Another word for guile | Synonyms for guile

Another word for guile

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guile

n.

craft, cunning, cleverness, duplicity; see cunning, dishonesty.

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Another word for guile

noun

Deceitful cleverness:
art, artfulness, artifice, craft, craftiness, cunning, foxiness, slyness, wiliness. See honest, means
The act or practice of deceiving:
cunning, deceit, deceitfulness, deception, double-dealing, duplicity, shiftiness. See honest

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You might have to use considerable guile to find out what's going on.
The Picts used a bit of tactical guile and lured the Northumbrians into a trap with deadly results.
Furthermore, the realignment of the Blackadder character to a figure of cunning guile was also a decision made by Elton.
This year's budget is $17 million and the student cohort will be $15,000 - a growth achieved through graft and a little guile.
Their was plenty of huff and puff from all of us, but we lacked guile.

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