What is another word for wiles?

Pronunciation: [wˈa͡ɪlz] (IPA)

The word "wiles" is often used to describe someone's cunning or deceitful behavior, and it can be difficult to find just the right synonym to convey the same meaning. Some possible synonyms for "wiles" include trickery, guile, deceit, artifice, and subterfuge. Other options might include cunning, slickness, slyness, stratagems, or machinations. Depending on the context, you might also use words like craftiness, duplicity, chicanery, or skullduggery. Ultimately, the choice of synonym will depend on the nuances of the situation and the tone you want to convey, but these options should give you a good starting point.

What are the hypernyms for Wiles?

A hypernym is a word with a broad meaning that encompasses more specific words called hyponyms.

Usage examples for Wiles

By this time Powhatan had lost some of his first awe of the white men's wits and had concluded it was worth while to try and meet strangers' wiles with wiles of his own.
"The Princess Pocahontas"
Virginia Watson
"Woman's wiles, daughter," said Anderson, with his frank laugh.
"The Desert of Wheat"
Zane Grey
Our cares are, unhappily, more with the wiles and snares of crafty men than with the sorrows and sufferings of the good!
"The Martins Of Cro' Martin, Vol. II (of II)"
Charles James Lever

Famous quotes with Wiles

  • And one would worship a woman whom all perfections dower, But the other smiles at transparent wiles; and he quotes from Schopenhauer.
    James Branch Cabell
  • We have winning wiles and witcheries, Such incantations as thy sterner wit Did never dream of.
    Hartley Coleridge
  • His wiles were witty and his fame far known, Every king's daughter sought him for her own, Yet he was nothing to be won or lost.
    Robert Graves
  • Haste thee, Nymph, and bring with thee Jest, and youthful jollity, Quips and cranks and wanton wiles, Nods and becks and wreathèd smiles.
    John Milton
  • A Creature not too bright or good For human nature's daily food; For transient sorrows, simple wiles, Praise, blame, love, kisses, tears and smiles.
    William Wordsworth

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