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| Main Entry: | |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | deceit |
| Synonyms: | ambush, artifice, blind, bluff, casuistry, cheat, chicanery, circumvention, con*, concealment, conspiracy, conundrum, cover, deception, decoy, delusion, device, disguise, distortion, dodge*, double-dealing, duplicity, equivocation, evasion, fabrication, fake, falsehood, feint, forgery, fraud, game, gimmick, hoax, illusion, imposition, imposture, intrigue, invention, machination, maneuver, perjury, plot, ploy, pretense, ruse, snare, stratagem, subterfuge, swindle, trap, treachery, wile |
| Antonyms: | frankness, honesty |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | expertise, know-how |
| Synonyms: | ability, art, command, craft, device, facility, gift, hang, knack, method, secret, skill, swing, technique |
| Antonyms: | ignorance, misunderstanding |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | characteristic, habit |
| Synonyms: | crotchet, custom, foible, habitude, idiosyncrasy, manner, mannerism, peculiarity, practice, praxis, quirk, trait, usage, use, way, wont |
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | time working at something |
| Synonyms: | bout, go*, hitch, shift, spell, stint, tour, turn |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | trick |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; play joke on |
| Synonyms: | bamboozle, catch*, cheat, con, deceive, defraud, delude, disinform, double deal, dupe, fake, flimflam, gull, hoax, hocus-pocus, hoodwink, impose upon, jive, mislead, outwit, play for a fool, pull wool over, put one over on, rook, screw*, set up*, swindle, take for a ride, take in*, throw, trap, victimize |
| Antonyms: | be serious |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | ambush |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | lying in wait; concealed position |
| Synonyms: | ambuscade, ambushment, camouflage, concealment, deception, hiding, hiding place, lurking, pitfall, shelter, trap, trick*, waiting, waylaying |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | antic |
| Part of Speech: | noun |
| Definition: | funny act |
| Synonyms: | caper, dido, frolic, joke, lark, romp, shenanigan, tomfoolery, trick |
| Main Entry: | bamboozle |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool; cheat |
| Synonyms: | baffle, befuddle, bilk, con, confound, confuse, deceive, defraud, delude, dupe, flimflam, hoax, hoodwink*, hornswoggle, mystify, perplex, puzzle, stump, swindle, trick |
| Antonyms: | be honest |
* = informal/non-formal usage
| Main Entry: | beguile |
| Part of Speech: | verb |
| Definition: | fool |
| Synonyms: | betray, bluff, burn*, cheat, chisel, con, deceive, delude, double-cross, dupe, entice, exploit, finesse, flimflam, gyp, have, hoodwink*, impose on, jockey, juggle, lure, manipulate, mislead, play, play for a sucker, rook, rope in, scam, seduce, shave, snow*, stick*, string along, suck in, take, take in, trick |
* = informal/non-formal usage
Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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Roget's 21st Century Thesaurus, Third Edition
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