Synonyms for artifice
noun
Maneuver
stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; see trick 1.
Trickery
guile, cunning, deceit; see cunning, dishonesty.
Skill
skill, ingenuity, inventiveness; see ability 2, art 1.
See syn. study atart, trick.
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noun
An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end:
deception, device, dodge, feint, gimmick, imposture, jig, maneuver, ploy, ruse, sleight, stratagem, subterfuge, trick, wile. (Informal) shenanigan, take-in. See honest, meansDeceitful cleverness:
art, artfulness, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, guile, slyness, wiliness. See honest, means
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