Definition for Gambit:

• An opening in chess in which a pawn, or piece, is sacrificed to obtain a favorable position.

Synonyms for Gambit:

• n.

  •
  • chase,
  • stand,
  • push,
  • struggle,
  • trial run,
  • go,
  • try.
  •
  • capture.
  •act (noun)
  • gambit.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • sharp practices,
  • under-handedness,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • dis honesty,
  • under handednesses,
  • doublecrossings,
  • doubledealing,
  • double crossings,
  • under-handednesses,
  • hankypanky,
  • double-crossings,
  • fourberies,
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis honesties,
  • under handedness,
  • dis-honesty.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •device (noun)
  • de signs,
  • pro-positions,
  • cunningnesses,
  • pro position,
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • pro positions,
  • clever moves,
  • de-sign.
  •endeavor (noun)
  • performance,
  • action,
  • essay,
  • contract,
  • effort,
  • commitment,
  • purpose,
  • enterprise,
  • project,
  • proceeding,
  • venture,
  • adventure,
  • assay,
  • aim,
  • production,
  • engagement,
  • endeavor,
  • approach,
  • undertaking,
  • attempt,
  • exploit,
  • job,
  • deed.
  •feint (noun)
  • hoodwinkings,
  • pre text,
  • pre tensions,
  • pre texts,
  • dis tractions,
  • dis-traction,
  • pre-texts,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis traction,
  • mock attacks,
  • makebelieve,
  • pre-text,
  • pre-tensions.
  •plan (noun)
  • tactic.
  •plan, plot (noun)
  • jig,
  • design,
  • play,
  • trick.
  •shift (noun)
  • re sources,
  • re-sorts,
  • re-courses,
  • re source,
  • re-source,
  • re-sort,
  • re-course,
  • re courses,
  • re-sources,
  • re course.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • gamesmanship.
  •trap (noun)
  • de coys,
  • de-coy,
  • de coy,
  • de-coys,
  • seducements.
  •victim (noun)
  • in nocent,
  • babe woods,
  • under dogs,
  • under dog,
  • hunteds,
  • sitting targets,
  • in-nocent,
  • injured parties,
  • under-dogs,
  • under-dog,
  • easy makes.
  •wile (noun)
  • little game,
  • dissimulation,
  • schemings.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • chess,
  • chessboard,
  • checkmate,
  • chessman,
  • grand master.
  •
  • castle,
  • bishop,
  • rook,
  • stalemate.
  •
  • knight.
  •
  • queen,
  • king,
  • retreat.
  •
  • mate.
  •
  • man,
  • square.
  •
  • check.

Paraphrases for Gambit:

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    maneuver.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    tactic.

Antonyms for Gambit:

• n.

  • plan, plot
    frankness, honesty.

Hyponym for Gambit:

• n.

  • act
    chess move.
  • communication
    input, comment, remark.