stratagem English

Meaning stratagem meaning

What does stratagem mean?

stratagem

— noun (= ploy) a maneuver in a game or conversation

— noun (= contrivance) an elaborate or deceitful scheme contrived to deceive or evade his testimony was just a contrivance to throw us off the track

Synonyms stratagem synonyms

What other words have the same or similar meaning as stratagem?

stratagem English » English

trick

artifice

scheme

ruse

deception

plot

plan

tactics

strategy

wile

maneuver

finesse

ploy

device

trickery

gambit

deceit

wiles

subterfuge

means

cunning

craft

contrivance

tactic

procedure

manoeuvre

fraud

dodge

tricks

skill

sham

secret

project

pretence

hoax

expedient

design

chicanery

chicane

artfulness

wrestling umpire’s fan

treason

treachery

traitorousness

tip

technique

tact

swindles

subversiveness

sophistry