subterfuge (171 synonym found)

Subterfuge has 171 synonyms. The top synonyms for subterfuge are bag of tricks, intrigue, joker, trickiness, caviling, fakement, smoke screen, scurvy trick and 163 more. Another word for subterfuge is bag of tricks. Browse the full list below.

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

Frequently asked questions

What is a synonym for subterfuge?

A common synonym for subterfuge is bag of tricks. Other synonyms include intrigue, joker, trickiness, caviling.

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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