Definition for Artifice:

• Crafty device; an artful, ingenious, or elaborate trick. [ Now the usual meaning.]

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.
  •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)
  • quibble,
  • quiddity,
  • Hairsplitter,
  • niggle,
  • hairsplitters,
  • hair-splitter,
  • nit-picker,
  • Quiddities.
  •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,
  • inventiveness,
  • ingenuity,
  • skill.
  •skill, cleverness (noun)
  • deftness,
  • facility,
  • adroitness,
  • know-how,
  • invention.
  •sleight of hand (noun)
  • hocus-pocus.
  •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.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • artfulness,
  • foxiness,
  • shenanigan.
  •
  • ability.

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.

Artifice Sentence Examples:

• When it became clear that this artifice was employed for the purpose of causing delay, the returning officer took on himself the responsibility of closing the books, and of declaring Montague and Vernon duly elected.

• As he entered his house now he saw upon a Spanish table in the big hall a solitary bunch of white roses - a touch of simplicity in an area of fine artifice.

Hyponym for Artifice:

• n.

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