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tricks - 20 thesaurus results
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; play joke on |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, catch*, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, fake, flimflam*, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus*, hoodwink, mislead, outwit, rook*, screw*, set up*, swindle, take in*, throw, trap, victimize, disinform, double deal, impose upon, jive*, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, take for a ride |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit |
| Synonyms: | ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile, circumvention |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, gag*, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine*, practical joke, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery, funny business, put-on, shenanigan |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expertise, know-how |
| Synonyms: | ability, art, command, craft, device, facility, gift, hang, knack, method, secret, skill, swing, technique |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | crotchet, custom, foible, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont, habitude |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time working at something |
| Synonyms: | bout, go*, hitch, shift, spell, stint, tour, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | possession |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | something owned; property |
| Synonyms: | accessories, assets, baggage, belongings, effects, equipment, estate, furnishings, furniture, goods, impedimenta, paraphernalia, province, real estate, settlement, territory, things, trappings, wealth, appointments, appurtenances, chattels, fixtures, tangibles, tricks |
| Main Entry: | thing/things |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | personal possessions |
| Synonyms: | apparel, attire, baggage, belongings, clothes, clothing, duds*, effects, equipment, gear, goods, impedimenta, luggage, odds and ends*, paraphernalia, personal effects, property, raiment, stuff, trappings, chattels, habiliments, personals, tricks |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lying in wait; concealed position |
| Synonyms: | camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, ambuscade, ambushment, hiding place, waiting, waylaying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny act |
| Synonyms: | caper, dido, frolic, joke, lark, romp, tomfoolery, trick, shenanigan |
| Main Entry: | bamboozle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; cheat |
| Synonyms: | baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam*, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle*, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beguile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam*, gyp*, have, hoodwink*, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, rook*, scam, seduce, shave*, snow*, stick*, string along, take, take in, trick, impose on, play for a sucker, rope in, suck in |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | betray |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | be disloyal |
| Synonyms: | abandon, be unfaithful, bite the hand that feeds you, blow the whistle*, bluff, break faith, break promise, break trust, break with, commit treason, cross, deceive, deliver up, delude, desert, double-cross, finger*, forsake, go back on, inform against, inform on, jilt, knife*, let down, mislead, play Judas, play false, seduce, sell down the river, sell out, stab in the back*, take in*, trick, turn in, turn informer, turn state's evidence, walk out on |
| Antonyms: | be faithful, be loyal, defend, protect, support |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bewitch |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | charm |
| Synonyms: | allure, attract, bedevil, beguile, captivate, capture, control, dazzle, draw, enchant, enrapture, enthrall, entrance, fascinate, hex, hypnotize, knock dead, knock out, put horns on, put the whammy on, put under magic spell, send*, slay*, spell*, spellbind, sweep off one's feet, take, tickle pink, tickle to death, tickle*, trick, turn on*, vamp, voodoo, wile, wow* |
| Antonyms: | disenchant, disgust, turn off |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bilk |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle*, beat, circumvent, con, deceive, defraud, disappoint, do*, fleece*, flimflam*, foil, frustrate, gyp*, overreach, rook*, ruin, snow*, swindle, thwart, trick |
| Antonyms: | give, give away |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | boast; deceit |
| Synonyms: | bluster, bravado, deception, delusion, facade, fake, false front, feint, fraud, front, humbug*, lie, pretense, pretext, ruse, sham, show, snow*, stall, subterfuge, trick, braggadocio, bragging, false colors, jiving |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bluff |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | deceive |
| Synonyms: | affect, beguile, betray, con, counterfeit, defraud, delude, double-cross, fake*, feign, fool, humbug*, juggle, lie, mislead, pretend, put on*, sham*, shuck*, simulate, snow*, take in*, trick, bunco, fake out, illude, jive*, psych out |
| Antonyms: | come clean, reveal, tell truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | bout |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | period of time in which something occurs |
| Synonyms: | course, fit*, go*, round, run, session, shift, spell, stint, stretch, tear, term, tour, trick*, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | burn |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | cheat |
| Synonyms: | beat, bilk, chisel, cozen, deceive, defraud, gyp, overreach, swindle, take, trick, use, ream |
| Antonyms: | aid, help |
| Main Entry: | caper |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | antic, lark |
| Synonyms: | escapade, gag*, gambol, high jinks, hop, jest, joke, jump, leap, mischief, practical joke, prank, put on*, revel, rib*, rollick, sport, stunt, tomfoolery*, trick, hot foot, monkeyshines, shenanigan |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
Copyright © 2009 by the Philip Lief Group.
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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