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Artifice

//ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs//

Synonyms for "artifice" (233 found)

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Informal (29)

Name, noun, verb, slang(6 words)

pass play step racket scheme trump

Noun, verb, slang(8 words)

catch shift trap plot finesse coup jury-rig grift

Adj, noun, verb, slang(5 words)

game trick curve skill stealth

Adj, adv, name, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, verb, slang(2 words)

Adj, intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Name, noun, slang(1 words)

Adj, name, noun, slang(1 words)

Verb, slang(1 words)

Intj, noun, verb, slang(1 words)

Adj, noun, slang(1 words)

Noun, slang(1 words)

General use (204)

Noun, verb(32 words)

measure stroke move answer design stall maneuver fraud resource rigging gimmick conspiracy intrigue resort effort solution juggle gambit ploy chouse

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jury rig manoeuvre plotting engineering pettifogging counterplot complot maneuvering countermove finagling contriving underplot

Noun(115 words)

device readiness subtlety contrivance affectation subterfuge delusion quickness deception falseness stratagem keenness cleverness evasion mannerism manipulation sophistry trickery strategy chicanery

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complicity ruse artfulness deceit collusion proficiency improvisation imposture ingenuity originality dishonesty canniness acuteness treachery connivance canard knavery sleight of hand machination duplicity shrewdness pretence resourcefulness inventiveness dissimulation adroitness euphuism shiftiness ingeniousness preciosity astuteness fakement trickiness wariness bad faith means to an end foul play euphemism one-upmanship gamesmanship slipperiness pettifoggery adeptness dirty trick jugglery skulduggery frame-up working hypothesis course of action last resort unnaturalness suppleness purism pretentiousness shake-up pis aller demarche rascality bag of tricks faithlessness slyness craftiness insidiousness deceitfulness doubleness sneakiness artificiality affectedness sharp practice preciousness ficelle Machiavellianism bosey foxiness wiliness falseheartedness stealthiness two-facedness subtilty cunningness schemery Gongorism cageyness improbity underhandedness subtleness callidity overrefinement supercherie ambidexterity overelegance connivery overniceness dodgery overelaboration

Name, noun, verb(7 words)

art craft cabal means wile ruse guile

Verb(3 words)

build frame up double dealing

Intj, noun, verb(1 words)

Name, noun(5 words)

sharpness confederacy sleight covin wiles

Noun, prep, verb(1 words)

Adj, noun(5 words)

makeshift expedient tactic double-dealing googly

Adj, noun, verb(5 words)

feint stopgap antic scheming chicane

Intj(1 words)

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web of intrigue Italian hand satanic cunning fine Italian hand underhand dealing low cunning doubleness of heart hyperelegance manneredness

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