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guile

[gahyl] / gaɪl /
NOUN
slyness, cleverness
Synonyms
STRONGEST
trickery
STRONG
artfulness artifice chicanery craft craftiness cunning deceit deception dishonesty dissimulation duplicity jive ruse sellout treachery trickiness wiliness
WEAK
dirty dealing dirty pool dirty trick dirty work dissemblance double-cross foul play runaround sharp practice stab in the back
Antonyms
STRONG
forthrightness frankness honesty honor openness sincerity trustworthiness truth truthfulness uprightness
WEAK
artlessness naïveté

Example Sentences

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Like Julien Duvivier and François Truffaut before him, Kiarostami captures their innocence and guile with righteous force.

From The Wall Street Journal • Nov. 27, 2025

Harmer outdid the Indian spinners in their own den with his guile and turn.

From Barron's • Nov. 26, 2025

“She was hilarious, a complete original, and completely without guile, or any of the competitiveness one would have expected from such a star,” wrote actor Bette Midler on Instagram.

From Los Angeles Times • Oct. 15, 2025

A winning combination of discipline and guile from the spinners put Bangladesh in a great position as, for the third time in four World Cup matches, South Africa's top-order crumbled.

From BBC • Oct. 13, 2025

And I knew by his eyes that no guile had he, So I married my man from the North Country.

From "Angela's Ashes: A Memoir" by Frank McCourt