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trick, magic, legerdemain, illusion, deception, conjuring trick

n. an illusory feat; considered magical by naive observers

magic

n. any art that invokes supernatural powers

trick

n. an attempt to get you to do something foolish or imprudent; "that offer was a dirty trick"

trick

n. a period of work or duty

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"

trick, caper, prank, antic, joke

n. a ludicrous or grotesque act done for fun and amusement

trick, fox, fob, play a trick on

v. deceive somebody; "We tricked the teacher into thinking that class would be cancelled next week"

magic, wizard, magical, sorcerous, witching, wizardly

adj. possessing or using or characteristic of or appropriate to supernatural powers; "charming incantations"; "magic signs that protect against adverse influence"; "a magical spell"; "'tis now the very witching time of night"- Shakespeare; "wizard wands"; "wizardly powers"

enchantment, bewitchment

n. a magical spell

witchcraft, witchery

n. the art of sorcery

genius, wizardry

n. exceptional creative ability

necromancy

n. conjuring up the dead, especially for prophesying

voodoo, vodoun, voodooism, hoodooism

n. a religious cult practiced chiefly in Caribbean countries (especially Haiti); involves witchcraft and animistic deities

trickery, slickness, hocus-pocus, hanky panky, jiggery-pokery, skulduggery, skullduggery

n. verbal misrepresentation intended to take advantage of you in some way

mysticism, religious mysticism

n. a religion based on mystical communion with an ultimate reality

shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, guile, wile

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

hustle, bunco, bunko, con, gyp, sting, flimflam, confidence game, con game, bunco game, bunko game

n. a swindle in which you cheat at gambling or persuade a person to buy worthless property

deception, deceit, dissembling, dissimulation

n. the act of deceiving

fraud

n. intentional deception resulting in injury to another person

heist, rip-off

n. the act of stealing

maneuver, manoeuvre, tactical manoeuver, tactical maneuver

n. a move made to gain a tactical end

ruse, artifice

n. a deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture)

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)

shenanigan, trickery, chicanery, guile, wile

n. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

fraud, fraudulence, dupery, hoax, put-on

n. something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage

fabrication, fiction, fable

n. a deliberately false or improbable account

copy

n. a secondary representation of an original; "she made a copy of the designer dress"

fake, sham, postiche

n. something that is a counterfeit; not what it seems to be

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"

deed, feat, effort, exploit

n. a notable achievement; "he performed a great deed"; "the book was her finest effort"

stunt

n. a difficult or unusual or dangerous feat; usually done to gain attention

pass, fling, whirl, crack, go, offer

n. a usually brief attempt; "he took a crack at it"; "I gave it a whirl"

mischief, mischief-making, mischievousness, deviltry, devilry, devilment, rascality, roguery, roguishness, shenanigan

n. reckless or malicious behavior that causes discomfort or annoyance in others

juggle, hoodwink, beguile

v. influence by slyness

coax, palaver, blarney, wheedle, cajole, sweet-talk, inveigle

v. influence or urge by gentle urging, caressing, or flattering; "He palavered her into going along"

lure, tempt, entice

v. provoke someone to do something through (often false or exaggerated) promises or persuasion; "He lured me into temptation"

flatter, blandish

v. praise somewhat dishonestly

score, seduce

v. induce to have sex; "Harry finally seduced Sally"; "Did you score last night?"; "Harry made Sally"

sham, assume, feign, pretend, dissemble, simulate

v. make a pretence of; "She assumed indifference, even though she was seething with anger"; "he feigned sleep"

circumvent, outwit, overreach, outsmart, outfox

v. beat through cleverness and wit; "I beat the traffic"; "She outfoxed her competitors"

enchanted

adj. influenced as by charms or incantations

apparitional, ghostlike, ghostly, phantasmal, spectral

adj. resembling or characteristic of a phantom; "a ghostly face at the window"; "a phantasmal presence in the room"; "spectral emanations"; "spiritual tappings at a seance"

weird, unearthly, uncanny, eldritch

adj. suggesting the operation of supernatural influences; "an eldritch screech"; "the three weird sisters"; "stumps...had uncanny shapes as of monstrous creatures"- John Galsworthy; "an unearthly light"; "he could hear the unearthly scream of some curlew piercing the din"- Henry Kingsley

marvelous, marvellous, miraculous

adj. being or having the character of a miracle

metaphysical

adj. without material form or substance; "metaphysical forces"

necromantic

adj. given to or produced by or used in the art of conjuring up the dead; "a necromantic sorcerer"; "necromantic delusions"; "necromantic powders and other weird objects"

nonnatural, otherworldly, preternatural, transcendental

adj. existing outside of or not in accordance with nature; "find transcendental motives for sublunary action"-Aldous Huxley

paranormal

adj. not in accordance with scientific laws; "what seemed to be paranormal manifestations"

transmundane

adj. existing or extending beyond the physical world; "whatever of transmundane...insight...we may carry"- William James

witchlike

adj. being or having the character of witchcraft

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