stratagem | Definition of stratagem

Synonyms and Antonyms of stratagem

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

tried various stratagems to get the cat into the carrier, but the feisty feline was wise to them all

Synonyms of stratagem

artifice, device, dodge, fetch, flimflam, gambit, gimmick, jig, juggle, knack, play, ploy, ruse, scheme, shenanigan, sleight, trick, wile

Words Related to stratagem

bluff, end run, feint

cheating, chicanery, cozenage, craft, crookery, cunning, deception, dupery, duplicity, fakery, jugglery, legerdemain, skulduggery (or skullduggery), subterfuge, swindling, trickery

fraud, gaff, hoax, sham, swindle

blind, front, smoke screen

Phrases Synonymous with stratagem

sleight of hand