692 synonyms found

Pronunciation:

[ sˈʌbtəfjˌuːd͡ʒ], [ sˈʌbtəfjˌuːd‍ʒ], [ s_ˈʌ_b_t_ə_f_j_ˌuː_dʒ]

Similar words for subterfuge:

• blind (noun)
• bluff (noun)
• cheating (noun)
• chicanery (noun)
• communication (noun)
• craft (noun)
• cunning (noun)
• deceit (noun)
• deception (noun)
• device (noun)
• evasion (noun)
• excuse (noun)
• fallacy (noun)
• feint (noun)
• hanky-panky (noun)
• inveracity (noun)
• jig (noun)
• lie (noun)
• maneuver (noun)
• masquerade (noun)
• other relevant words (noun)
• pretense (noun)
• pretext (noun)
• quibble (noun)
• scheme (noun)
• shift (noun)
• stratagem (noun)
• trap (noun)
• wile (noun)
• other relevant words (verb)
• other synonyms
• other relevant words (noun)

Paraphrases for subterfuge

Hyponyms for subterfuge

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.
  • inveracity (noun)
  • cock and bull story,
  • in veracity,
  • in-veracity,
  • in-veracities,
  • in veracities.
  • jig (noun)
  • sleight hand.
  • lie (noun)
  • mis statement,
  • in accuracy,
  • mis-statements,
  • mis statements,
  • de tractions,
  • in accuracies,
  • disinformations,
  • in-accuracies,
  • de-tractions,
  • hyper bole,
  • hyper boles,
  • dis-information,
  • de-traction,
  • dis informations,
  • hyper-bole,
  • tall stories,
  • in-accuracy,
  • dis-informations,
  • dis information,
  • de traction,
  • hyper-boles.
  • maneuver (noun)
  • curveballs.
  • masquerade (noun)
  • maskings,
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis-simulations,
  • costume balls,
  • dis simulation,
  • dissimulations,
  • dis simulations,
  • puton.
  • Other relevant words: (noun)
  • disguise,
  • thing,
  • invalidity,
  • strategem,
  • tall story,
  • jig,
  • Knaveries,
  • disinformation,
  • stopgap,
  • dominoes,
  • demarches,
  • pretext,
  • sharp practice,
  • shufflings,
  • personations,
  • posturings,
  • shift,
  • quirk,
  • stratagem,
  • trap,
  • misstatement,
  • misrepresentation,
  • device,
  • maneuver,
  • chicanes,
  • pretense,
  • domino,
  • expediency,
  • obliqueness,
  • spuriousness,
  • cop-outs,
  • cleanup,
  • fugiviteness,
  • copout,
  • funny business,
  • invalidities,
  • personation,
  • deception,
  • cleanups,
  • sexual activity,
  • faultiness,
  • feint,
  • runaround,
  • hankie-pankie,
  • bluff,
  • take-in,
  • skullduggery,
  • scheme,
  • craft,
  • clever move,
  • dodge,
  • costume ball,
  • mock attack,
  • double-dealing,
  • jiving,
  • ruse,
  • feigning,
  • eschewal,
  • cunnings,
  • Hanky Panky,
  • frame-ups,
  • chicane,
  • Cunningness,
  • fraud,
  • cageyness,
  • chicanery,
  • why and wherefore,
  • schtick,
  • elusions,
  • cover story,
  • trick,
  • put-up job,
  • dumb act,
  • stall,
  • evasion,
  • dirty trick,
  • cop-out,
  • fable,
  • Seducement,
  • elusion,
  • fallacy,
  • fourberie,
  • dissimulation,
  • knavery,
  • fake,
  • deceit,
  • mummery,
  • inexactness,
  • Covin,
  • masquerade,
  • Double dealing,
  • hokeypokey,
  • fraudulence,
  • intrigues,
  • mis-statement,
  • wiliness,
  • dominos,
  • lasso,
  • perjury,
  • quicksands,
  • frame up,
  • artifice,
  • fugivity,
  • quicksand,
  • Disingenuity,
  • fakery,
  • comeon,
  • subtlety,
  • falseness,
  • fooling around,
  • falsification,
  • coverup,
  • non sequitur,
  • speciousness,
  • excuse,
  • Canniness,
  • misconstrual,
  • hanky-panky,
  • surreptitiousness,
  • fancy footwork,
  • false front,
  • hokey-pokey,
  • frame-up,
  • deceptiveness,
  • dishonesty,
  • falsifications,
  • Mummeries,
  • Inveracity,
  • curveball,
  • ploy,
  • demarche.
  • 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,
  • nit-picker,
  • niggle,
  • Quiddities,
  • quiddity,
  • hairsplitters,
  • Hairsplitter.
  • 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)
  • schemings.

• v.

  • Other relevant words: (verb)
  • deed.

