Synonyms for chicanery
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trickery — deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge
trickery, subterfuge, fraud, deceit, deception, dishonesty, duplicity, prevarication, sophistry, fakery, intrigue, artifice, stratagem, cheat, dodge, craft, shift, knavery, skulduggery, skullduggery US, ruse, hocus-pocus, contrivance
2. Guile
guile, chicane, wile, shenanigan informal
Other
Definitions
- n. 1
Deception by the use of trickery, quibbling, or subterfuge.
- n. 2
An individual act of trickery or deception.
Related words
- Word family
- chicane
Forms
- Plural
- chicaneries → trickeries, subterfuges, frauds, deceits…
Example sentences
- fraud Academic fraud is more common than you might think.
- deceit He acquired a great fortune by using deceit and treachery.
- trickery The ones who lack courage, exceed in trickery.
- subterfuge I apologize for the subterfuge.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| chicanery | falling | |
| fraud | rising | |
| deceit | rising | |
| trickery | rising | |
| subterfuge | steady | |
| rascality | falling |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruse1, wile1
- 5 letters
- shift1, fraud1, craft1, cheat1, dodge1, guile1
- 6 letters
- deceit2, fakery
- 7 letters
- chicane, knavery, roguery
- 8 letters
- intrigue2, trickery3, artifice3
- 9 letters
- deception3, duplicity4, stratagem3, sophistry3, rascality
- 10 letters
- dishonesty4, subterfuge3, shenanigan4
- 11 letters
- contrivance3, skulduggery4
- 12 letters
- skullduggery, pettifogging
- 13 letters
- prevarication5
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (deceit2 = 2 syllables).