Synonyms for Artifice:

• n.

  •
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • foul play,
  • corruption,
  • misconduct.
  •
  • take in,
  • honest.
  •act (noun)
  • artifice.
  •art (noun)
  • wilinesses,
  • canninesses.
  •artfulness (noun)
  • caginesses.
  •artifice (noun)
  • tactic,
  • dodge,
  • wile,
  • trickery,
  • scheme,
  • cleverness.
  •cheat (noun)
  • buncos,
  • shady deals,
  • fast shuffles,
  • hankypanky,
  • cozenings,
  • bamboozlements,
  • doubledealing,
  • puton,
  • fast ones,
  • bill goods,
  • hoaxings.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • fourberies,
  • double-crossings,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • sharp practices,
  • doublecrossings,
  • double crossings.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • de signs,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign.
  •craft (noun)
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • dis ingenuities,
  • disingenuities,
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • cageynesses.
  •craftiness (noun)
  • slicknesses.
  •cunning (noun)
  • art.
  •cunning; deception (noun)
  • scheming,
  • duplicity.
  •deceit (noun)
  • dis semblance,
  • dis-semblances,
  • mis representations,
  • ambidextrousnesses,
  • over reaching,
  • dis semblances,
  • dis-semblance,
  • mis-representation,
  • dis simulations,
  • dissimulations,
  • dis simulation,
  • entrappings,
  • dis-simulations,
  • two facedness,
  • dirty dealings,
  • mis representation,
  • dis-simulation,
  • fraudulences,
  • overreachings,
  • twofacedness,
  • mis-representations,
  • over-reaching,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • defraudings.
  •deception (noun)
  • imposition,
  • Illusions,
  • hogwash,
  • mare's-nest,
  • coverup.
  •device (noun)
  • cunningnesses,
  • pro position,
  • clever moves,
  • pro-positions,
  • pro positions.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • indirection,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • perfidy,
  • Improbity,
  • criminalities,
  • criminality,
  • infamy,
  • infidelity,
  • insidiousness.
  •duplicity (noun)
  • one upmanship,
  • oneupmanship,
  • judas kisses,
  • twonesses,
  • stab back.
  •evasion (noun)
  • co pouts,
  • fudgings,
  • co-pouts,
  • cop outs,
  • evadings,
  • dodgings,
  • shunnings,
  • shirkings,
  • copouts,
  • fugivities,
  • eschewals,
  • fancy footworks,
  • equivocatings,
  • co pout,
  • obliquenesses,
  • fugivitenesses,
  • co-pout.
  •fallacy (noun)
  • in validities,
  • in-exactness,
  • mis calculation,
  • mis-takes,
  • mis apprehension,
  • in consistencies,
  • un truths,
  • in-consistencies,
  • in consistency,
  • mis take,
  • un-truth,
  • misconstruals,
  • in-consistency,
  • mis takes,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • mis interpretation,
  • in exactnesses,
  • inexactnesses,
  • mis-interpretation,
  • mis interpretations,
  • in validity,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • mis-calculation,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • in-validity,
  • in exactness,
  • mis-calculations,
  • un truth,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • in-exactnesses,
  • mis calculations,
  • mis-interpretations,
  • non sequiturs,
  • pre conception,
  • pre-conception,
  • faultinesses,
  • un-truths,
  • in-validities,
  • mis-take,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • quibblings,
  • pre conceptions.
  •feint (noun)
  • dis tractions,
  • mock attacks,
  • makebelieve,
  • pre tensions,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis traction,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis-tractions,
  • hoodwinkings.
  •finesse (noun)
