Synonyms for sleight-of-hand
Most common
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Legerdemain — any form of clever or skillful trickery or deception
legerdemain, trickery, hocus-pocus, trick, subterfuge, ruse, fetch, deception, artifice, deceit, racket, racquet UK
2. Magic — A performance of such a skill
magic, conjuring, conjuration, palmistry, prestidigitation, jugglery, illusionism, dweomercraft rare, prestigiation dated
Definitions
- n. 1
A performance of such a skill.
- n. 2
Any form of clever or skillful trickery or deception.
Related words
- Other spellings
- sleight of hand
Example sentences
- trickery The ones who lack courage, exceed in trickery.
- subterfuge I apologize for the subterfuge.
- legerdemain Such changes are nothing more than the artist's legerdemain.
- magic He amused the children by showing them some magic.
- conjuring My son has gotten quite good at conjuring up excuses for not going to school.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruse1
- 5 letters
- magic2, trick1, fetch1
- 6 letters
- racket2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- racquet2
- 8 letters
- trickery3, artifice3, jugglery
- 9 letters
- deception3, conjuring3, palmistry3
- 10 letters
- subterfuge3
- 11 letters
- conjuration, legerdemain4, illusionism5
- 12 letters
- dweomercraft
- 13 letters
- prestigiation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (magic2 = 2 syllables).