'GUILE' definitions:
Definition of 'guile'
(from WordNet)
noun
Shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception [syn: craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness]
noun
The quality of being crafty [syn: craftiness, deceitfulness, guile]
noun
The use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) [syn: trickery, chicanery, chicane, guile, wile, shenanigan]
Definition of 'Guile'
From: GCIDE
- Guile \Guile\, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See Wile.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [1913 Webster]
- Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. --John i. 47. [1913 Webster]
- To wage by force or guile eternal war. --Milton. [1913 Webster]
Definition of 'Guile'
From: GCIDE
- Guile \Guile\, v. t. [OF. guiler. See Guile, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] --Spenser. [1913 Webster]
Synonyms of 'guile'
From: Moby Thesaurus
- acuteness,
- art,
- artfulness,
- artifice,
- astuteness,
- cageyness,
- callidity,
- canniness,
- cleverness,
- craft,
- craftiness,
- cunning,
- cunningness,
- deceit,
- deceitfulness,
- dissemblance,
- dissimulation,
- duplicity,
- falseheartedness,
- falseness,
- fine Italian hand,
- finesse,
- foxiness,
- furtiveness,
- gamesmanship,
- hypocrisy,
- indirection,
- ingeniousness,
- insidiousness,
- inventiveness,
- Italian hand,
- one-upmanship,
- readiness,
- resourcefulness,
- satanic cunning,
- sharpness,
- shiftiness,
- shrewdness,
- slipperiness,
- slyness,
- sneak attack,
- sneakiness,
- sophistry,
- stealth,
- stealthiness,
- subtilty,
- subtleness,
- subtlety,
- suppleness,
- surreptitiousness,
- treacherousness,
- trickiness,
- underhandedness,
- wariness,
- wiles,
- wiliness,
- wit
Acronyms for 'guile'
From: V.E.R.A.
- GNU's Ubiquitous Intelligent Language for Extension (GNU)