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Noun
▲
The action of evading something
avoidance
dodging
elusion
shunning
circumvention
ducking
eluding
escape
shirking
cop-out
cunning
deception
fudging
pretext
shuffling
artifice
bypassing
equivocation
eschewal
eschewing
out
prevarication
ruse
shaking
sidestepping
subterfuge
trickery
bilking
evasiveness
go-by
obliqueness
sophism
sophistry
ditch
dodge
equivocating
evading
excuse
fugiviteness
fugivity
jive
lie
quibble
routine
run-around
shift
skirting
slip
stall
stonewall
stonewalling
trick
getting out of
fancy footwork
finding a way round
more ❯
“But this evasion of conflict still remained a problem.”
Noun
▲
The state of hesitating or being uncertain
dodging
evasiveness
fencing
hedging
prevarication
shilly-shallying
shuffling
cavilingUS
cavillingUK
equivocation
pussyfooting
quibbling
sidestepping
stalling
temporization
vagueness
ducking
tergiversation
dodging the issue
beating about the bush
sidestepping the issue
stalling for time
ducking the issue
humming and hawing
qualification
quibble
temporizingUS
uncertainty
temporisingUK
fudge
more ❯
“No, I will not patronise you with clever evasions.”
Noun
▲
A play on words, a pun
tergiversation
deception
equivocality
deceit
prevarication
ambiguity
misrepresentation
doubtfulness
amphibology
casuistry
colouringUK
coloringUS
con
cover
deceptiveness
delusion
dissimulation
distortion
duplicity
equivoque
euphemism
fallacy
fib
fibbing
hedge
hedging
lie
line
lying
shuffling
song
sophistry
speciousness
spuriousness
stall
stonewall
waffle
amphiboly
double meaning
cover-up
run-around
cop out
double entendre
double talk
quibbling routine
weasel word
song and dance
more ❯
Noun
▲
Deceit used in order to achieve one's goal
subterfuge
trickery
chicanery
deceit
deviousness
hanky-panky
intrigue
jiggery-pokery
bluff
cheating
craft
craftiness
cunning
deception
dishonesty
duplicity
guile
slyness
artifice
chicane
fraud
fraudulence
gamesmanship
jugglery
legerdemain
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
skulduggery
skullduggery
sophistry
wile
codology
kidology
device
funny business
monkey business
sharp practice
every trick in the book
imposture
course of action
set-up
sleight of hand
grift
setup
line of action
swindle
programUS
programmeUK
bunco
cover
rort
action
twist
course
jest
sport
catch
flanker
angle
conspiracy
con trick
schlenter
system
instrument
put-on
feat
sting
policy
wangle
gyp
decoy
snare
rig
wrinkle
fastie
confidence trick
game plan
substitute
blueprint
procedure
secret
antic
red herring
canard
booby trap
bait
ground plan
lure
invention
maneuveringUS
idea
medium
operation
tool
approach
manoeuvringUK
switch
brainchild
fun
concern
counterfeit
fixture
tack
practice
shenanigans
escapade
tomfoolery
jape
accomplishment
frolic
lark
gag
gambol
stall
arrangement
put-up job
line
road map
monkeyshine
ambush
misrepresentation
secret plan
plan of action
master plan
distraction
planning
practical joke
lie
technique
form
toils
leg-pull
option
recipe
Trojan horse
sketch
imposition
alternative
layout
scenario
sellout
possibility
aid
solution
prank
outline
act
movement
whitewash
exploit
draftUS
smoke screen
appliance
agency
number
curveball
mode
allurement
machinations
opportunity
venture
hustle
slant
manipulation
dirty work
cover-up
enterprise
deed
snow job
proceeding
facility
draughtUK
song and dance
covin
smoke and mirrors
little game
gadget
gizmo
widget
kicker
make-do
practicality
expedience
joke
path
road
screen
cloak
mask
camouflage
front
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
plans
pretension
hoodwinking
humbug
spoof
sell
proposal
set of tactics
disguise
facade
amenity
frame-up
initiative
control
treachery
subversion
fabrication
formation
duck
falsehood
delusion
