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What is another word for farfetch?

The word farfetch is an English back-formation from farfetched, used as a verb meaning to derive in a far-fetched manner, or as an obsolete noun to refer to a deep stratagem.

Here's a list of synonyms for stratagem.

Noun
▲
A tactic or artifice designed to gain the upper hand
artifice
device
ploy
ruse
scheme
tactic
trick
wile
gambit
manoeuvreUK
dodge
machination
plan
plot
subterfuge
move
play
racket
contrivance
deceit
deception
expedient
feint
flimflam
gimmick
intrigue
jig
knack
maneuverUS
setup
shenanigan
shift
sleight
action
angle
brainchild
con
fetch
game
gamesmanship
grift
juggle
lurk
pretext
scenario
twist
wheeze
bit
method
scene
game plan
sleight of hand
booby trap
one-upmanship
little game
course of action
line of action
bait and switch
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“It was a clever stratagem for defeating the tax proposals without incurring the popular odium for doing so.”
Noun
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An instance of successfully achieving something difficult
coup
achievement
feat
accomplishment
triumph
attainment
success
deed
exploit
acquirement
stunt
manoeuvreUK
maneuverUS
action
baby
stroke
masterstroke
scoop
plot
upset
master stroke
tour de force
successful manoeuvre
coup de mâitre
coup d'état
stroke of genius
successful stroke
act
performance
handiwork
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Noun
▲
A lie or falsehood, or the act of lying or concocting a falsehood
fabrication
lie
falsehood
untruth
fib
falsity
story
fiction
prevarication
whopper
falsification
mendacity
fable
deception
porky
fantasy
tale
myth
taradiddle
tarradiddle
sham
pretenceUK
exaggeration
yarn
pretenseUS
figment
deceit
pretext
concoction
ruse
bulldust
hogwash
phantasy
wile
trickery
line
rumorUS
rumourUK
jazz
forgery
smoke
fake
artefactUK
artifactUS
claptrap
jive
opus
work
fairy tale
trumped-up story
tall story
fairy story
piece of fiction
half-truth
made-up story
white lie
tall tale
flight of fancy
red herring
barefaced lie
terminological inexactitude
little white lie
cock and bull story
departure from the truth
figment of the imagination
porky pie
pork pie
cock-and-bull story
song and dance
poetic licenseUS
poetic licenceUK
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Noun
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The ability to solve difficult problems, often in original, clever, and inventive ways
resourcefulness
creativity
imagination
ingenuity
inventiveness
originality
resource
wits
ability
appliance
artifice
assets
capability
capital
cleverness
contraption
contrivance
course
creation
device
expedient
fortune
hoard
initiative
makeshift
means
measure
method
mode
property
quick-wittedness
recourse
refuge
relief
reserve
riches
shift
source
step
stock
stockpile
store
substance
substitute
support
surrogate
system
talent
way
wealth
wherewithal
worth
nest egg
Noun
▲
A false, contrived, or assumed purpose or reason
pretext
excuse
pretenceUK
ploy
ruse
cover
device
grounds
pretenseUS
alibi
simulation
subterfuge
con
feint
routine
stall
cop-out
cover story
cover-up
ostensible reason
red herring
supposed grounds
alleged reason
false excuse
fig leaf
song and dance
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