• 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.
  • Other relevant words (noun):
  • hoodwinking,
  • discreetness,
  • cunning,
  • ambiguity,
  • artful dodge,
  • design,
  • color,
  • lying,
  • googly,
  • skulduggery,
  • secret place,
  • art,
  • depict,
  • darkening,
  • song and dance,
  • guile,
  • outlet,
  • manoeuvre,
  • quibble,
  • cloak,
  • Swindling,
  • cant,
  • mystification,
  • misapply,
  • Covertness,
  • pass,
  • legerdemain,
  • develop,
  • commence,
  • hiddenness,
  • varnish,
  • snow job,
  • obstructionism,
  • claptrap,
  • put on,
  • means of escape,
  • kink,
  • playing for time,
  • hook,
  • guise,
  • Tricking,
  • ensnarement,
  • resource,
  • Elenchus,
  • contribute,
  • crabby,
  • discretion,
  • stalling,
  • joker,
  • illusion,
  • ficelle,
  • vindication,
  • foot-dragging,
  • tergiversation,
  • pretension,
  • juggle,
  • strategy,
  • conspiracy,
  • overreaching,
  • bring,
  • gamesmanship,
  • Fudging,
  • hallucination,
  • treachery,
  • nitpicking,
  • terminological inexactitude,
  • communicate,
  • catch,
  • resort,
  • Captiousness,
  • move,
  • Procrastinating,
  • sidestep,
  • airtight secrecy,
  • avail,
  • interment,
  • trepan,
  • Subreption,
  • gambit,
  • measure,
  • simulation,
  • pretence,
  • little game,
  • gyp,
  • intrigue,
  • gloss,
  • bosey,
  • convey,
  • paltering,
  • bilk,
  • retreat,
  • lure,
  • jugglery,
  • front,
  • fetch,
  • commit,
  • expedient,
  • curve ball,
  • hugger mugger,
  • mirage,
  • uncommunicativeness,
  • ruffle,
  • semblance,
  • victimization,
  • jiggery-pokery,
  • befooling,
  • confidence trick,
  • covering up,
  • recess,
  • loophole,
  • makeshift,
  • parry,
  • Advocation,
  • grift,
  • mockery,
  • closeness,
  • chouse,
  • dirty deal,
  • bend,
  • show,
  • fallaciousness,
  • sleight of hand,
  • transverse,
  • wheeze,
  • shuffling,
  • grumpy,
  • entrapment,
  • invention,
  • delineate,
  • corner,
  • prevarication,
  • sophism,
  • false show,
  • masking,
  • pussyfooting,
  • cheating,
  • pose,
  • veil,
  • grouchy,
  • transversal,
  • allegation,
  • net,
  • Antilogy,
  • weasel words,
  • Obscurement,
  • stonewalling,
  • invisibility,
  • occultation,
  • duplicity,
  • burial,
  • voidance,
  • quibbling,
  • finesse,
  • shuffle,
  • procrastination,
  • Conning,
  • apology,
  • change,
  • Deceiving,
  • delay,
  • Pettifoggery,
  • tour de force,
  • coup,
  • mask,
  • plea,
  • play-acting,
  • nit-picking,
  • way out,
  • Phantasm,
  • shifting,
  • retrieve,
  • hiding,
  • secrecy,
  • Excuseless,
  • rip off,
  • protestation,
  • curve,
  • delusion,
  • self-deception,
  • double cross,
  • Parrying,
  • Boggling,
  • Concealedness,
  • clouding,
  • obstruct,
  • Obscuration,
  • Elench,
  • make-believe,
  • hedge,
  • close secrecy,
  • hedging,
  • Kidding,
  • mere words,
  • hideaway,
  • above,
  • distraction,
  • Fooling,
  • escape,
  • put-off,
  • spoofing,
  • con trick,
  • enmeshment,
  • solecism,
  • red herring,
  • poor excuse,
  • handle,
  • white lie,
  • describe,
  • Bluffing,
  • false move,
  • untruth,
  • evasiveness,
  • concealment,
  • hairsplitting,
  • quodlibet,
  • facade,
  • dupery,
  • secretiveness,
  • screen,
  • carry,
  • inconsistency,
  • outwitting,
  • wind-up,
  • sidestepping,
  • bamboozlement,
  • hole,
  • dodging,
  • act,
  • gesture,
  • espieglerie,
  • tactic,
  • run-around,
  • smokescreen,
  • fussy,
  • come,
  • locus standi,
  • circumvention,
  • bag of tricks,
  • vision,
  • Secretness,
  • Quillet,
  • elicit,
  • caviling,
  • cop out,
  • hypocrisy,
  • crabbed,
  • fond illusion,
  • entanglement,
  • delusiveness,
  • screening,
  • recourse,
  • trickiness,
  • get,
  • Defrauding,
  • step,
  • secretion,
  • double-talk,
  • racket,
  • wishful thinking,
  • bickering,
  • covering,
  • capture,
  • alibi,
  • con,
  • collusion,
  • cover,
  • ambush,
  • attract,
  • calculated deception,
  • draw,
  • paralogism,
  • equivocation,
  • fencing,
  • imposture,
  • Gloze,
  • burying,
  • ruse de guerre,
  • deliver.

Paraphrases for Subterfuge:

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    loophole.

• Other Related

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

Hyponym for Subterfuge:

• n.

  • communication
    misrepresentation, deceit, deception.