Subterfuge

//ˈsʌbtəɹˌfjuːd͡ʒ//

Synonyms for "subterfuge" (227 found)

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Closest matches (46)

Strong matches (68)

Related words (113)

Related word relations

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Translations

43 translations across 15 languages.

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Bulgarian

3 entries
  • измама noun (deception)
  • увъртане noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • хитруване noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Czech

4 entries
  • lest noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • trik noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • vytáčka noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • úskok noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Dutch

2 entries
  • misleiding noun (deception)
  • truc noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Esperanto

1 entries
  • artifiko noun (deception)

Finnish

4 entries
  • ansa noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • harha noun (deception)
  • harhautuminen noun (deception)
  • harhautus noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

German

3 entries
  • Trick noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • Täuschung noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • Täuschung noun (deception)

Greek

2 entries
  • τέχνασμα noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • υπεκφυγή noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Hungarian

4 entries
  • csel noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • fortély noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • megtévesztés noun (deception)
  • trükk noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Latin

1 entries
  • calumnia noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Macedonian

2 entries
  • и́змама noun (deception)
  • мр́дање noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Māori

1 entries
  • nuka noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Russian

3 entries
  • обма́н noun (deception)
  • уло́вка noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • ухищре́ние noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)

Serbo-Croatian

4 entries
  • izvrdavanje noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • izvrdavanje noun (deception)
  • obmana noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • obmana noun (deception)

Spanish

4 entries
  • demora noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • evasiva noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • subterfugio noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • subterfugio noun (deception)

Ukrainian

3 entries
  • виверт noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • викрут noun (indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; blind)
  • обман noun (deception)

Sample sentences

8 total sentences available.

Tatoeba + Wiktionary

The subtlety of this modern empire building puts the Roman centurions, the Spanish conquistadors, and the (...) European colonial powers to shame. Today we do not carry swords. We do not wear armor or clothes that set us apart. (...) It is how the system works. We seldom resort to anything illegal because the system itself is built on subterfuge, and the system is by definition legitimate.

Source: tatoeba (3391032)

Republicans have gone to insane lengths to suppress votes, discount them, make it hard to vote, and discourage voting through subterfuge, and are now allowing state legislatures to disregard election results entirely.

Source: tatoeba (11166522)

I apologize for the subterfuge.

Source: tatoeba (11478991)

Overt subterfuge in a region nearly caused a minor accident.

Source: wiktionary

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