Synonyms for trickery
Most common
deception sleight-of-hand chicanery legerdemain knavery tricknology
Synonyms by meaning
Noun
1. Chicanery — deception, deceit or underhanded behavior
chicanery, deception, sleight-of-hand, legerdemain, deceit, guile, subterfuge, hocus-pocus, duplicity, ruse, double-dealing, artifice, fraud, subtlety, dissimulation, fraudulence, intrigue, chicane, perfidy, deceitfulness, wile, racket, racquet UK
2. Skulduggery
skulduggery, skullduggery US, hanky-panky, slickness, jiggery-pokery
Other
knavery, tricknology, dweomercraft rare
Definitions
- n. 1
Deception, deceit or underhanded behavior.
- n. 2
The art of dressing up; imposture, pretense.
Forms
- Plural
- trickeries → chicaneries, deceptions, legerdemains, deceits…
Example sentences
- deception She was aware of his propensity towards deception.
- chicanery Dennis was known for chicanery and sleight-of-hand.
- legerdemain Such changes are nothing more than the artist's legerdemain.
Popularity over time
| Word | 1850 → 2019 | Trend |
|---|---|---|
| trickery | rising | |
| deception | rising | |
| chicanery | falling | |
| legerdemain | falling | |
| knavery | steady |
Use in printed books, per decade from 1850 to 2019.
By length
- 4 letters
- ruse1, wile1
- 5 letters
- fraud1, guile1
- 6 letters
- racket2, deceit2
- 7 letters
- racquet2, chicane, perfidy3, knavery
- 8 letters
- intrigue2, subtlety3, artifice3
- 9 letters
- deception3, duplicity4, chicanery4, slickness
- 10 letters
- subterfuge3
- 11 letters
- skulduggery4, legerdemain4, fraudulence, tricknology
- 12 letters
- skullduggery, dweomercraft
- 13 letters
- dissimulation, deceitfulness
The small number after each word is its number of syllables (racket2 = 2 syllables).
In other languages
- Français
- duperie