distortion
contraption
formula
loss-leader
shtick
façade
dirty trick
sweet talk
soft soap
crocodile tears
fix
take-in
beguilement
monkeyshines
horseplay
convenience
secret scheme
promotion
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
demarche
fancy footwork
shuffle
mock attack
make-believe
rip-off
service
oldest trick in the book
bit
scene
campaigning
generalship
effort
legal action
ambuscade
attention-grabber
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
hokum
porky
benefit
provision
plotting
devices
diplomacy
defenceUK
how
disposition
manner
defenseUS
fashion
channels
campaign
style
methodology
jive
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
illusion
hogwash
story
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
utility
savvy
one-upmanship
instrumentality
gency
crafty designs
grand design
surpize
surprise
ambushment
performance
net
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
bait and switch
potential
hope
fast shuffle
confidence game
fast one
con game
prestidigitation
skit
show
magic
noose
choice
entanglement
meshes
morass
quagmire
tanglement
quicksand
web
gin
grounds
on the make
red tape
simulation
alibi
pitfall
springe
remedy
chance
magic trick
hocus-pocus
routine
honey trap
temptation
hook
come-on
dragnet
lasso
inveiglement
enticement
seducement
snag
source of assistance
someone to turn to
possible course of action
source of help
something to turn to
surrogate
help
reference
relief
cop-out
plan of attack
cover story
alleged reason
supposed grounds
fig leaf
ostensible reason
false excuse
map
drawing
chart
skill
representation
picture
view
art
schema
illustration
ability
expertise
architectural plan
organizationUS
hang
gift
competence
command
artist's impression
diagram
plat
know-how
prospectus
projection
meaning
delineation
platform
tour de force
rough draft
scale drawing
floor plan
time line
organisationUK
more ❯
Noun
▲
The property of being spurious
spuriousness
illegitimacy
deception
bastardy
deceptiveness
equivocation
sophism
sophistry
speciousness
delusion
quibbling
aberration
ambiguity
artifice
bias
casuistry
cavil
deceit
deviation
elusion
erratum
erroneousness
error
falsehood
faultiness
flaw
heresy
illogicality
inconsistency
inexactness
invalidity
misapprehension
miscalculation
misconstrual
misinterpretation
mistake
notion
paradox
perversion
preconception
prejudice
quirk
solecism
subterfuge
untruth
bar sinister
non sequitur
unsoundness
inadequacy
irrationality
baselessness
unconvincingness
imprecision
lameness
implausibility
tenuousness
questionability
unjustifiability
weakness
poverty
untenability
flimsiness
doubtfulness
inconceivability
unsatisfactoriness
thinness
slightness
inconceivableness
improbability
deficiency
incorrectness
shortcoming
insubstantiality
frailness
unlikelihood
fragility
frailty
artificiality
mistakenness
wrongness
unsuitability
impropriety
impreciseness
blunder
fault
inexactitude
unreliability
unfaithfulness
more ❯
Noun
▲
The failure to make a payment
nonpayment
avoidance
default
defaulting
failure
bankruptcy
delinquency
neglect
negligence
dereliction
omission
oversight
misprision
nonfeasance
disregard
failure to pay
dodging
non-payment
want
lack
lapse
absence
deficiency
defect
exclusion
inaction
fault
non-remittance
non-appearance
offenseUS
loss
forgetfulness
deficit
inadvertence
failing
slip
flop
fiasco
turkey
washout
bomb
lemon
bust
nonsuccess
nonobservance
faux pas
false step
inattention
non-observance
mistake
misdeed
felony
misdemeanorUS
misbehaviourUK
misdemeanourUK
misbehaviorUS
clinker
frost
debacle
clunker
dud
fizzle
bummer
mishap
miscue
disaster
catastrophe
dereliction of duty
criminal behavior
shortage
scarcity
scantiness
scarceness
undersupply
paucity
deprivation
non-fulfilment
