Trick

//tɹɪk//

Synonyms for "trick" (591 found)

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Closest matches (119)

antic artifice con illusion shift aberration ability abnormality accomplishment ace action ad hoc measure affectation airy nothing alibi anchor watch anomaly answer apology aroma

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Noun(15 words)

illusion john magic trick whoremaster whoremonger all-nighter antic artifice bagatelle caper capriccio con conjuration conjuring trick curb crawler

Verb(6 words)

abuse butty chance cod con cross out

Strong matches (177)

cute trick day shift daydream deceit deceive deception deck decoy deed deep-laid plot defective defraud delude deluded belief delusion demarche dereism design deuce deviation

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device diamond diamonds diddle dido differentia differential dirty deal dirty trick distinctive feature divergence do the trick dodge dogwatch double cross double-cross dream dream vision dreamland dreamworld dummy dupe dust earmark eccentricity effort engineering exaggeration excuse expedient expression of ideas facade face cards fake out fakement false belief fashion fast deal feat feature feel feeling for words feint fetch ficelle figure fill the bill finagling finesse flavor flim flam flimflam flush foible foist fool force of habit forestall form of speech frame up frame-up fraud frolic front full house full time gag gambit game gammon get around gift gimmick gloss go googly grace of expression grandiloquence graveyard shift grift guise gull gust habit habit pattern habitude half time hallmark hand handle hang have hearts hoax hocus pocus hocus-pocus hoodwink hornswaggle horseplay humbug idiocrasy idiosyncrasy ignis fatuus imposture impress impression improvisation index individualism inflation insecure intrigue irregularity jack jape jig john joker juggle jugglery jury rig jury-rig jury-rigged expedient keynote kid king knack

Noun(16 words)

deception drop in the bucket drop in the ocean drop in the pond drop in the sea fare fast one flyspeck gambit gonk gubbins imposition jane jockey joke kerb crawler

Verb(14 words)

do dupe flim-flam fob fool fox fudge get gull have hoodwink hornswoggle illude jiff

Related words (295)

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makeshift maneuver maneuvering manipulation manner manner of speaking mannerism manoeuvre mark marking mask means means to an end measure minauderie misbelief mischief misconception misguide misinform mislead mock mod mode mode of expression mold monkeyshines mould moulder mouldy move nature night shift nonconformity oddity odor ostensible motive outmaneuver outreach outsmart outwit overreach overtime pack pair part time particularity pass pattern peculiar trait peculiarity personal style picture cards pigeon pipe dream pis aller play joke on play one false play pranks play trick on play tricks playing cards plot plotting ploy poor excuse practical joke practice prank praxis pretense pretension pretext prey property protestation public motive pull a fast one pull fast one on put off put one on put something over put-off quality queen quirk racket red herring refuge relay resort resource rhetoric ride rig rigging rook round royal flush rubber ruff ruse savor scheme schemery scheming screen scurvy trick seal second nature secret self-deceit self-deception self-delusion semblance shake up shake-up shaky sham shape shenanigan shenanigans shine show shuffle singleton singularity skill sleight sleight of hand sleight-of-hand trick smack smoke screen snow solution spade spades specialty spell split schedule split shift spoof sport stalking horse stalking-horse stall stamp step stereotype stereotyped behavior stint stopgap straight strain strangeness stratagem strategy string string along stroke stroke of policy stunt style stylistic analysis stylistics subterfuge suffice sunrise watch swindle swing swing shift tactic taint take take in tang taste technique temporary expedient the grand style the plain style the sublime time token tomfoolery touch touchy tour tour of duty trademark trait trap trey trick of behavior trickery tricky trip trump turn turn of work turn the trick twist twist and turn two time two-time undependable underplot unreliable unstable untrustworthy usage use vapor varnish veil vein victimize waggish trick watch way weakness web of intrigue wheeze whimsy whoremaster wile wily device wire pulling wire-pulling wont work work shift working hypothesis working proposition wrong impression

Verb(13 words)

lead astray mod pimp play a joke on play a trick on play tricks pull a fast one on pull the wool over someone's eyes rip off sell someone a pup shaft shit slur

Noun(27 words)

legerdemain magic monger muck-up muttonmonger nothingburger picayune ploy prank prostitute's client punter put-on rip-off score shenanigan shift short-timer sleight of hand small beer spit in the ocean

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steamer thaumaturgy trifle trinket triviality wapping cove white chip

Related word relations

OpenGloss and ConceptNet supply richer edges like generalizations, collocations, and derivations.

