356 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ plˈɔ͡ɪ], [ plˈɔ‍ɪ], [ p_l_ˈɔɪ]

Similar words for ploy:

• chicanery (noun)
• feint (noun)
• gambit (noun)
• game (noun)
• game, trick (noun)
• imposture (noun)
• jig (noun)
• machination (noun)
• maneuver (noun)
• move (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pretext (noun)
• red herring (noun)
• scheme (noun)
• shift (noun)
• stratagem (noun)
• tactics (noun)
• trap (noun)
• trick (noun)
• wile (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for ploy

Synonyms for Ploy:

• n.

  •
  • honest,
  • wile,
  • take in,
  • sleight,
  • means.
  • chicanery (noun)
  • under handedness,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • dis honesty,
  • dis honesties,
  • fourberies,
  • hankypanky,
  • double crossings,
  • dis-honesty,
  • doubledealing,
  • under-handednesses,
  • dis-honesties,
  • under handednesses,
  • double-crossings,
  • sharp practices,
  • under-handedness,
  • doublecrossings.
  • feint (noun)
  • pre-tensions,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • dis tractions,
  • pre tensions,
  • mock attacks,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis traction,
  • makebelieve,
  • dis-tractions.
  • gambit (noun)
  • de sign,
  • de-signs,
  • de-sign,
  • de signs.
  • game (noun)
  • object of ridicule.
  • game, trick (noun)
  • contrivance,
  • tactic,
  • play,
  • device.
  • imposture (noun)
  • hocus pocus,
  • pre-tense,
  • puton,
  • pre tenses,
  • pre tense.
  • jig (noun)
  • sleight hand,
  • funny businesses.
  • machination (noun)
  • song dance,
  • on make.
  • maneuver (noun)
  • fancy footworks,
  • curveballs.
  • move (noun)
  • stirrings,
  • moves.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • red herring,
  • put-up job,
  • comment,
  • chicanery,
  • maneuver,
  • manoeuvre,
  • on the make,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • scheme,
  • shift,
  • artifice,
  • phonies,
  • trap,
  • funny business,
  • feint,
  • chicane,
  • lasso,
  • pretext,
  • frame-up,
  • imposture,
  • take-in,
  • move,
  • false trail,
  • diversionary tactic,
  • frame up,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • ruse,
  • subterfuge,
  • strategem,
  • fraud,
  • stratagem,
  • surreptitiousness,
  • fancy footwork,
  • distractors,
  • curveball,
  • intrigues,
  • wild goose chase,
  • quicksands,
  • game,
  • gambit,
  • tactics,
  • chicanes,
  • double-dealing,
  • false clue,
  • fool's errand,
  • sharp practice,
  • generalships,
  • maneuverings,
  • masquerade,
  • machination,
  • fourberie,
  • perjury,
  • comeon,
  • quicksand,
  • jig,
  • attention-grabber,
  • demarches,
  • dodge,
  • expediency,
  • mock attack,
  • Seducement,
  • gimmick,
  • Covin,
  • trick,
  • frame-ups,
  • Tactical Manoeuvre,
  • remark,
  • demarche,
  • distractor,
  • tactical maneuver,
  • plan of attack,
  • Double dealing,
  • generalship,
  • skullduggery,
  • board game.
  • pretext (noun)
  • cleanups,
  • cop-out,
  • fig leaf,
  • cover story,
  • cop-outs,
  • coverup,
  • cleanup,
  • copout.
  • red herring (noun)
  • dis tractors,
  • fools errands,
  • wildgoose chase,
  • dis tractor,
  • fool errand,
  • attentiongrabbers,
  • dis-tractors,
  • dis-tractor,
  • attention grabber,
  • diversionary tactics,
  • fools errand,
  • false clues,
  • false trails,
  • attentiongrabber,
  • fool's errands,
  • red-herring,
  • attention-grabbers,
  • attention grabbers,
  • fool errands.
  • scheme (noun)
