Definition for Stratagem:

• A piece of generalship: an artifice, esp. in war: a plan for deceiving an enemy or gaining an advantage.

Synonyms for Stratagem:

• n.

  •
  • conspiracy,
  • plan,
  • strategy.
  •
  • means,
  • tactic.
  •
  • gimmick,
  • jig,
  • shenanigan,
  • sleight.
  •act (noun)
  • gambit,
  • ploy.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deception (noun)
  • bunco,
  • falsification,
  • forgery,
  • fraud,
  • hoax,
  • humbug,
  • skullduggery,
  • swindle,
  • flimflammery.
  •plan (noun)
  • course of action,
  • game plan,
  • tactic.
  •pretext (noun)
  • affirmation,
  • alibi,
  • claim,
  • excuse,
  • justification,
  • plea,
  • pretense,
  • pretext,
  • rationale,
  • reason,
  • red herring,
  • smoke screen,
  • white lie,
  • loop-hole.
  •resource (noun)
  • expedient.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • artifice,
  • contrivance,
  • deception,
  • device,
  • dodge,
  • feint,
  • gambit,
  • game,
  • machination,
  • maneuver,
  • pitfall,
  • plot,
  • ploy,
  • ruse,
  • subterfuge,
  • tactics,
  • trap,
  • trick,
  • trickery,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • wrinkle,
  • trick of the trade.
  •trick (noun)
  • action,
  • angle,
  • artifice,
  • bit,
  • booby trap,
  • brainchild,
  • child,
  • deception,
  • device,
  • dodge,
  • feint,
  • gambit,
  • game,
  • game plan,
  • gamesmanship,
  • gimmick,
  • intrigue,
  • layout,
  • maneuver,
  • method,
  • one-upmanship,
  • pitch,
  • plan,
  • play,
  • plot,
  • ploy,
  • pretext,
  • proposition,
  • racket,
  • ruse,
  • scenario,
  • scene,
  • scheme,
  • setup,
  • shift,
  • stall,
  • story,
  • subterfuge,
  • switch,
  • twist,
  • wile,
  • slant,
  • con,
  • little game,
  • grift.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shenanigan.
  •
  • gimmick,
  • jig,
  • plan,
  • tactic.
  •
  • sleight.
  •
  • measure.
  •accomplishment
  • tour de force.
  •maneuver
  • coup.
  •reserve
  • resource.
  •Other relevant words:
  • above,
  • act,
  • action,
  • acute,
  • add,
  • aim,
  • alternative,
  • ambush,
  • amour,
  • angle,
  • answer,
  • apology,
  • apparatus,
  • appliance,
  • appraise,
  • argue,
  • art,
  • artful,
  • artificial,
  • assess,
  • astute,
  • bag of tricks,
  • bilk,
  • bit,
  • bite,
  • blind,
  • bluff,
  • booby trap,
  • brainchild,
  • bright,
  • bubble,
  • bunko game,
  • cabal,
  • calculate,
  • caper,
  • catch,
  • cheat,
  • chicane,
  • chicanery,
  • child,
  • chouse,
  • circumvent,
  • clever,
  • cloak,
  • collusion,
  • color,
  • complication,
  • complicity,
  • complot,
  • compute,
  • con game,
  • confederacy,
  • confidence trick,
  • connivance,
  • conniving,
  • consider,
  • conspiracy,
  • consult,
  • contraption,
  • convenience,
  • count,
  • counterfeit,
  • countermove,
  • counterplot,
  • coup,
  • course of action,
  • cover,
  • craft,
  • crafty,
  • cunning,
  • curve,
  • curve ball,
  • deceit,
  • deceitful,
  • deed,
  • deem,
  • delay,
  • delusion,
  • demarche,
  • design,
  • designing,
  • devisal,
  • dirty trick,
  • discriminating,
  • discuss,
  • disingenuous,
  • distraction,
  • dodging,