12 relation types

More general

19 entries

client cozen customer deceive delude device dishonesty diversion duty period gimmick knavery lead on performance play recreation shift

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More specific

8 entries

Jedi mind trick cheap trick dirty trick hat trick magic trick parlor trick parlour trick party trick

Antonyms

5 entries

fair or treat play play fair treat

Synonyms

9 entries

antic artifice con illusion john magic trick mod shift whoremaster

capable of

1 entries

fool person

derived

70 entries

Barton-Nackman trick Davenport trick Gordie Howe hat trick Indian rope trick Rosser's trick Scott's trick bag of tricks bed trick brain trick card trick con trick confidence trick conjuring trick dirty trick vase do the trick dog trick

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distinct from

1 entries

magic

etymologically related_to

4 entries

track treachery trig trigger

has context

6 entries

card game card games generally used with turn heraldry nautical slang

is a

4 entries

device dishonesty shift turn

manner of

1 entries

deceive

related to

153 entries

act action adorn bad bad joke blazon braid card card game card hand card magic cards cheat cheating cheating somebody children

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Translations

316 translations across 51 languages.

Ancient Greek

2 entries

δόλος noun (something designed to fool)
πανούργημα noun (something designed to fool)

Arabic

1 entries

حِيلَة noun (something designed to fool)

Azerbaijani

4 entries

fokus noun (magic trick)
hiylə noun (something designed to fool)
kələk noun (something designed to fool)
qurğu noun (something designed to fool)

Basque

1 entries

azerikeria noun (something designed to fool)

Belarusian

2 entries

трук noun (magic trick)
фо́кус noun (magic trick)

Bulgarian

4 entries

вахта на руля noun (sailor's spell of work at the helm)
взя́тка noun (winning sequence in cards)
закачка noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
измама noun (something designed to fool)

Catalan

4 entries

basa noun (winning sequence in cards)
truc noun (something designed to fool)
engalipar verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
enganyar verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Central Kurdish

2 entries

فێڵ کردن verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
ھەڵخەڵەتاندن verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Chinese Mandarin

4 entries

惡作劇 /恶作剧 noun (something designed to fool)
戲法 /戏法 noun (magic trick)
把戲 /把戏 noun (magic trick)
詭計 /诡计 noun (something designed to fool)

Czech

3 entries

fígl noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
kouzlo noun (magic trick)
trik noun (magic trick)

Danish

4 entries

fidus noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
kneb noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
knep noun (something designed to fool)
stik noun (winning sequence in cards)

Dutch

4 entries

truc noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
bedotten verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
bedreigen verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
beetnemen verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Esperanto

4 entries

ruzo noun (something designed to fool)
truko noun (something designed to fool)
truko noun (magic trick)
mistifiki verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Estonian

3 entries

temp noun (something designed to fool)
trikk noun (something designed to fool)
vemp noun (something designed to fool)

Finnish

4 entries

jekku noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
jippo noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
juju noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
kepponen noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

French

4 entries

astuce noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
levée noun (winning sequence in cards)
passe noun (slang: act of prostitution)
pli noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

Galician

4 entries

barma noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
embeño noun (something designed to fool)
endroma noun (something designed to fool)
estrucia noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

German

4 entries

Falle noun (something designed to fool)
Finte noun (something designed to fool)
Kniff noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
Kunststück noun (magic trick)

Greek

4 entries

μπάζα noun (winning sequence in cards)
χαρτωσιά noun (winning sequence in cards)
εξαπατάω verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
εξαπατώ verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Hebrew

