Definition for Trickery:

• Craft; deception.

Synonyms for Trickery:

• n.

  •
  • foul play,
  • misconduct,
  • smoke and mirrors,
  • corruption.
  •
  • honest.
  •art (noun)
  • canninesses,
  • wilinesses.
  •betrayal (noun)
  • doublecrossings,
  • un faithfulnesses,
  • un-faithfulness,
  • judas kisses,
  • double crossings,
  • let downs,
  • un-faithfulnesses,
  • double-crossings,
  • un faithfulness.
  •charlatanism (noun)
  • quackery.
  •cheat (noun)
  • buncos,
  • puton,
  • shady deals,
  • cozenings,
  • bamboozlements,
  • fast ones,
  • hoaxings,
  • bill goods,
  • fast shuffles.
  •chicanery (noun)
  • chicanery.
  •conspiracy (noun)
  • countermine,
  • complot,
  • counterplot,
  • counter-plot,
  • little game,
  • Covin,
  • complots,
  • put-up job.
  •craft (noun)
  • dis ingenuities,
  • dis-ingenuities,
  • dis ingenuity,
  • cageynesses,
  • dis-ingenuity,
  • disingenuities.
  •cunning (noun)
  • art,
  • wile.
  •deceit (noun)
  • dis semblance,
  • ambidextrousnesses,
  • entrappings,
  • dis semblances,
  • two facedness,
  • dissimulations,
  • smoke mirrors,
  • over-reaching,
  • fraudulences,
  • over reaching,
  • defraudings,
  • dis-simulations,
  • dis-simulation,
  • dis simulations,
  • dirty dealings,
  • overreachings,
  • dis simulation,
  • dis-semblance,
  • twofacedness,
  • dis-semblances.
  •deception (noun)
  • flimflam.
  •deception, joke (noun)
  • hoax,
  • stunt,
  • shell game,
  • razzle-dazzle,
  • Swindling,
  • sting,
  • snow job,
  • scam,
  • shenanigans,
  • con,
  • imposture,
  • cheating,
  • bait and switch,
  • dupery,
  • fourberie,
  • double-cross,
  • dodge,
  • sharp practice.
  •decoy (noun)
  • shill,
  • narks,
  • drawing card,
  • sitting duck,
  • blow off,
  • shills,
  • Seducement,
  • comeon,
  • nark,
  • ensnarement.
  •delusion (noun)
  • mis apprehensions,
  • eidolons,
  • eidola,
  • mis-takes,
  • over sight,
  • self-deceptions,
  • fool paradise,
  • mis-take,
  • over-sight,
  • mis take,
  • mis apprehension,
  • over sights,
  • selfdeceptions,
  • mis-apprehension,
  • selfdeception,
  • mis-apprehensions,
  • self deceptions,
  • mis takes,
  • self deception,
  • over-sights,
  • fools paradise.
  •dirty pool (noun)
  • dirty games,
  • dirty politic,
  • dirty-pool,
  • escamotages.
  •disguise (noun)
  • co-lorings,
  • co lorings,
  • makebelieve,
  • fakings,
  • co loring,
  • dis-guises,
  • get ups,
  • fig leaves,
  • pre-tensions,
  • co-loring,
  • pre tensions,
  • dis guises,
  • dis-guise,
  • dis guise,
  • get-ups.
  •dishonesty (noun)
  • infamy,
  • infidelity,
  • Improbity,
  • criminality,
  • unscrupulousness,
  • criminalities,
  • insidiousness.
  •double-dealing (noun)
  • bad faiths,
  • doubledealing.
  •evasion (noun)
  • co-pout,
  • co pout,
  • eschewals,
  • evadings,
  • fancy footworks,
  • pre texts,
  • co pouts,
  • equivocatings,
  • fugivitenesses,
  • co-pouts,
  • shunnings,
  • fudgings,
  • pre-texts,
  • copouts,
  • pre-text,
  • dodgings,
  • pre text,
  • cop outs,
  • obliquenesses,
  • fugivities,
  • shirkings.
  •foxiness (noun)
  • caginesses,
  • slicknesses.
  •guile (noun)
  • stab back,
  • stab the back.
  •hanky-panky (noun)
  • hokey pokey,
  • hankie pankie,
  • mis-chief,
  • hokeypokeys,
  • hokey pokeys,
  • hokey-pokeys,
  • hankypanky,
  • funny businesses,
  • mis chief,
  • mis-chiefs,
  • fooling arounds,
  • hankiepankie,
  • hankie pankies,
  • hankie-pankies,
  • sexual activities,
  • mis chiefs,
  • hankiepankies.
  •hocus-pocus (noun)
  • nonsense,
  • gobbledegook,
  • incantation,
  • Hocus,
  • Mummeries,
  • Occultism,
  • Hocuspocus,
  • magic words,
  • mummery,
  • magic word.
  •pretense (noun)
  • dumb acts,
  • pre-tense,
  • mis representation,
  • mis-statements,
  • dis play,
  • feignings,
  • pre tense,
  • mis-representation,
  • dis plays,
  • pre tenses,
  • schticks,
  • mis representations,
  • dis-play,
  • posings,
  • fakeries,
  • mis statement,
  • mis statements,
  • dis-plays,
  • pre-tenses.
  •shenanigan (noun)
  • shenanigan.
  •skulduggery (noun)
  • skulduggery.
  •sleight of hand (noun)
  • hocus-pocus.
  •sophistry (noun)
  • in consistency,
  • in-consistency,
  • in-consistencies,
  • in consistencies,
  • paralogies,
  • paralogisms.
  •spoof (noun)
  • flim flams,
  • bons mots,
  • send-ups,
  • flim-flams,
  • send ups,
  • sendups,
  • take offs,
  • flim flam.
  •stratagem (noun)
  • game,
  • stratagem,
  • plot,
  • maneuver,
  • tactics,
  • ruse,
  • ploy,
  • pitfall,
  • trap,
  • Trojan Horse,
  • machination,
  • contrivance,
  • subterfuge,
  • feint,
  • trick of the trade,
  • wrinkle,
  • device,
  • trick.
  •swindle (noun)
  • crooked deals.
  •thaumaturgy (noun)
  • witchings.
  •trickery (noun)
  • jiggery-pokery.
  •underhandedness (noun)
  • under-handedness,
  • under-handednesses,
  • under handedness,
  • under handednesses.

• Other synonyms:

  •
  • deviousness,
  • indirection.
  •
  • innocence.
  •deceit
  • legerdemain.

Paraphrases for Trickery:

• Equivalence

  • Noun, singular or mass
    deceit, deception.

• Forward Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    trick.

• Reverse Entailment

  • Noun, singular or mass
    fraud.

• Independent

  • Noun, singular or mass
    sham.

• Other Related

  • Noun, singular or mass
    cheating, treachery, ruse, ploy, scam, swindle.

Antonyms for Trickery:

• n.

  • deception, joke
    honesty, reality, openness, frankness, truth, truthfulness.
  • Other antonyms:
    candidness, guilelessness, forthrightness, ingenuousness, plainness, veracity, simplicity, sincerity, plainspokenness, candor, artlessness, directness.

Trickery Sentence Examples:

• I am merely pointing out that it left open a way to trickery.

• Fearing some trickery, the old man, instead of answering, replied that he wished to go and see the scaffold.