  • double cross,
  • dummy,
  • effort,
  • engineering,
  • enumerate,
  • evasion,
  • expedient,
  • facade,
  • fake,
  • false,
  • feigned,
  • fetch,
  • finesse,
  • flimflam,
  • forecast,
  • foul play,
  • fraudulent,
  • front,
  • gadget,
  • gambit,
  • game plan,
  • gamesmanship,
  • gimmick,
  • gismo,
  • gizmo,
  • gloss,
  • googly,
  • guess,
  • guile,
  • guise,
  • gyp,
  • handle,
  • hedge,
  • hedging,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • hold,
  • hook,
  • imposition,
  • imposture,
  • improvisation,
  • ingenious,
  • intelligent,
  • intricacy,
  • intrigue,
  • intriguing,
  • invention,
  • inventive,
  • jig,
  • joker,
  • juggle,
  • jugglery,
  • kicker,
  • knavery,
  • last resort,
  • layout,
  • liaison,
  • loophole,
  • lure,
  • machinery,
  • make,
  • makeshift,
  • manipulation,
  • manoeuvre,
  • mask,
  • means,
  • measure,
  • mechanism,
  • method,
  • misrepresentation,
  • move,
  • necessity,
  • net,
  • nostrum,
  • obstructionism,
  • one-upmanship,
  • pass,
  • Pis Aller,
  • pitch,
  • plan,
  • plant,
  • play,
  • policy,
  • prat,
  • pretence,
  • pretension,
  • prevarication,
  • procrastination,
  • proposition,
  • protestation,
  • quick,
  • quick-witted,
  • racket,
  • reach,
  • receipt,
  • reckon,
  • recourse,
  • refuge,
  • regard,
  • relate,
  • resort,
  • resource,
  • resourceful,
  • rigging,
  • sagacity,
  • scam,
  • scenario,
  • scene,
  • scheme,
  • scheming,
  • screen,
  • semblance,
  • setup,
  • sham,
  • sharp,
  • shell game,
  • shenanigan,
  • shift,
  • show,
  • shrewd,
  • sidestep,
  • sleight,
  • sleight of hand,
  • snare,
  • solution,
  • sprain,
  • stalking-horse,
  • stall,
  • stalling,
  • step,
  • stonewalling,
  • stopgap,
  • story,
  • strategy,
  • substitute,
  • suppose,
  • switch,
  • tactic,
  • tell,
  • temporary expedient,
  • theft,
  • thimblerig,
  • think,
  • tool,
  • tour de force,
  • trump,
  • twist,
  • untruth,
  • varnish,
  • veil,
  • weapon,
  • weigh,
  • wheeze,
  • widget,
  • wile,
  • Double dealing,
  • Gloze,
  • Hocus,
  • Maneuvering,
  • Manoeuvring,
  • Manipulating,
  • Pipelaying,
  • Plotting,
  • Underplot,
  • Wire-pulling,
  • smokescreen,
  • shake up,
  • cover up,
  • rip off,
  • Contriving,
  • Covin,
  • Procrastinating,
  • Subreption,
  • designs,
  • finagling,
  • jury-rig,
  • cover story,
  • false move,
  • slant,
  • stroke,
  • working hypothesis,
  • con,
  • dirty deal,
  • frame-up,
  • little game,
  • mock attack,
  • playing for time,
  • poor excuse,
  • run-around,
  • stacked deck,
  • take-in,
  • last expedient,
  • dirty work,
  • skin game,
  • grift,
  • bosey,
  • espieglerie,
  • jury-rigged expedient,
  • loaded dice,
  • parthian shot,
  • wirepulling,
  • foot-dragging,
  • locus standi,
  • panel game,
  • ficelle,
  • tactical manoeuver,
  • ruse de guerre.

Antonyms for Stratagem:

• n.

  • trick
    frankness, honesty, honor, inactivity, openness, reality, stagnation, truth, truthfulness.
  • Other antonyms:
    artlessness, candor, fairness, frankness, honesty, ingenuousness, innocence, openness, simplicity, sincerity, truth, guilelessness.