jugglery
noun
jug·glery ˈjə-glə-rē 
1
: the art or practice of a juggler
2
: manipulation or trickery especially to achieve a desired end
Synonyms
- artifice
- chicane
- chicanery
- gamesmanship
- hanky-panky
- jiggery-pokery
- legerdemain
- skulduggery
- skullduggery
- subterfuge
- trickery
- wile
See all Synonyms & Antonyms 
Example Sentences
you wouldn't believe the jugglery I have to resort to in order to get the cat in the carrier for a trip to the vet's
Word History
First Known Use
14th century, in the meaning defined at sense 1
jugglery
noun
as in deception
the use of clever underhanded actions to achieve an end you wouldn't believe the jugglery I have to resort to in order to get the cat in the carrier for a trip to the vet's Synonyms & Similar Words
Relevance
- deception
- trickery
- treachery
- subterfuge
- chicanery
- deceptiveness
- legerdemain
- gamesmanship
- skulduggery
- cunning
- jiggery-pokery
- artfulness
- cunning
- deceit
- stealth
- artifice
- secrecy
- skullduggery
- wile
- scheming
- chicane
- plotting
- shrewdness
- hanky-panky
- duplicity
- deceitfulness
- slipperiness
- dissimulation
- shiftiness
- hypocrisy
- craftiness
- slyness
- dishonesty
- imposture
- slickness
- humbuggery
- sneakiness
- underhandedness
- design
- guile
- quackery
- fakery
- insincerity
- crookedness
- deviousness
- crookery
- wiliness
- cageyness
- caginess
- double-dealing
- shadiness
- sharpness
- oiliness
- dupery
- dirty pool
- foxiness
- dirty tricks
- guilefulness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sincerity
- artlessness
- ingenuousness
- guilelessness
- forthrightness
- directness
- candor
- plainness
- openness
- candidness
- plainspokenness