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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceptive skill |
| Synonyms: | chicanery, conjuration, deceit, deception, double-dealing, escamotage, hocus-pocus, legerdemain, magic, prestidigitation, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
| Main Entry: | magic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | supernatural power; appearance |
| Synonyms: | alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, of impossible feats by tricks abracadabra, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | prank, joke |
| Synonyms: | accomplishment, antic, caper, catch, device, escapade, feat, frolic, funny business, gag, gambol, jape, jest, lark, monkeyshine, practical joke, put-on, shenanigan, sleight of hand, sport, stunt, tomfoolery |
| Antonyms: | seriousness |
| Main Entry: | dirty pool |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | unfair or dishonest conduct |
| Synonyms: | conjuration, dirty game, dirty politics, dirty tricks, dirty work, escamotage, foul play, jugglery, legerdemain, mudslinging, prestidigitation, sleight of hand, smoke and mirrors, trickery |
| Main Entry: | smoke and mirrors |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | conjuring trick |
| Synonyms: | artful deception, crap, flimflam, hokum, legerdemain, sleight of hand, snow job |
| 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: | prestidigitation |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuration, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell, superstition, taboo*, thaumaturgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, wizardry |
* = 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
| Main Entry: | thaumaturgy |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | magic |
| Synonyms: | abracadabra, alchemy, allurement, astrology, augury, bewitchment, black art, conjuration, conjuring, conjury, devilry, diabolism, divination, enchantment, exorcism, fascination, foreboding, fortune-telling, hocuspocus, horoscopy, illusion, incantation, legerdemain, magnetism, necromancy, occultism, power, prediction, presage, prestidigitation, prophecy, rune, sleight of hand, soothsaying, sorcery, sortilege, spell*, superstition, taboo*, theurgy, trickery, voodoo, voodooism, witchcraft, witchery, witching, wizardry |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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