Nouns (12)
craftiness, deceitfulness
n. the quality of being crafty
shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, wile
n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)
craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness
n. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception
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Fuzzynyms (39)
deception, misrepresentation, deceit
n. a misleading falsehood
intrigue, machination
n. a crafty and involved plot to achieve your (usually sinister) ends
gambit, ploy, stratagem
n. a maneuver in a game or conversation
maneuver, manoeuvre, tactic
n. a plan for attaining a particular goal
feint
n. any distracting or deceptive maneuver (as a mock attack)
trick, fast one
n. a cunning or deceitful action or device; "he played a trick on me"; "he pulled a fast one and got away with it"
dishonesty
n. the quality of being dishonest
immorality
n. the quality of not being in accord with standards of right or good conduct; "the immorality of basing the defense of the West on the threat of mutual assured destruction"
mendacity
n. the tendency to be untruthful
blind, subterfuge
n. something intended to misrepresent the true nature of an activity; "he wasn't sick--it was just a subterfuge"; "the holding company was just a blind"
duplicity, fraudulence
n. a fraudulent or duplicitous representation
sophism, sophistry
n. a deliberately invalid argument displaying ingenuity in reasoning in the hope of deceiving someone
trick
n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"
ruse, artifice
n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)
art, artistry, prowess, superior skill
n. the superior ability that is attained by study and practice and observation; "he had mastered the art of a great craftsman"
dexterity, sleight, manual dexterity
n. adroitness in using the hands
accomplishment, attainment, acquisition, skill, acquirement
n. an ability that has been acquired by training
artfulness
n. the quality of being adroit in taking unfair advantage
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guile
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