Guile Synonyms and Antonyms

gīl
The act or practice of deceiving
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. cunning
  2. craft
  3. duplicity
  4. cleverness
  5. trickery
  6. deceit
  7. chicanery
  8. craftiness
  9. slyness
  10. wile
  11. wiliness
  12. artifice
  13. cheat
  14. deceitfulness
  15. deception
  16. double-dealing
  17. dissimulation
  18. fraud
  19. insincerity
  20. rascality
  21. shiftiness
  22. stratagem
  23. chicane
  24. subtlety
  25. treachery
  26. foxiness
  27. shenanigan

Words Related to Guile

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Guile Sentence Examples

  • 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.

  • This year's budget is $17 million and the student cohort will be $15,000 - a growth achieved through graft and a little guile.

  • The incident, whether due to chance or guile, brought about the resignation of Crispi.

  • Her reputation for honesty and directness, which is not false, masks an apparently artless guile.

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