What is another word for subterfuge?
560 synonyms foundPronunciation:
[ sˈʌbtəfjˌuːd͡ʒ], [ sˈʌbtəfjˌuːdʒ], [ s_ˈʌ_b_t_ə_f_j_ˌuː_dʒ]Table of Contents
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)
- pretense (noun)
- pretext (noun)
- quibble (noun)
- scheme (noun)
- shift (noun)
- stratagem (noun)
- trap (noun)
- wile (noun)
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Synonyms for Subterfuge:
n.
•blind (noun) •bluff (noun) •cheating (noun) •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.
- disingenuities,
- dis ingenuity,
- dis-ingenuities,
- cageynesses,
- canninesses,
- dis-ingenuity,
- dis ingenuities,
- wilinesses.
- wile.
- smoke mirrors,
- mis-representations,
- mis representations,
- fraudulences,
- mis representation,
- mis-representation.
- pro positions,
- de signs,
- de sign,
- pro-positions,
- clever moves,
- pro position,
- de-sign,
- cunningnesses,
- de-signs.
- evadings,
- co-pouts,
- eschewals,
- copouts,
- cop outs,
- shirkings,
- fugivities,
- co pouts,
- co-pout,
- fancy footworks,
- fudgings,
- dodgings,
- shunnings,
- fugivitenesses,
- co pout,
- obliquenesses,
- equivocatings.
- why wherefore,
- dis guise,
- why and wherefores,
- dis guises,
- dis-guise,
- dis-guises,
- de fenses,
- why wherefores,
- cover stories,
- de-fenses,
- song dance.
- 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.
- pre tensions,
- dis-tractions,
- dis-traction,
- pre-tensions,
- dis traction,
- mock attacks,
- hoodwinkings,
- dis tractions,
- makebelieve.
- 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.
- 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.
- maskings,
- dis-simulation,
- dis-simulations,
- costume balls,
- dis simulation,
- dissimulations,
- dis simulations,
- puton.
- 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.
- re-courses,
- re courses,
- re-sort,
- re-sources,
- re-course,
- re-sorts,
- re course,
- re-source,
- re sources,
- re source.
Other synonyms:
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- 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.
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- cover up,
- gag,
- whitewash,
- gimmick,
- smoke screen,
- snare,
- camouflage,
- stitch up,
- booby trap,
- fiddle,
- stalking-horse.
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- fix.
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- cut.
- 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:
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Independent
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Noun, singular or mass
loophole.
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Noun, singular or mass
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Antonyms for Subterfuge:
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n.
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Other antonyms:
truth, guilelessness, artlessness, innocence, directness, simplicity, ingenuousness.
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Hyponym for Subterfuge:
n.
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communication
misrepresentation, deceit, deception.
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communication