  • savoirfaire,
  • big sticks.
  •fraud (noun)
  • duperies,
  • dupings,
  • barratries,
  • swindlings,
  • song dance.
  •guile (noun)
  • stab the back.
  •hoax; clever act (noun)
  • savvy,
  • play,
  • con,
  • scam,
  • racket,
  • expedient.
  •hocus-pocus (noun)
  • Hocus,
  • magic word,
  • Mummeries,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • nonsense,
  • gobbledegook,
  • incantation,
  • magic words,
  • Occultism,
  • mummery.
  •indirection (noun)
  • in-directions,
  • in directions,
  • in direction,
  • in-direction.
  •intrigue (noun)
  • little games,
  • frameup,
  • frame ups,
  • frameups.
  •jig (noun)
  • funny businesses.
  •machination (noun)
  • on make.
  •maneuver (noun)
  • curveballs.
  •plot (noun)
  • covins,
  • connivings.
  •pretense (noun)
  • dis-plays,
  • fakeries,
  • dumb acts,
  • dis play,
  • pre-tenses,
  • in sincerity,
  • pre tense,
  • dis-play,
  • pre tenses,
  • in-sincerity,
  • schticks,
  • in-sincerities,
  • fakings,
  • pre-tense,
  • in sincerities,
  • mis-statements,
  • feignings,
  • mis statements,
  • mis statement,
  • posings,
  • dis plays.
  •quibble (noun)
  • Hairsplitter,
  • Quiddities,
  • nit-picker,
  • hairsplitters,
  • quiddity,
  • niggle,
  • hair-splitter.
  •resource (noun)
  • quickwittedness,
  • quick-wittedness.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulness.
  •shift (noun)
  • re-sorts,
  • re-sort.
  •skill (noun)
  • study at.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • Trojan Horse,
  • pitfall,
  • trick of the trade,
  • wrinkle,
  • tactics,
  • game.
  •strategy (noun)
  • grand designs.
  •system (noun)
  • logical processes,
  • pro-cesses,
  • orderly processes,
  • methodicalnesses,
  • definite plans,
  • pro-cess,
  • MODU,
  • systematic processes,
  • pro cess,
  • course action.
  •trap (noun)
  • seducements.
  •trick (noun)
  • dis-guises,
  • dis guises,
  • dis guise,
  • dis-guise.
  •underhandedness (noun)
  • under handedness,
  • under-handedness,
  • under handednesses,
  • under-handednesses.
  •wile (noun)
  • schemings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • artfulness,
  • foxiness,
  • shenanigan.
  •
  • ability.
  •Other relevant words:
  • complicity,
  • preciosity,
  • pettifogging,
  • ambidexterity,
  • light-fingered,
  • direct,
  • competent,
  • bubble,
  • Maneuvering,
  • plant,
  • plan,
  • machinery,
  • head,
  • bite,
  • resort,
  • hedge,
  • Dodgery,
  • Doubleness,
  • masterfulness,
  • jury-rigged expedient,
  • canny,
  • trump,
  • step,
  • shuffle,
  • know-how,
  • cheating,
  • caper,
  • carry out,
  • be in power,
  • googly,
  • clever,
  • false move,
  • joker,
  • cute,
  • Callidity,
  • joke,
  • edit,
  • engineering,
  • affectation,
  • establish,
  • evasiveness,
  • stealthiness,
  • Pipelaying,
  • originality,
  • white lie,
  • proficiency,
  • one-upmanship,
  • theft,
  • curve,
  • handy,
  • delusion,
  • rascality,
  • organize,
  • prat,
  • untruth,
  • Purism,
  • apparatus,
  • crookery,
  • equivocation,
  • panel game,
  • stonewalling,
  • preciousness,
  • jiggery-pokery,
  • assign,
  • falsity,
  • diplomatic,
  • misrepresentation,
  • facility,
  • affectedness,
  • makeshift,
  • faithlessness,
  • lure,
  • run-around,
  • sophistry,
  • Subtilty,
  • red herring,
  • astuteness,
  • nostrum,
  • tour de force,
  • flimflam,
  • blind,
  • last expedient,
  • curve ball,
  • manoeuvre,
  • sham,
  • Wire-pulling,
  • treachery,
  • quibble,
  • euphemism,
  • bosey,
  • intelligent,
  • deft,
  • conspiracy,
  • Pis Aller,
  • unnaturalness,
  • excuse,
  • ingenuity,
  • avail,
  • coup,
  • pretentiousness,
  • procrastination,
  • keenness,
