485 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ ɹˈuːs], [ ɹˈuːs], [ ɹ_ˈuː_s]

Similar words for ruse:

• other relevant words (adjective)
• bluff (noun)
• chicanery (noun)
• contrivance (noun)
• craft (noun)
• cunning (noun)
• deceit (noun)
• deception (noun)
• device (noun)
• evasion (noun)
• feint (noun)
• finesse (noun)
• gag (noun)
• guile (noun)
• imposture (noun)
• intrigue (noun)
• jig (noun)
• machination (noun)
• maneuver (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• plot (noun)
• pretense (noun)
• pretext (noun)
• scheme (noun)
• shift (noun)
• stratagem (noun)
• trap (noun)
• trick (noun)
• wile (noun)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for ruse

Homophones for ruse

Synonyms for Ruse:

• adj.

  • Other relevant words: (adjective)
  • blind.

• n.

  •
  • study at trick.
  •
  • take in,
  • honest,
  • sleight,
  • means.
  • bluff (noun)
  • braggings,
  • jivings.
  • chicanery (noun)
  • double crossings,
  • sharp practices,
  • dis honesties,
  • doublecrossings,
  • dis-honesty,
  • hankypanky,
  • dis honesty,
  • under handedness,
  • under-handedness,
  • under-handednesses,
  • under handednesses,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • double-crossings,
  • dis-honesties,
  • doubledealing,
  • fourberies.
  • contrivance (noun)
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign,
  • de signs.
  • craft (noun)
  • dis ingenuities,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • canninesses,
  • wilinesses,
  • cageynesses,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • disingenuities.
  • cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  • deceit (noun)
  • mis representations,
  • mis-representations,
  • mis-representation,
  • mis representation,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • fraudulences.
  • deception (noun)
  • jive,
  • Illusions,
  • hogwash,
  • fast shuffle,
  • fast one,
  • coverup,
  • jives,
  • mare's-nest.
  • device (noun)
  • clever moves,
  • pro position,
  • pro positions,
  • pro-positions,
  • cunningnesses.
  • evasion (noun)
  • cop outs,
  • dodgings,
  • eschewals,
  • copouts,
  • co pouts,
  • shirkings,
  • fugivities,
  • evadings,
  • fudgings,
  • fancy footworks,
  • equivocatings,
  • shunnings,
  • co-pout,
  • fugivitenesses,
  • obliquenesses,
  • co-pouts,
  • co pout.
  • feint (noun)
  • dis-traction,
  • dis-tractions,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • mock attacks,
  • pre tensions,
  • makebelieve,
  • dis traction,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis tractions.
  • finesse (noun)
  • big sticks,
  • savoirfaire.
  • gag (noun)
  • jest.
  • guile (noun)
  • dis simulation,
  • dis semblance,
  • stab the back,
  • dissimulations,
  • dis semblances,
  • dirty dealings,
  • stab back,
  • dis simulations,
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis-simulations,
  • dis-semblances,
  • dis-semblance.
  • imposture (noun)
  • hocus pocus,
  • puton.
  • intrigue (noun)
  • little games,
  • frame ups,
  • frameups,
  • frameup.
  • jig (noun)
  • funny businesses,
  • sleight hand.
  • machination (noun)
  • on make,
  • song dance.
  • maneuver (noun)
  • curveballs.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • intrigue,
  • falsifications,
  • phonies,
  • feint,
  • Disingenuity,
  • clever move,
  • little game,
  • Seducement,
  • dumb act,
  • deception,
  • funny business,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • trick,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • machination,
  • lasso,
  • copout,
  • bluff,
  • dirty dealing,
  • chicanes,
  • fake,
  • dirty trick,
  • fancy footwork,
  • manner,
  • double cross,
  • contrivance,
  • frame-up,
  • Covin,
  • posturings,
  • orchestration,
  • cop-out,
  • expediency,
  • cageyness,
  • obliqueness,
  • gimmick,
  • runaround,
  • big stick,
  • perjury,
  • mock attack,
  • shift,
  • false front,
  • jig,
  • fraudulence,
  • stall,
  • dissimulation,
  • imposture,
  • demarche,
  • dodge,
  • misstatement,
  • quicksand,
  • cunnings,
  • elusion,
  • evasion,
  • fourberie,
  • Tactical Manoeuvre,
  • cop-outs,
  • plot,
  • surreptitiousness,
  • elusions,
  • frame up,
  • subterfuge,
  • stab in back,
  • falsification,
  • trap,
  • jiving,
  • scheme,
  • craft,
  • skullduggery,
  • double-dealing,
  • strategem,
  • ploy,
  • quibble,
  • finesse,
  • Canniness,
  • Double dealing,
  • Cunningness,
  • gag,
  • put-up job,
  • feigning,
  • artifice,
  • curveball,
  • sharp practice,
  • pretext,
  • intrigues,
  • wiliness,
  • thing,
  • eschewal,
  • masquerade,
  • gambit,
  • doublecross,
  • comeon,
  • manoeuvre,
