subterfuge (171 synonym found)

Subterfuge has 171 synonyms. The top synonyms for subterfuge are wishful thinking, wily device, willful misconception, victimization, veil, tricking, trickiness, trick and 163 more. Browse the full list below.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for subterfuge?

A common synonym for subterfuge is wishful thinking. Other synonyms include wily device, willful misconception, victimization, veil.

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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