ARTIFICE


Meaning of ARTIFICE in English

noun

1.

Synonyms: cunning 2, art, artfulness, cageyness, canniness, craft, craftiness, foxiness, slyness, wiliness

Related Word: ingenuity, inventiveness, originality; adroitness, cleverness, keenness, quickness, shrewdness; adeptness, proficiency

2.

Synonyms: trick 1, device, feint, gambit, maneuver, play, ploy, ruse, stratagem, wile

Related Word: chicane, chicanery, trickery; knavery, rascality, skulduggery; deceit, dissimulation, duplicity, guile

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