Definition for Subterfuge:

• An artifice to escape; evasion.

Synonyms for Subterfuge:

• n.

  •
  • sleight,
  • means,
  • take in,
  • honest.
  •blind (noun)
  • blind.
  •bluff (noun)
  • braggings,
  • jivings.
  •cheating (noun)
  • refuge,
  • plan,
  • sham,
  • cheat.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • under-handedness,
  • fourberies,
  • dis honesty,
  • under-handednesses,
  • doublecrossings,
  • under handednesses,
  • dis honesties,
  • doubledealing,
  • sharp practices,
  • double-crossings,
  • surreptitiousnesses,
  • dis-honesties,
  • dis-honesty,
  • double crossings,
  • under handedness.
  •communication (noun)
  • subterfuge.
  •craft (noun)
  • disingenuities,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • cageynesses,
  • canninesses,
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • dis ingenuities,
  • wilinesses.
  •cunning (noun)
  • wile.
  •deceit (noun)
  • smoke mirrors,
  • mis-representations,
  • mis representations,
  • fraudulences,
  • mis representation,
  • mis-representation.
  •deception (noun)
  • swindle,
  • flimflammery,
  • hoax,
  • bunco,
  • forgery,
  • humbug.
  •device (noun)
  • pro positions,
  • de signs,
  • de sign,
  • pro-positions,
  • clever moves,
  • pro position,
  • de-sign,
  • cunningnesses,
  • de-signs.
  •evasion (noun)
  • evadings,
  • co-pouts,
  • eschewals,
  • copouts,
  • cop outs,
  • shirkings,
  • fugivities,
  • co pouts,
  • co-pout,
  • fancy footworks,
  • fudgings,
  • dodgings,
  • shunnings,
  • fugivitenesses,
  • co pout,
  • obliquenesses,
  • equivocatings.
  •excuse (noun)
  • why wherefore,
  • dis guise,
  • why and wherefores,
  • dis guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis-guises,
  • de fenses,
  • why wherefores,
  • cover stories,
  • de-fenses,
  • song dance.
  •fallacy (noun)
  • un truth,
  • in-validities,
  • in consistencies,
  • mis-calculations,
  • in exactnesses,
  • in-consistency,
  • mis calculation,
  • mis-take,
  • mis-interpretations,
  • quibblings,
  • in-consistencies,
  • pre-conception,
  • deceptivenesses,
  • un-truths,
  • mis-calculation,
  • mis apprehension,
  • un truths,
  • misconstruals,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • non sequiturs,
  • un-truth,
  • in-exactnesses,
  • pre-conceptions,
  • in-exactness,
  • faultinesses,
  • mis take,
  • inexactnesses,
  • in-validity,
  • pre conceptions,
  • in validities,
  • mis apprehensions,
  • in validity,
  • mis-takes,
  • mis interpretation,
  • in exactness,
  • in consistency,
  • mis interpretations,
  • pre conception,
  • mis takes,
  • mis-interpretation,
  • mis calculations.
  •feint (noun)
  • pre tensions,
  • dis-tractions,
  • dis-traction,
  • pre-tensions,
  • dis traction,
  • mock attacks,
  • hoodwinkings,
  • dis tractions,
  • makebelieve.
  •hanky-panky (noun)
  • hokey-pokeys,
  • hankie-pankies,
  • hokey pokey,
  • hankiepankies,
  • hankiepankie,
  • fooling arounds,
  • mis-chief,
  • hankie pankie,
  • hankie pankies,
  • hokeypokeys,
  • mis chief,
  • hankypanky,
  • sexual activities,
  • mis chiefs,
  • funny businesses,
  • mis-chiefs,
  • hokey pokeys.
  •pretense (noun)
  • dis-plays,
  • dis-play,
  • fakings,
  • dis plays,
  • pre tense,
  • pre tenses,
  • in-sincerity,
  • dumb acts,
  • schticks,
  • posings,
  • in sincerities,
  • pre-tense,
  • in sincerity,
  • pre-tenses,
  • feignings,
  • fakeries,
  • dis play,
  • in-sincerities.
  •pretext (noun)
  • fig leaf.
  •quibble (noun)
  • hair-splitter,
  • Hairsplitter,
  • Quiddities,
  • niggle,
  • quibble,
  • hairsplitters,
  • quiddity,
  • nit-picker.
  •scheme (noun)
  • putup jobs,
  • frameups,
  • frameup,
  • put-up jobs,
  • covins,
  • putup job,
  • put up job,
  • frame ups,
  • put up jobs.
  •shift (noun)
  • re-courses,
  • re courses,
  • re-sort,
  • re-sources,
  • re-course,
  • re-sorts,
  • re course,
  • re-source,
  • re sources,
  • re source.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • tactics,
  • game,
  • trickery,
  • trick of the trade,
  • plot,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • contrivance,
  • wrinkle,
  • pitfall,
  • machination.
  •trap (noun)
  • seducements.
  •wile (noun)
  • little game,
  • schemings.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • mind game,
  • setup,
  • monkeyshines,
  • cat and mouse,
  • bluster,
  • scam,
  • hustle,
  • shenanigan,
  • con game,
  • jape,
  • lie,
  • flimflam,
  • caper,
  • dirty tricks,
  • practical joke,
  • delaying tactics,
  • sophistry,
  • hocus-pocus,
  • confidence game,
  • April Fool,
  • prank.
  •
  • cover up,
  • gag,
  • whitewash,
  • gimmick,
  • smoke screen,
  • snare,
  • camouflage,
  • stitch up,
  • booby trap,
  • fiddle,
  • stalking-horse.
  •
  • routine,
  • wind up.
  •
  • fix.
  •
  • cut.

Paraphrases for Subterfuge:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    loophole.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    pretext, excuse, pretense.

Antonyms for Subterfuge:

• n.

  • cheating
    sincerity, truthfulness, fairness, openness, frankness, reality, honesty.
  • Other antonyms:
    truth, guilelessness, artlessness, innocence, directness, simplicity, ingenuousness.

Subterfuge Sentence Examples:

• Indeed, when he related the little subterfuge of Gabriel, his attempt to save her by taking the letter on himself, she felt thankful to the boy, and deemed Gabriel's conduct quite in keeping with his attachment to herself.

• The subterfuge seemed to be succeeding, and he was once more within fifty feet of them when they whirled about simultaneously and started at the same lively trot, leaving Wallie far behind them.

Hyponym for Subterfuge:

• n.

  • communication
    misrepresentation, deceit, deception.