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artificenoun a clever often underhanded means to achieve an endused the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, stratagem, trick, wile bluff, end run, feintcheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery(or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickeryfraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindleblind, front, smoke screen sleight of hand skill in achieving one's ends through indirect, subtle, or underhanded meansusing their artifice, the Greeks crafted a hollow wooden horse to hide inside and thereby gained entry into the city of Troy artfulness, caginess(also cageyness), canniness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deviousness, foxiness, guile, guilefulness, slickness, slyness, sneakiness, subtleness, subtlety, wiliness calculation, care, designsavvy, sharpness, shrewdnesscleverness, ingeniousness, ingenuity, inventivenessease, facility, finessedeceitfulness, duplicity, shiftiness, underhandedness subtle or imaginative ability in inventing, devising, or executing somethinga painting that could only have been created with the artifice of a master adeptness, adroitness, art, artfulness, artistry, cleverness, craft, cunning, deftness, masterfulness, skill, skillfulness dexterity, ease, finesse, handinessexperience, expertise, expertness, know-how, proficiencycreativity, ingenuity, inventiveness, knowledge, learningaptitude, bent, flair, gift, knack, talent artlessness, ineptitude, ineptness, maladroitness amateurishness, awkwardness, clumsiness, crudeness, klutziness, rudenessinability, inadequacy, inadequateness, incapability, incapacity, incompetence, ineffectiveness, ineffectuality, ineffectualness, inefficacy, inefficiency the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickerya crook who is a master of artifice and manipulation cheating, cozenage, craft, craftiness, crookedness, crookery, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissembling, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, fakery, foxiness, fraud, guile, guilefulness, wiliness equivocation, lying, mendacity, prevaricationchicane, chicanery, fraudulence, hanky-panky, jugglery, legerdemain, mountebankery, obliquity, skulduggery(or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery, wilefalsehood, falsity, fib, untruthhypocrisy, insincerity, sanctimoniousness, two-facednessartfulness, caginess(also cageyness), deviousness, shrewdnesstreacherousness, underhandedness, unscrupulousnesscovertness, furtiveness, secrecy, shadiness, sneakiness, stealthinessoiliness, shiftiness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, smoothness artlessness, forthrightness, good faith, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sincerity candidness, candor, directness, frankness, openness, plainness, plainspokennesshonesty, probitydependability, reliability, reliableness, solidity, trustability, trustiness, trustworthinessdecency, goodness, incorruptibility, integrity, righteousness, truthfulness, uprightness, virtuousness the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an endhe's willing to resort to artifice to get himself out of this jam chicane, chicanery, gamesmanship, hanky-panky, jiggery-pokery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery(or skullduggery), subterfuge, trickery, wile artfulness, caginess(also cageyness), craftiness, cunning, deviousness, foxiness, oiliness, shadiness, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slickness, slipperiness, slyness, sneakiness, treachery, underhandedness, wilinesscrookedness, crookery, cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, deceptiveness, dishonesty, dissimulation, double-dealing, dupery, duplicity, guile, guilefulness, hypocrisy, insincerityfakery, humbuggery, imposture, quackerydirty pool, dirty tricksdesign, plotting, scheming, secrecy, stealth artlessness, forthrightness, guilelessness, ingenuousness, sinceritycandidness, candor, directness, openness, plainness, plainspokenness trick, ruse, stratagem, maneuver, artifice, wile, feint mean an indirect means to gain an end.trick may imply deception, roguishness, illusion, and either an evil or harmless end.the tricks of the trade ruse stresses an attempt to mislead by a false impression.the ruses of smugglers stratagem implies a ruse used to entrap, outwit, circumvent, or surprise an opponent or enemy.the stratagem-filled game maneuver suggests adroit and skillful avoidance of difficulty.last-minute maneuvers to avert bankruptcy artifice implies ingenious contrivance or invention.the clever artifices of the stage wile suggests an attempt to entrap or deceive with false allurements.used all of his wiles to ingratiate himself feint implies a diversion or distraction of attention away from one's real intent.a feint toward the enemy's left flank in 1540 |