slovenliness
nonjoinder
famine
poverty
lacuna
inadequateness
sparseness
crunch
shortfall
pinch
drought
drouth
exiguity
need
meagreness
shortness
exiguousness
ignoring
cancellationUK
noninclusion
preterition
skip
repudiation
chasm
prohibition
break
disregardance
excluding
slighting
preclusion
withholding
cancelationUS
missing
pretermission
breach
overlook
inadvertency
insufficience
decay
downfall
stalemate
rupture
wreck
decline
bungle
misstep
frustration
defeat
abortion
misadventure
rout
checkmate
breakdown
mess
implosion
stoppage
loser
miscarriage
deterioration
botch
overthrow
collapse
passing over
cutting out
total loss
sinking ship
lead balloon
flash in the pan
more ❯
Noun
▲
Bland fluent talk indulged in to avoid addressing a difficult subject or situation directly
flannel
blarney
flattery
nonsense
rubbish
baloney
blandishments
bosh
poppycock
rot
bunk
doublespeak
double-talk
equivocation
hedging
prevarication
soft soap
spiel
adulation
applesauce
balderdash
beans
bilge
blah
blah-blah
blather
blatherskite
blither
boloney
bull
buncombe
bunkum
butter
claptrap
codswallop
crapola
crock
drivel
drool
falderal
fiddle
fiddle-faddle
fiddlesticks
flapdoodle
folderol
folly
foolishness
fudge
garbage
guff
hogwash
hokeypokey
hokum
honeyed words
hoodoo
hooey
horsefeathers
humbug
incense
jazz
malarkey
malarky
moonshine
muck
nerts
nuts
overpraise
piffle
punk
senselessness
silliness
slush
smooth talk
stupidity
sweet talk
taffy
taradiddle
tarradiddle
tommyrot
tosh
unintelligible language
hocus-pocus
obscure language
trifles
trivialities
minutiae
argle-bargle
footle
small change
small beer
small potatoes
memorabilia
minutia
fine points
candyfloss
bluster
legalese
braggadocio
irrelevancies
rodomontade
magniloquence
fanfaronade
turgidity
bagatelle
nothing
euphuism
picayune
nonproblem
chitchat
shucks
Choctaw
officialese
deceit
amphibiology
small fry
peanuts
doggerel
technobabble
obscuration
pulp
yammer
lunacy
all Greek
ravings
crud
rigamarole
smoke and mirrors
scat
mere words
horse feathers
pabulum
pablum
story
saga
bafflegab
nonsense talk
verbalizingUS
jibber-jabber
sophistry
details
explanation
overelaboration
excuse
yarn
account
pulp fiction
verbalisingUK
amphigory
macaronics
boastful talk
niceties
technicalities
petty details
song and dance
non-essentials
loftiness
pettiness
shallowness
superficiality
lightheartedness
inconsequentiality
portentousness
pompousness
ornateness
pedantry
boastfulness
slang
patter
windiness
orotundity
sonorousness
pretentiousness
gasconade
idiom
patois
argot
lingo
rhodomontade
brag
grandiosity
ostentation
affectedness
cockalorum
periphrasis
vernacular
dialect
tumidity
verboseness
altiloquence
pad
long-windedness
rave
bombastry
cotton
aureation
rhapsody
padded
stuffed
affectation
tympany
rage
parlance
extravagant boasting
psychobabble
vocabulary
language
computerese
terminology
bureaucratese
shop
usage
journalese
tongue
shoptalk
bombard phrase
purple prose
inessential
fandangle
specialized language
-speak
-ese
netspeak
technical language
cliché
geekspeak
deets
incidental
insipidity
colloquialism
newspeak
banality
neologism
slanguage
speech
lexicon
no big thing
fine point
thing of no consequence
no great matter
thing of no importance
minor technicality
non-essential
small technicality
mere detail
minor detail
small detail
petty detail
matter of no consequence
matter of no importance
little thing
much ado about nothing
minor thing
leetspeak, l33tspeak
stale language
overused term
trite language
hackneyed term
commonplace term
street talk
more ❯
Noun
▲
A reason or explanation given to justify a fault or offense
excuse
justification
reason
plea
defenceUK
explanation
grounds
extenuation
mitigation
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
vindication
