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.

  •Parthian shot (noun)
  • parthian-shot,
  • parting shots.
  •
  • planning,
  • blueprint,
  • conspiracy,
  • agreement,
  • preparation,
  • arrangements.
  •
  • take in,
  • honest.
  •act (noun)
  • stratagem,
  • gambit.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • hankypanky,
  • dis honesties,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • under-handednesses,
  • doublecrossings,
  • double-crossings,
  • dis-honesty,
  • dis-honesties,
  • under-handedness,
  • fourberies,
  • double crossings,
  • doubledealing,
  • under handednesses,
  • sharp practices,
  • under handedness,
  • dis honesty.
  •contrivance (noun)
  • de signs,
  • de-signs,
  • de sign,
  • de-sign.
  •coup (noun)
  • stroke of genius,
  • successful stroke,
  • coup de maitre,
  • up set.
  •craft (noun)
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • cageynesses,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • wilinesses,
  • dis ingenuities,
  • canninesses,
  • disingenuities.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deceit (noun)
  • pre-tense,
  • mis-representation,
  • mis representations,
  • mis representation,
  • mis-representations,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • pre tenses,
  • pre tense,
  • fraudulences.
  •deception (noun)
  • humbug,
  • flimflammery,
  • bunco,
  • falsification,
  • hoax,
  • forgery,
  • swindle.
  •device (noun)
  • cunningnesses,
  • clever moves,
  • pro position,
  • pro positions,
  • pro-positions.
  •expediency/expedience (noun)
  • re-course,
  • re-courses,
  • re course,
  • re-sort,
  • re courses,
  • band-aids,
  • band aids,
  • bandaids,
  • re sort,
  • re sorts,
  • re-sorts,
  • easy way outs,
  • bandaid.
  •expedient (noun)
  • gency.
  •feint (noun)
  • mock attacks,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-traction,
  • dis tractions,
  • pre-tensions,
  • pre tensions,
  • makebelieve,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • dis traction.
  •final word (noun)
  • parthian shot.
  •finesse (noun)
  • savoirfaire,
  • big sticks.
  •game (noun)
  • object of ridicule.
  •plan (noun)
  • game plan,
  • ground plan,
  • course of action.
  •plot (noun)
  • covins,
  • connivings.
  •policy (noun)
  • the number,
  • the books.
  •pretext (noun)
  • rationale,
  • reason,
  • plea,
  • red herring,
  • pretense,
  • alibi,
  • affirmation,
  • excuse,
  • white lie,
  • loop-hole,
  • smoke screen,
  • justification,
  • claim.
  •resource (noun)
  • quick-wittedness,
  • quickwittedness,
  • expedient.
  •resourcefulness (noun)
  • re sourcefulnesses,
  • re-sourcefulnesses,
  • re sourcefulness,
  • re-sourcefulness.
  •scheme (noun)
  • put up jobs,
  • put up job,
  • putup job,
  • putup jobs,
  • put-up jobs.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • trickery,
  • pitfall,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • wrinkle,
  • trick of the trade.
  •tactics (noun)
  • de-fenses,
  • plan attack,
  • de fenses.
  •trap (noun)
  • seducements.
  •trick (noun)
  • scene,
  • bit,
  • layout,
  • booby trap,
  • racket,
  • child,
  • con,
  • grift,
  • scenario,
  • play,
  • setup,
  • method,
  • story,
  • switch,
  • study at trick,
  • stall,
  • shift,
  • one-upmanship,
  • slant,
  • proposition,
  • action,
  • angle,
  • pitch,
  • twist,
  • brainchild,
  • gamesmanship.
  •wile (noun)
  • schemings.
  •wrinkle (noun)
  • kicker.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • shenanigan.
  •
  • tactic.
  •
  • measure.
  •accomplishment
  • tour de force.

Paraphrases for Stratagem:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    ploy, ruse.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    strategy.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trick, scheme, sleight.

Antonyms for Stratagem:

• n.

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

Stratagem Sentence Examples:

• The little obstacle was to be overcome by stratagem and by force.

• " This is a fine stratagem," said Aerssens, " to fling the States - General headlong into the war, and, as it were, without knowing it."

Homophones for Stratagem:

• street sign, strategian.

Hyponym for Stratagem:

• n.

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