guile - Similar and Opposite Words

What is another word for guile ?

Here are the synonyms for guile , a list of similar words for guile from our thesaurus that you can use

Noun

the use of tricks to deceive someone (usually to extract money from them)

Synonyms

• chicane
• chicanery
• guile
• shenanigan
• trickery
• wile

More generic

• deceit
• deception
• dissembling
• dissimulation

More specific

• dupery
• fraud
• fraudulence
• hoax
• humbug
• jugglery
• put-on

Noun

the quality of being crafty

Synonyms

• craftiness
• deceitfulness
• guile

More generic

• disingenuousness

Noun

shrewdness as demonstrated by being skilled in deception

Synonyms

• craft
• craftiness
• cunning
• foxiness
• guile
• slyness
• wiliness

More generic

• astuteness
• perspicaciousness
• perspicacity
• shrewdness

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