Synonyms of artifices

artifices

noun

plural of artifice

as in ruses

a clever often underhanded means to achieve an end

used the artifice of saying his grandmother had died so that he could get the last seat on the plane

Synonyms & Similar Words

• ruses
• schemes
• devices
• tricks
• stratagems
• wiles
• ploys
• gambits
• sleights
• jigs
• gimmicks
• shenanigans
• deceptions
• knacks
• subterfuges
• dodges
• sleights of hand
• trickeries
• bluffs
• plays
• juggles
• fetches
• chicaneries
• feints
• duplicities
• hoaxes
• flimflams
• cunnings
• frauds
• crafts
• swindles
• juggleries
• end runs
• gaffs
• fakeries
• duperies
• skulduggeries
• cozenages
• skullduggeries
• crookeries
• shams
• blinds
• smoke screens
• legerdemains
• fronts