'artifice' definitions:
Definition of 'artifice'
(from WordNet)
noun
A deceptive maneuver (especially to avoid capture) [syn: ruse, artifice]
Synonyms of 'artifice'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- action,
- acuteness,
- ad hoc measure,
- adeptness,
- adroitness,
- affectation,
- affectedness,
- ambidexterity,
- answer,
- art,
- artful dodge,
- artfulness,
- artificiality,
- astuteness,
- bad faith,
- bag of tricks,
- blind,
- bluff,
- bosey,
- cabal,
- cageyness,
- callidity,
- canniness,
- catch,
- chicane,
- chicanery,
- chouse,
- cleverness,
- collusion,
- complicity,
- complot,
- confederacy,
- connivance,
- connivery,
- conspiracy,
- contrivance,
- contriving,
- countermove,
- counterplot,
- coup,
- course of action,
- covin,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- curve,
- curve-ball,
- cute trick,
- deceit,
- deceitfulness,
- deception,
- deep-laid plot,
- demarche,
- design,
- device,
- dirty deal,
- dirty trick,
- dishonesty,
- dissimulation,
- dodge,
- dodgery,
- double-dealing,
- doubleness,
- doubleness of heart,
- duplicity,
- effort,
- engineering,
- euphemism,
- euphuism,
- expedient,
- faithlessness,
- fakement,
- falseheartedness,
- falseness,
- fast deal,
- feint,
- fetch,
- ficelle,
- finagling,
- fine Italian hand,
- finesse,
- foul play,
- foxiness,
- frame-up,
- gambit,
- game,
- gamesmanship,
- gimmick,
- Gongorism,
- googly,
- grift,
- guile,
- hocus-pocus,
- hyperelegance,
- improbity,
- improvisation,
- ingeniousness,
- ingenuity,
- insidiousness,
- intrigue,
- inventiveness,
- Italian hand,
- joker,
- juggle,
- jugglery,
- jury-rig,
- jury-rigged expedient,
- keenness,
- knavery,
- last expedient,
- last resort,
- last shift,
- little game,
- low cunning,
- Machiavellianism,
- machination,
- makeshift,
- maneuver,
- maneuvering,
- manipulation,
- manneredness,
- mannerism,
- means,
- measure,
- move,
- one-upmanship,
- originality,
- overelaboration,
- overelegance,
- overniceness,
- overrefinement,
- pass,
- pettifoggery,
- pettifogging,
- pis aller,
- plot,
- plotting,
- ploy,
- preciosity,
- preciousness,
- pretentiousness,
- proficiency,
- purism,
- quickness,
- racket,
- rascality,
- readiness,
- red herring,
- resort,
- resource,
- resourcefulness,
- rigging,
- ruse,
- satanic cunning,
- scheme,
- schemery,
- scheming,
- scurvy trick,
- shake-up,
- sharp practice,
- sharpness,
- shift,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- skill,
- skulduggery,
- sleight,
- sleight of hand,
- sleight-of-hand trick,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneakiness,
- solution,
- sophistry,
- stealth,
- stealthiness,
- step,
- stopgap,
- stratagem,
- strategy,
- stroke,
- stroke of policy,
- subterfuge,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- supercherie,
- suppleness,
- tactic,
- temporary expedient,
- treachery,
- trick,
- trickery,
- trickiness,
- trump,
- two-facedness,
- underhand dealing,
- underhandedness,
- underplot,
- unnaturalness,
- wariness,
- web of intrigue,
- wile,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- wily device,
- wire-pulling,
- wit,
- working hypothesis,
- working proposition