guile

English Thesaurus

1. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

hypernym	:	deceit, deception, dissembling, dissimulation,
definition	:	the act of deceiving (noun.act)

hyponym	:	dupery, fraud, fraudulence, hoax, humbug, put-on,
definition	:	something intended to deceive; deliberate trickery intended to gain an advantage (noun.act)

hyponym	:	jugglery,
definition	:	artful trickery designed to achieve an end (noun.act)

2. the quality of being crafty (noun.attribute)

hypernym	:	disingenuousness,
definition	:	the quality of being disingenuous and lacking candor (noun.attribute)

3. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception (noun.cognition)

hypernym	:	astuteness, perspicaciousness, perspicacity, shrewdness,
definition	:	intelligence manifested by being astute (as in business dealings) (noun.cognition)

4. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

5. the quality of being crafty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced,
definition	:	marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another (adj.all)

derivation	:	deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent,
definition	:	intended to deceive (adj.all)

6. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

7. the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them) (noun.act)

derivation	:	cheat, chicane, chouse, jockey, screw, shaft,
definition	:	defeat someone through trickery or deceit (verb.competition)

derivation	:	flim-flam, fob, fox, play a joke on, play a trick on, play tricks, pull a fast one on, trick,
definition	:	deceive somebody (verb.social)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)

8. the quality of being crafty (noun.attribute)

derivation	:	ambidextrous, deceitful, double-dealing, double-faced, double-tongued, duplicitous, janus-faced, two-faced,
definition	:	marked by deliberate deceptiveness especially by pretending one set of feelings and acting under the influence of another (adj.all)

derivation	:	deceitful, fallacious, fraudulent,
definition	:	intended to deceive (adj.all)

9. shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception (noun.cognition)

derivation	:	crafty, cunning, dodgy, foxy, guileful, knavish, slick, sly, tricksy, tricky, wily,
definition	:	marked by skill in deception (adj.all)