Feint Synonyms and Antonyms

fānt
A deceptive action calculated to divert attention from one's real purpose.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wile

Words Related to Feint

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Feint Sentence Examples

  • Invasion was but a feint, executed by an army too weak to do much harm.

  • Grant felt that this was a mere feint to screen some other move.

  • This game was not for the feint of heart.

  • On the day of the above battle Massena, having destroyed what guns he could not horse, and skilfully gained time by a feint against Abrantes, began his retreat from before the lines, through Coimbra and Espinhal.

  • Then, after a feint of passing on into Spain, Wellington rapidly marched south and, with 2 2,000 men, laid siege to Badajoz (March 17, 1812), Hill with 30,000 covering the siege near Merida.

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