Synonyms for jugglery
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Trickery — trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such
trickery, sleight-of-hand, prestidigitation, craft, fetch, racket, racquet UK, deceit, ruse, subterfuge, hocus-pocus US, legerdemain, deception, wile, artifice, grift slang US
2. Magic — witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain
magic, conjuring, conjuration, illusionism, prestigiation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
Witchcraft, sorcery; magical trickery, legerdemain.
- n. 2
Trickery or deception in general, or an instance of such.
Forms
- Plural
- juggleries → trickeries, prestidigitations, crafts, fetches…
Example sentences
- craft Flower arranging is a traditional craft in Japan.
- trickery The ones who lack courage, exceed in trickery.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| jugglery | falling | |
| craft | steady | |
| trickery | rising | |
| prestidigitation | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruse1, wile1
- 5 letters
- magic2, craft1, fetch1, grift
- 6 letters
- racket2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- racquet2
- 8 letters
- trickery3, artifice3
- 9 letters
- deception3, conjuring3
- 10 letters
- subterfuge3
- 11 letters
- conjuration, legerdemain4, illusionism5
- 13 letters
- prestigiation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (magic2 = 2 syllables).