  • con game,
  • suppleness,
  • above,
  • humbug,
  • dodging,
  • cozenage,
  • Plotting,
  • apt,
  • capable,
  • monkey business,
  • create,
  • stall,
  • supercherie,
  • mischief,
  • show,
  • allocate,
  • delay,
  • quickness,
  • sharpness,
  • dirty deal,
  • Subtleness,
  • loophole,
  • confidence trick,
  • mendaciousness,
  • action,
  • control,
  • arrange,
  • Subreption,
  • jobbery,
  • exquisite,
  • tact,
  • designing,
  • grift,
  • answer,
  • Manoeuvring,
  • skillful,
  • antic,
  • science,
  • shake up,
  • ficelle,
  • pass,
  • two-facedness,
  • delicate,
  • counterplot,
  • Technic,
  • skill,
  • thimblerig,
  • confederacy,
  • receipt,
  • gamesmanship,
  • dispose,
  • tool,
  • ambush,
  • efficient,
  • knavery,
  • pretence,
  • artful dodge,
  • snare,
  • kicker,
  • invention,
  • bunko game,
  • Manipulating,
  • boat,
  • elegant,
  • substitute,
  • legerdemain,
  • jugglery,
  • move,
  • pretext,
  • temporary expedient,
  • overrefinement,
  • inventiveness,
  • ruse de guerre,
  • guilefulness,
  • alternative,
  • fetch,
  • bluff,
  • able,
  • readiness,
  • Swindling,
  • effort,
  • technique,
  • crafty,
  • stacked deck,
  • pose,
  • artful,
  • deftness,
  • stalling,
  • adeptness,
  • ingeniousness,
  • skulduggery,
  • prank,
  • Underplot,
  • bag of tricks,
  • cabal,
  • deviousness,
  • complot,
  • lying,
  • hook,
  • canard,
  • conduct,
  • stopgap,
  • govern,
  • Procrastinating,
  • loaded dice,
  • dissembling,
  • knack,
  • solution,
  • wirepulling,
  • intriguing,
  • obstructionism,
  • countermove,
  • shrewdness,
  • happy,
  • ruffle,
  • guide,
  • reach,
  • collusion,
  • Fudging,
  • manipulation,
  • slipperiness,
  • ad hoc measure,
  • juggle,
  • trepan,
  • stealth,
  • wiles,
  • chouse,
  • shell game,
  • measure,
  • necessity,
  • jape,
  • foot-dragging,
  • jury-rig,
  • conclude,
  • grade,
  • prevarication,
  • falseheartedness,
  • finagling,
  • last resort,
  • euphuism,
  • catch,
  • acuteness,
  • wheeze,
  • bad faith,
  • learned,
  • distraction,
  • double-talk,
  • playing for time,
  • hoax,
  • Humbuggery,
  • design,
  • Contriving,
  • expert,
  • wit,
  • dextrous,
  • net,
  • mechanism,
  • weapon,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • sleight of hand,
  • beguilement,
  • act,
  • stroke,
  • espieglerie,
  • ingenious,
  • fake,
  • adroitness,
  • quibbling,
  • artificiality,
  • skin game,
  • adjust,
  • deed,
  • be in charge,
  • falseness,
  • Gloze,
  • kink,
  • Pettifoggery,
  • rigging,
  • tactical manoeuver,
  • wariness,
  • working hypothesis,
  • hedging,
  • mannerism,
  • sidestep,
  • con trick,
  • connivance,
  • improvisation,
  • deceitfulness,
  • compose.

Paraphrases for Artifice:

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trick, device.

Antonyms for Artifice:

• n.

  • hoax; clever act
    frankness, inability, ingenuousness, incapacity, sincerity, innocence, openness, honor, artlessness, truthfulness, candor, honesty, reality, simplicity.
  • skill, cleverness
    ignorance.
  • Other antonyms:
    dependability, reliability, good faith, directness, guilelessness, reliableness, incapability, incorruptibility, fairness, ineffectualness, trustiness, uprightness, incompetence, trustworthiness, inadequacy, righteousness, solidity, inefficiency, ineffectiveness, inefficacy, goodness, truth, rudeness, decency, inadequateness, clumsiness, crudeness, virtuousness, amateurishness, trustability, plainness, ineptness, forthrightness, candidness, ineffectuality, plainspokenness, maladroitness, ineptitude, awkwardness.

Hyponym for Artifice:

• n.

  • act
    Tactical Manoeuvre, manoeuvre, maneuver, tactical maneuver.