front
rationalisationUK
rationalizationUS
alibi
apology
basis
cause
cover
defenseUS
palliation
pretext
apologia
argument
coverup
line
story
disguise
expedient
fabrication
routine
subterfuge
whitewash
cop-out
get-out
cover story
cover-up
mitigating circumstances
ostensible reason
song and dance
why and wherefore
fish story
case
rationale
assertion
account
reasoning
exoneration
declaration
answer
support
claim
exculpation
evidence
statement
accounting
acquittal
premise
validation
advocacy
allegation
approval
logic
stall
contention
polemic
retort
apologetics
proof
thesis
expostulation
reasons
pleading
line of reasoning
appeasement
action
suit
apologism
apologetic
out
right
substantiation
ratification
meaning
modification
qualification
moderation
reduction
sense
fish tale
motive
endorsement
explication
clearing
compurgation
revenge
proclamation
appeal
petition
exposition
presentation
postulation
copout
confession
excusing
explaining
response
promotion
expounding
an excuse
jive
apologizingUS
return
cleanup
apologisingUK
argumentation
ploy
ruse
issue
questioning
discharge
pardon
acquittance
device
the why and wherefore
profession
affirmation
reply
assurance
defending evidence
avowal
warrant
simulation
stratagem
demonstration
dialectic
absolution
feint
con
foundation
airtight case
extenuating circumstances
whitewashing
wherefore
palliative
just cause
whatfor
red herring
supposed grounds
fig leaf
alleged reason
false excuse
raison d'être
whole idea
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action of fleeing
escapement
escape
breakout
decampment
exodus
flight
getaway
breaking away
escaping
retreat
absconding
lam
break
rout
exit
slip
fleeing
departure
bunk
disappearance
decamping
running away
vanishing
exfiltration
breakaway
powder
out
spring
retreating
beat
withdrawal
evacuation
retirement
exiting
desertion
hegira
recession
migration
leave
emigration
egression
pullback
leaving
pullout
going
farewell
egress
fallback
parting
departing
quitting
leave-taking
abandonment
ebb
outgo
walking out
lighting out
abscondment
abdication
adieu
vanishing act
goodbye
going away
mass departure
removal
bolting
elopement
liberation
clearance
flit
jailbreakUS
gaolbreakUK
eviction
break-out
offgoing
bolt
deliverance
vacation
bolt for freedom
passage
congé
pull-out
embarkation
expatriation
stampede
running off
bow out
truancy
absconsion
abscondence
withdrawment
leavetaking
passing
expulsion
prison break
exeunt
outgoing
deportation
shifting
passing away
outbreak
extrication
retiral
resignation
release
freedom
going off
runaround
sidestepping
walkout
takeoff
withdrawing
separation
sailing
start
springing
rescue
setting off
starting out
setting out
taking leave
setting forth
taking off
extraction
katabasis
AWOL
secession
marooning
disengagement
diaspora
outpour
outflow
outpouring
gush
pulling back
pulling out
journey
drawing out
moving out
going out
chicken run
more ❯
Noun
▲
The action or fact of abandoning or being abandoned
desertion
absconding
dereliction
flight
escape
truancy
abandonment
decamping
betrayal
defection
departure
forsaking
bolting
fleeing
flying
running away
cowardice
relinquishment
treason
abrogation
avoidance
backsliding
castoff
defecting
departing
derelict
disaffection
disappearance
disavowal
disavowing
divorce
elusion
falseness
marooning
perfidy
recreancy
rejection
resignation
retirement
retreat
secession
tergiversation
treachery
turning tail
withdrawal
falling away
going absent without leave
going AWOL
going back on
running out on
taking French leave
rout
bunk
exit
escapement
abscondment
prison break
gaolbreakUK
jailbreakUS
vanishing
exfiltration
breakaway
retreating
hasty departure
powder
out
fugue
getaway car
more ❯
Noun
▲
A strong dislike or disinclination
