Synonyms for subterfuge
All synonyms
Noun
1. Chicanery — deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity
chicanery, deception, trickery, pretense US, pretence UK, deceit, evasion, artifice, sleight-of-hand, skulduggery, skullduggery US, trick, pretext, blind, excuse, mask, dodge, racket, racquet UK, shift, shuffle, quibble, jugglery, tergiversation, ruse
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Definitions
- n. 1
Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity.
Forms
- Plural
- subterfuges → chicaneries, deceptions, trickeries, pretenses…
Example sentences
- deception She was aware of his propensity towards deception.
- pretense He made a pretense of knowing my father.
- trickery The ones who lack courage, exceed in trickery.
- chicanery Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
By length
- 4 letters
- mask1, ruse1
- 5 letters
- shift1, trick1, blind1, dodge1
- 6 letters
- excuse2, racket2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- shuffle2, evasion3, pretext2, racquet2, quibble2
- 8 letters
- trickery3, pretense2, pretence, artifice3, jugglery
- 9 letters
- deception3, chicanery4
- 11 letters
- skulduggery4
- 12 letters
- skullduggery
- 14 letters
- tergiversation
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (excuse2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- subterfuge
- Español
- subterfugio