Synonyms of cozenage

cozenage

noun

ˈkəz-nij 

as in deception

the inclination or practice of misleading others through lies or trickery

through cozenage and flattery, the art dealer coaxed the unwary into selling their family treasures for a song

Synonyms & Similar Words

• deception
• deceit
• fraud
• cunning
• deceptiveness
• cheating
• deceitfulness
• lying
• dissimulation
• double-dealing
• duplicity
• fakery
• dishonesty
• dissembling
• guile
• crookedness
• wiliness
• dupery
• crookery
• secrecy
• cunningness
• artifice
• craftiness
• craft
• fraudulence
• trickery
• skullduggery
• prevarication
• subterfuge
• foxiness
• jugglery
• swindling
• legerdemain
• chicanery
• equivocation
• skulduggery
• guilefulness
• shrewdness
• mendacity
• artfulness
• wile
• insincerity
• hypocrisy
• fib
• hanky-panky
• obliquity
• untruth
• falsehood
• underhandedness
• deviousness
• furtiveness
• sanctimoniousness
• unscrupulousness
• slyness
• covertness
• chicane
• caginess
• shiftiness
• shadiness
• falsity
• mountebankery
• sneakiness
• stealthiness
• cageyness
• smoothness
• two-facedness
• slipperiness
• slickness
• treacherousness
• oiliness

Antonyms & Near Antonyms

• sincerity
• good faith
• artlessness
• ingenuousness
• frankness
• openness
• candor
• directness
• forthrightness
• plainness
• guilelessness
• honesty
• probity
• reliability
• solidity
• trustworthiness
• goodness
• dependability
• truthfulness
• integrity
• candidness
• decency
• righteousness
• reliableness
• plainspokenness
• uprightness
• incorruptibility
• virtuousness
• trustability
• trustiness