Stratagem Synonyms

strătə-jəm
A method of deploying troops and equipment in combat
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. maneuver
  2. tactic
An indirect, usually cunning means of gaining an end
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. deception
  2. trick
  3. ploy
  4. dodge
  5. artifice
  6. device
  7. gimmick
  8. maneuver
  9. plot
  10. ruse
  11. scheme
  12. wile
  13. subterfuge
  14. contrivance
  15. feint
  16. angle
  17. artfulness
  18. imposture
  19. chicanery
  20. jig
  21. finesse
  22. fraud
  23. sleight
  24. intrigue
  25. machination
  26. shenanigan
  27. take-in
  28. slant
  29. tactic
  30. trepan
  31. gambit
A scheme or maneuver designed to achieve an objective, as in surprising an enemy or deceiving someone.
(Noun)
Synonyms:
  1. wile

Words Related to Stratagem

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Stratagem Sentence Examples

  • The stratagem was successful, and Henry cast off all disguise.

  • By means of a stratagem, however, Eugene penetrated into the city during the night, at the head of 2000 men, and, though he found it impossible to hold the town, succeeded in carrying off Villeroi as a prisoner.

  • In 1199 one of his lieutenants, named Bakhtiyar, advanced into Bengal, and expelled by an audacious stratagem the last Hindu raja of Nadia.

  • God after god was ordered to pursue him and recover them, but it would seem that it was only by a stratagem that they were finally regained.

  • In 1643 the parliamentary party made themselves masters of the island and castle, but shortly afterwards these were regained by the Royalists through a clever stratagem, and not recovered again by the forces of the parliament till 1646.

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