4 entries

טריק noun (something designed to fool)
לְקִיחָה noun (winning sequence in cards)
לַהֲטוּט noun (something designed to fool)
לַהֲטוּט noun (magic trick)

Hindi

2 entries

चाल noun (something designed to fool)
बहकाना verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Hungarian

4 entries

bűvészmutatvány noun (magic trick)
bűvésztrükk noun (magic trick)
csel noun (something designed to fool)
csíny noun (something designed to fool)

Indonesian

4 entries

kecohan noun (something designed to fool)
kiat noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
muslihat noun (something designed to fool)
silap mata noun (magic trick)

Ingrian

2 entries

koirus noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
pilla noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

Italian

3 entries

inbroglio noun (something designed to fool)
trucco noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
imbrogliare verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Japanese

4 entries

トリック noun (magic trick)
企み noun (something designed to fool)
手品 noun (magic trick)
欺き noun (something designed to fool)

Javanese

1 entries

upaya noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

Latin

4 entries

astus noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
captiō noun (something designed to fool)
dolus noun (something designed to fool)
praestīgiae noun (magic trick)

Macedonian

4 entries

и́змама noun (something designed to fool)
и́трина noun (something designed to fool)
ма́јтап noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
трик noun (magic trick)

Malay

2 entries

daya verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
perdaya verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Middle English

1 entries

sleighte noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

Māori

1 entries

whakangaio verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Norman

1 entries

farche noun (something designed to fool)

Norwegian

4 entries

knep noun (something designed to fool)
stikk noun (winning sequence in cards)
trick noun (something designed to fool)
trikk noun (something designed to fool)

Ottoman Turkish

4 entries

اویون noun (something designed to fool)
اویون noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
صنعت noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
قازیق noun (something designed to fool)

Pennsylvania German

1 entries

aabasse verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Persian

3 entries

ترفند noun (something designed to fool)
حقه noun (something designed to fool)
نیرنگ noun (something designed to fool)

Plautdietsch

2 entries

Faks noun (something designed to fool)
Faks noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

Polish

4 entries

chwyt noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
fortel noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
lewa noun (winning sequence in cards)
sposób noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)

Portuguese

4 entries

artimanha noun (something designed to fool)
macete noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
peça noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
programa noun (slang: act of prostitution)

Romanian

2 entries

păcăli verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
înșela verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Russian

4 entries

взя́тка noun (winning sequence in cards)
обма́н noun (something designed to fool)
трюк noun (something designed to fool)
трюк noun (magic trick)

Scottish Gaelic

3 entries

car noun (something designed to fool)
cleas noun (something designed to fool)
cleas noun (magic trick)

Spanish

4 entries

artimaña noun (something designed to fool)
baza noun (winning sequence in cards)
broma noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
cancamusa noun (something designed to fool)

Swedish

4 entries

fint noun (something designed to fool)
knep noun (something designed to fool)
knep noun (effective, clever or quick way of doing something)
spratt noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

Telugu

3 entries

ఇంద్రజాలం noun (magic trick)
కనికట్టు noun (magic trick)
జిత్తు noun (something designed to fool)

Turkish

4 entries

hile noun (something designed to fool)
numara noun (something designed to fool)
numara noun (magic trick)
oyun noun (something designed to fool)

Ukrainian

4 entries

трюк noun (magic trick)
фо́кус noun (magic trick)
обду́рювати verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
обдури́ти verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Vietnamese

2 entries

bịp verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)
lừa verb (to fool; to cause to believe something untrue)

Welsh

4 entries

cast noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
cestyn noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
pranc noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)
rhosb noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

Yiddish

4 entries

טריק noun (magic trick)
קונץ noun (something designed to fool)
קונץ noun (magic trick)
שפּיצל noun (mischievous or annoying behavior; a prank)

Sample sentences

57 total sentences available.

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Mike played a bad trick on his brother.

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The pianist played a trick on the audience.

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It's just a trick of the wind.

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You can't fool me with a trick like that.

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