  • frameup,
  • frameups,
  • pro positions,
  • covins,
  • put up job,
  • put up jobs,
  • putup jobs,
  • putup job,
  • frame ups,
  • pro-positions,
  • put-up jobs,
  • pro position.
  • shift (noun)
  • re-sort,
  • re-sorts,
  • re-source,
  • re-courses,
  • re courses,
  • re source,
  • re sources,
  • re-sources,
  • re course,
  • re-course.
  • stratagem (noun)
  • plot,
  • deception,
  • trick of the trade,
  • wrinkle,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • pitfall,
  • trickery.
  • tactics (noun)
  • dis position,
  • de fenses,
  • plan attack,
  • dis-positions,
  • dis-position,
  • de-fenses,
  • dis positions.
  • trap (noun)
  • de coy,
  • de-coys,
  • seducements,
  • de-coy,
  • de coys.
  • trick (noun)
  • dis guise,
  • dis-guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis guises.
  • wile (noun)
  • schemings,
  • dissimulation.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • setup,
  • practical joke,
  • prank,
  • shenanigan,
  • caper,
  • jape,
  • monkeyshines,
  • dirty tricks,
  • cat and mouse,
  • scam,
  • pretense,
  • hustle,
  • hoax,
  • bluster,
  • confidence game,
  • April Fool,
  • con game,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • mind game,
  • sophistry,
  • delaying tactics,
  • gamesmanship.
  •
  • stalking-horse,
  • whitewash,
  • cover up,
  • snare,
  • cheat,
  • fiddle,
  • gag,
  • stitch up,
  • booby trap,
  • smoke screen.
  •
  • wind up,
  • routine.
  •
  • fix.
  •
  • cut.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • technique,
  • bender,
  • jugglery,
  • Plotting,
  • bag of tricks,
  • flimflam,
  • evasion,
  • false move,
  • celebration,
  • approach,
  • weapon,
  • manipulation,
  • double cross,
  • machinery,
  • dirty deal,
  • randy,
  • design,
  • ambush,
  • catch,
  • distraction,
  • frisk,
  • wheeze,
  • blind,
  • prevarication,
  • confidence trick,
  • idea,
  • sleight of hand,
  • romp,
  • bluff,
  • googly,
  • expedient,
  • sham,
  • indication,
  • strings,
  • kicker,
  • excuse,
  • tear,
  • con,
  • carouse,
  • curve ball,
  • job,
  • tool,
  • fling,
  • escapade,
  • toot,
  • curve,
  • act,
  • chouse,
  • bout,
  • proposition,
  • joker,
  • wind-up,
  • revel,
  • scheming,
  • Lobbying,
  • art,
  • apparatus,
  • symbol,
  • way,
  • misrepresentation,
  • method,
  • plan,
  • lure,
  • token,
  • juggle,
  • racket,
  • Manipulating,
  • bust,
  • intrigue,
  • deals,
  • coup,
  • wires,
  • craft,
  • fetch,
  • backstairs influence,
  • dirty trick,
  • ropes,
  • formality,
  • pass,
  • bosey,
  • guile,
  • intriguing,
  • binge,
  • Gloze,
  • Wire-pulling,
  • artful dodge,
  • games,
  • carousal,
  • swindle,
  • action,
  • grift,
  • conspiracy,
  • prat,
  • gesture,
  • Subreption,
  • little game,
  • pretence,
  • wingding,
  • lobbyism,
  • spree,
  • debauch,
  • Manoeuvring,
  • ploys,
  • knavery,
  • bat,
  • ficelle,
  • strategy,
  • con trick,
  • designing,
  • deed,
  • lark,
  • deceit,
  • hook,
  • mechanism,
  • orgy,
  • stunt,
  • Randan,
  • schemes,
  • connections.

Paraphrases for Ploy:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stratagem.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    manoeuvre.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cunning, deception, hoax, joke, manipulation, scheme, stake.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    gimmick, maneuver, play, plot, ruse, sleight, tactic, trick, trickery, Manoeuvring.