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sleight
[slahyt] 
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sleight
[slahyt]
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| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, craft, cunning, deception, hoax, stratagem |
| Main Entry: | fake |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | imposter, copy |
| Synonyms: | actor, bluffer, charlatan, cheat, counterfeit, deception, fabrication, faker, flimflam, forgery, four-flusher, fraud, gold brick, hoax, imitation, imposition, imposture, junque, make-believe, mountebank, phony, plant*, pretender, pretense, pseudo*, put-on, reproduction, scam, sham*, sleight, spoof, swindle, trick |
| Notes: | a fake is a work of art that is deliberately made or altered to appear better, older, or other than what it is; a forgery is a fraudulent imitation of another thing that already exists |
| Antonyms: | original, reality |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | imposture |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | fraud, trick |
| Synonyms: | artifice, cheat, con, copy, counterfeit, deceit, deception, fabrication, fake, feint, fiddle, flimflam, forgery, gambit, hoax, hocus-pocus, illusion, imitation, impersonation, imposition, make-believe, maneuver, masquerade, phony, ploy, pretense, pretension, put-on, quackery, ruse, sell*, sham, sleight, spoof, stratagem, swindle, wile |
| Antonyms: | honesty, reality, truth |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | prowess |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, skill |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adeptness, adroitness, aptitude, attainment, command, deftness, dexterity, excellence, expertise, expertness, facility, genius, mastery, readiness, sleight, talent |
| Antonyms: | inability, weakness |
| Main Entry: | readiness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | skill; eagerness |
| Synonyms: | address, adroitness, alacrity, aptness, deftness, dexterity, dispatch, ease, eloquence, expedience, expedition, facility, fitness, fluency, good will, handiness, inclination, keenness, maturity, preparation, preparedness, promptitude, promptness, prowess, quickness, rapidity, ripeness, sleight, volubility, willingness |
| Antonyms: | discouragement, unpreparedness |
| Main Entry: | skill |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | ability, talent to do something |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, address, adroitness, aptitude, art, artistry, cleverness, clout, command, competence, craft, cunning, deftness, dexterity, dodge*, ease, experience, expertise, expertism, expertness, facility, finesse, goods*, handiness, ingenuity, intelligence, job, knack*, know-how, line, makings, moxie*, one's thing, profession, proficiency, prowess, quickness, readiness, right stuff, savvy*, skillfulness, sleight, smarts, stuff*, technique, trade, what it takes |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, inability, incapability, incapacity, inexperience |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | deftness |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | dexterity |
| Synonyms: | adeptness, adroitness, dexterousness, litheness, nimbleness, skill, skillfulness, sleight, swiftness |
| Main Entry: | jig |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge*, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, lark, maneuver, monkeyshine, ploy, practical joke, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sleight of hand, sport*, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | take-in |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | trick |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, artifice, caper, catch, deception, device, dodge*, escapade, feat, feint, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, gimmick, imposture, jape, jest, jig, lark, maneuver, monkeyshine, ploy, practical joke, put-on, ruse, shenanigan, sleight, sleight of hand, sport*, stratagem, stunt, subterfuge, tomfoolery, wile |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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