
Antonyms: |
faithfulness, honesty |
| Main Entry: | machination |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | maneuver, plot |
Synonyms: |
artifice, cabal, conspiracy, design, device, dirty work, dodge*, intrigue, monkey business, on the make, ploy, practice, ruse, scheme, sellout, skullduggery, song and dance, stratagem, trick |
| Main Entry: | wile |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | cunning |
Synonyms: |
angle, artfulness, artifice, cheating, chicane, chicanery, con*, contrivance, craft, craftiness, deceit, deception, device, dishonesty, dissimulation, dodge, feint, flimflam, fraud, gambit, game, gimmick, guile, hoax, horseplay, imposition, little game, lure, maneuver, monkey business, monkeyshines, plot, ploy, racket, ruse, scam*, scheming, setup, shenanigans*, skullduggery, slant, slyness, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, switch, trick, trickery, twist |
Antonyms: |
naivety, stupidity |