- artifice
- n1. stratagem, trick, wile, ruse; intrigue, plot, plan, scheme, strategy, machination; conspiracy, complot, cabal; device, contrivance, expedient, Inf. dodge, fetch, subterfuge, blind; maneuver, feint, deception, sleight, coup, blow, stroke; shift, move, evasion, shuffle.2. cunning, ingenuity, inventiveness; cleverness, skill-fulness, adroitness, dexterousness, adeptness, deftness; facility, facileness, quickness, readiness, aptness, brightness.3. trickery, deceit, guile, craft, craftiness, shrewdness, wiliness, slyness; artfulness, subtlety, finesse; duplicity, doubledealing, cheating, cozenage; fraud, imposture, imposition, hoax.
A Note on the Style of the synonym finder. 2014.