  • demarches,
  • on the make,
  • fugivity,
  • mis-statement,
  • deceit,
  • schtick,
  • chicane,
  • pretense,
  • tactical maneuver,
  • subtlety,
  • fugiviteness,
  • quicksands,
  • take-in,
  • fraud,
  • maneuver,
  • fakery,
  • chicanery,
  • shufflings,
  • stratagem,
  • frame-ups,
  • device,
  • guile.
  • plot (noun)
  • connivings,
  • covins.
  • pretense (noun)
  • feignings,
  • in sincerities,
  • mis-statements,
  • dis play,
  • dis plays,
  • in-sincerities,
  • mis statement,
  • pre tense,
  • posings,
  • fakeries,
  • in sincerity,
  • schticks,
  • pre-tense,
  • pre tenses,
  • in-sincerity,
  • fakings,
  • dumb acts,
  • dis-plays,
  • pre-tenses,
  • mis statements,
  • dis-play.
  • pretext (noun)
  • cover story,
  • cleanup,
  • cleanups,
  • fig leaf.
  • scheme (noun)
  • put up job,
  • putup job,
  • putup jobs,
  • put-up jobs,
  • put up jobs.
  • shift (noun)
  • re sources,
  • re course,
  • re-sort,
  • re-sources,
  • re-source,
  • re-sorts,
  • re courses,
  • re-course,
  • re-courses,
  • re source.
  • stratagem (noun)
  • tactics,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • pitfall,
  • trickery,
  • wrinkle,
  • game,
  • trick of the trade.
  • trap (noun)
  • seducements.
  • trick (noun)
  • dis-guises,
  • dis guise,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis guises.
  • wile (noun)
  • schemings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • flimflam,
  • April Fool,
  • confidence game,
  • monkeyshines,
  • dirty tricks,
  • hustle,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • caper,
  • practical joke,
  • scam,
  • setup,
  • sophistry,
  • prank,
  • bluster,
  • gamesmanship,
  • con game,
  • jape,
  • mind game,
  • cat and mouse,
  • shenanigan,
  • delaying tactics,
  • hoax.
  •
  • smoke screen,
  • snare,
  • fiddle,
  • stitch up,
  • booby trap,
  • stalking-horse,
  • whitewash,
  • cover up.
  •
  • routine,
  • wind up.
  •
  • fix.
  •
  • cut.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • delusion,
  • expect,
  • count,
  • method,
  • shenanigans,
  • con,
  • art,
  • artful dodge,
  • artful,
  • procrastination,
  • dishonest,
  • rationalization,
  • devious,
  • prat,
  • espieglerie,
  • clever,
  • knavery,
  • wind-up,
  • vulpine,
  • recourse,
  • bosey,
  • nifty,
  • consult,
  • shuffle,
  • guileful,
  • hedge,
  • joker,
  • racket,
  • guess,
  • foot-dragging,
  • deceptive,
  • strategy,
  • deceitful,
  • hedging,
  • convey,
  • delay,
  • regard,
  • ficelle,
  • dexterous,
  • tour de force,
  • googly,
  • chouse,
  • idea,
  • able,
  • catch,
  • learned,
  • discuss,
  • shrewd,
  • designing,
  • ingenious,
  • Plotting,
  • weapon,
  • untruth,
  • confidence trick,
  • switch,
  • apparatus,
  • calculate,
  • obstructionism,
  • design,
  • act,
  • angle,
  • conspiracy,
  • curve,
  • draw,
  • judicious,
  • decoy,
  • prevarication,
  • misrepresentation,
  • pretence,
  • rip off,
  • foxy,
  • sleight of hand,
  • con trick,
  • swindle,
  • gyp,
  • wheeze,
  • knowledgeable,
  • hook,
  • insidious,
  • game plan,
  • deed,
  • sham,
  • cheat,
  • kicker,
  • astute,
  • white lie,
  • grift,
  • bring,
  • reckon,
  • canny,
  • hold,
  • expedient,
  • trepan,
  • scheming,
  • leery,
  • curve ball,
  • compute,
  • refuge,
  • twist,
  • discerning,
  • distraction,
  • keen,
  • Subreption,
  • dirty deal,
  • tactic,
  • excuse,
  • fetch,
  • mechanism,
  • explanation,
  • scenario,
  • cute,
  • Manoeuvring,
  • action,
  • intriguing,
  • cunning,
  • machinery,
  • stalling,
  • technique,
  • crafty,
  • smokescreen,
  • tactical manoeuver,
  • ambush,
  • front,
  • knowing,
  • cagey,
  • playing for time,
  • believe,
  • net,
  • discreet,
  • intelligent,
  • deem,
  • juggle,
  • approach,
  • coup,
  • invention,
  • manipulation,
  • run-around,
  • move,
  • ruse de guerre,
  • agile,
  • false move,
  • plan,
  • Procrastinating,
  • way,
  • Manipulating,
  • resort,
  • red herring,
  • simulation,
  • stonewalling,
  • color,
  • stunt,
  • apt,
  • argue,
  • assess,
  • pass,
  • bilk,
  • jugglery,
  • tool,
  • agitate,
  • Gloze,
  • lure,
  • carry,
  • consider,
  • diplomatic,
  • sidestep,
  • bag of tricks,
  • cover,
  • suppose,
  • rationale,
  • deep,
  • make,
  • dodgy,
  • above,
  • dextrous.

Paraphrases for Ruse:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    stratagem.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deception, gimmick.

• Other Related

  • Proper noun, singular
    rousse.
  • Noun, singular or mass
    cunning, device, ploy, trickery.

Homophones for Ruse:

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