artifice

Betekenis (Engels)

Noun

1. A crafty but underhanded deception.
2. A trick played out as an ingenious, but artful, ruse.
3. A strategic maneuver that uses some clever means to avoid detection or capture.
4. A tactical move to gain advantage.
5. Something made with technical skill; a contrivance.

Verb

To construct by means of skill or specialised art

Sinonieme

trick

stratagem

ruse

wile

cunning

finesse

wiles

craft

trickery

strategy

contrivance

subterfuge

device

tactics

maneuver

intrigue

deception

plot

expedient

plan

deceit

ploy

means

jugglery

craftiness

machination

guile

manoeuvre

catch

pretence

scheme

chicanery

dodge

feint

foxiness

tact

artificiality

ingenuity

wiliness

artfulness

ingenious device

ruff

affectedness

art

🎨

artful

bluff

claptrap

con game

conjuration

contraption

contrivances

cunningness

deceitfulness

devices

gambit

game

hoax

invention

magic

🪄

martingale

play

practice

quirk

affectation

secret

㊙️

shrewd

skill

sleight

storyline

strategem

stunt

tactic

technique

thaumaturgy

tip

twist

wangle

wheeze

plot line

design

hidden motive

Uitgespreek as (IPA)

/ˈɑː(ɹ)tɪfɪs/

Etimologie (Engels)

From Middle French artifice, from Latin artificium.