trickery
noun
Synonyms
- artifice
- chicane
- chicanery
- gamesmanship
- hanky-panky
- jiggery-pokery
- jugglery
- legerdemain
- skulduggery
- skullduggery
- subterfuge
- wile
Example Sentences
Rory Appleton, The Indianapolis Star, 5 Sep. 2022 Were there stunt people, or was every bit of this brought off with computer trickery? Owen Gleiberman, Variety, 10 Aug. 2022 And from that point, no amount of slicing or trickery could save her. Joshua Robinson, WSJ, 9 July 2022 But there's so much sheer acting talent and narrative trickery built into every episode. Darren Franich, EW.com, 15 June 2022 But for the hours of schmoozing that preceded the photo, no such digital trickery was necessary. New York Times, 7 Mar. 2022 So that was an attempt essentially to use subterfuge and trickery and coercion to overthrow the will of the people. NBC News, 19 June 2022 The book described two methods for reproducing long lists of random objects—one involved trickery and the other required memorization. David Hill, Harper’s Magazine , 27 Apr. 2022 What unfolds is a triangular story of conflict, deceit, trickery and seduction every bit as complicated as a modern-day romcom. Washington Post, 13 Apr. 2022 See More Word History
1796, in the meaning defined above
Kids Definition
trickery
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trickery
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Synonyms & Similar Words
- deception
- subterfuge
- treachery
- deceptiveness
- chicanery
- jugglery
- cunning
- gamesmanship
- legerdemain
- skulduggery
- deceit
- artfulness
- skullduggery
- cunning
- scheming
- stealth
- jiggery-pokery
- secrecy
- artifice
- wile
- chicane
- plotting
- hanky-panky
- shrewdness
- sneakiness
- deceitfulness
- underhandedness
- deviousness
- guile
- duplicity
- fakery
- slyness
- shiftiness
- hypocrisy
- dissimulation
- craftiness
- dishonesty
- insincerity
- design
- slipperiness
- wiliness
- quackery
- slickness
- imposture
- humbuggery
- crookedness
- shadiness
- crookery
- double-dealing
- caginess
- dupery
- oiliness
- cageyness
- sharpness
- dirty tricks
- dirty pool
- foxiness
- guilefulness
Antonyms & Near Antonyms
- sincerity
- artlessness
- ingenuousness
- guilelessness
- forthrightness
- directness
- candor
- openness
- plainness
- candidness
- plainspokenness
Synonym Chooser
Some common synonyms of trickery are deception, double-dealing, fraud, and subterfuge. While all these words mean "the acts or practices of one who deliberately deceives," trickery implies ingenious acts intended to dupe or cheat.
The meanings of deception and trickery largely overlap; however, deception may or may not imply blameworthiness, since it may suggest cheating or merely tactical resource.
The words double-dealing and trickery can be used in similar contexts, but double-dealing suggests treachery or at least action contrary to a professed attitude.
Although the words fraud and trickery have much in common, fraud always implies guilt and often criminality in act or practice.
While in some cases nearly identical to trickery, subterfuge suggests the adoption of a stratagem or the telling of a lie in order to escape guilt or to gain an end.