subterfuge (171 synonym found)

Subterfuge has 171 synonyms. The top synonyms for subterfuge are airtight secrecy, alibi, apology, art, artful dodge, artifice, bag of tricks, bamboozlement and 163 more. Browse the full list below.

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airtight secrecy
alibi
apology
art
artful dodge
artifice
bag of tricks
bamboozlement
befooling
bickering
blind
bluff
bluffing
boggling
bosey
burial
burying
calculated deception
captiousness
catch
caviling
chouse
circumvention
cloak
close secrecy
closeness
clouding
concealedness
concealment
conning
conspiracy
contrivance
coup
cover story
cover-up
covering up
covertness
craft
crypticness
curve-ball
cute trick
darkening
deceit
deceiving
deception
deceptiveness
defrauding
delusion
delusiveness
design
dirty deal
dirty trick
discreetness
dishonesty
dodge
dodging
double-dealing
dupery
enmeshment
ensnarement
entanglement
entrapment
evasiveness
excuse
expedient
facade
fakement
fallaciousness
fallacy
falseness
fast deal
feint
fencing
fetch
ficelle
flimflam
flimflammery
fond illusion
fooling
gambit
gimmick
gloss
googly
grift
guise
hairsplitting
hallucination
hedging
hiddenness
hiding
hocus-pocus
hoodwinking
hugger-mugger
hugger-muggery
illusion
interment
intrigue
invisibility
joker
juggle
jugglery
kidding
knavery
lame excuse
little game
locus standi
logic-chopping
mask
masking
mirage
mystification
nit-picking
obscuration
obscurement
occultation
ostensible motive
outwitting
overreaching
paltering
parrying
pettifoggery
phantasm
plot
ploy
poor excuse
pretension
pretext
prevarication
public motive
pussyfooting
put-off
putting away
putting on
quibbling
red herring
refuge
ruse
screening
scurvy trick
secrecy
secretiveness
secretness
self-deception
semblance
sham
shifting
sidestepping
sleight
sleight of hand
sleight-of-hand trick
smoke screen
snow job
song and dance
spoofery
spoofing
stalking-horse
stratagem
strategy
swindling
tactic
tergiversation
the dark
trichoschistism
trick
trickiness
tricking
veil
victimization
willful misconception
wily device
wishful thinking

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for subterfuge?

A common synonym for subterfuge is airtight secrecy. Other synonyms include alibi, apology, art, artful dodge.

How many synonyms does subterfuge have?

Subterfuge has 171 synonyms listed on Thesaurasize.

What does subterfuge mean?

(n): an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind.

Definition of subterfuge:

(n) : an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics; Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity
"the Japanese's subterfuge in World War II caused the Americans to lose the battle."
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Definition of subterfuge:

(n) : an indirect or deceptive device or stratagem; a blind. Refers especially to war and politics; Deception; misrepresentation of the true nature of an activity
"the Japanese's subterfuge in World War II caused the Americans to lose the battle."
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