aversion
disgust
hate
horror
loathing
hatred
abhorrence
antipathy
hostility
repugnance
revulsion
detestation
disinclination
reluctance
distaste
odium
repulsion
unwillingness
animosity
dislike
opposition
abomination
allergy
anathema
avoidance
dislike of
distaste for
execration
nausea
phobia
resistance
shunning
disrelish
indisposition
antagonism
displeasure
dissatisfaction
dread
having no use for
malice
resentment
spite
malevolence
venom
acrimony
spleen
spitefulness
malignity
unfriendliness
virulence
contempt
repellence
nastiness
objection
bad feeling
anger
disdain
pique
bile
vindictiveness
malignancy
maliciousness
hard feelings
pugnaciousness
friction
despite
umbrage
meanness
scorn
militancy
viciousness
hatefulness
cattiness
vitriol
war
warpath
estrangement
disaffection
disapproval
bellicoseness
poison
inimicality
bellicosity
malignance
aggression
revenge
mislike
resentfulness
grievance
truculency
disfavourUK
pugnacity
disfavorUS
yuck factor
militance
truculence
rivalry
wrath
vengefulness
frost
contention
acerbity
no love lost
coldness
combativeness
down
oppugnancy
maleficence
conflict
belligerency
contentiousness
bugbear
rankling
trouble
bother
outrage
belligerence
repugnancy
vexation
ill feelings
choler
envy
unkindness
revolt
feud
alienation
aloofness
offenceUK
offenseUS
iciness
ill-will
grudges
grievances
indignation
irritation
irritant
gripe
pain
nuisance
prejudice
bete noire
nasty look
black beast
disesteem
asperity
sourness
inhospitality
annoyance
disgruntlement
unsociability
ire
opprobrium
derision
mordacity
defiance
deprecation
dissension
discord
disrespect
competition
disliking
disparagement
averseness
bad feelings
peeve
frostiness
despitefulness
scornfulness
coolness
ridicule
variance
disapprobation
shame
disregard
chip on your shoulder
inimicalness
needle
despisal
aggressiveness
ignominy
counteraction
bad will
hurt
disgrace
harshness
obloquy
dudgeon
blame
surliness
extreme dislike
revengefulness
contradistinction
disagreement
irascibility
vengeance
score
bane
peevishness
hesitance
warlikeness
evil
contumely
waspishness
refusal
hesitancy
exasperation
demurral
acrimoniousness
acidity
aversion to
pungency
hesitation
slowness
evilness
reticence
bête noire
demur
loathness
condescension
causticity
diffidence
wickedness
denigration
sweerness
nolition
recalcitrance
evil intentions
mean-spiritedness
lack of enthusiasm
harsh feeling
hateful feeling
lack of desire
disaccord
oppugnation
vendetta
ill-disposedness
distrust
adverseness
recoil
balefulness
perniciousness
savagery
ferocity
bitter feeling
antithesis
clashing
difference
incongruity
antagonization
invidiousness
bad vibes
bad chemistry
blood feud
personality conflict
mutual hostility
shock
mockery
rebuff
snub
denial
grief
hassle
rancorousness
aggravation
strong dislike
disapprobation of
dissatisfaction with
displeasure with
disinclination towards
disapproval of
enemyship
enemyhood
foeship
uncordiality
daggers
embitterment
grudgingness
embitteredness
remoteness
hate for
discontent with
discontentment
huff
argumentativeness
intimidation
strong aversion
intense dislike
fury
rage
discontent
devilry
backbiting
devilment
complaint
injustice
injury
miff
jealousy
nauseation
surfeit
satiety
nauseousness
sickness
satiation
dirt
malintent
cruelty
implacability
mischievousness
virus
taint
contagion
infection
vituperation
wounded feelings
pet peeve
evil intent
disrepute
discredit
infamy
perturbation
exacerbation
fog
passion
rise
vehemence
cynicism
cantankerousness
bad temper
ill temper
petulance
pettishness
crossness
irritability
sarcasm
bone to pick
snobbery
timidity
audacity
indignity
stubbornness
slight
snappishness
moodiness
tetchiness
bad mood
sullenness
querulousness
testiness
touchiness
crabbiness
tartness
wavering
timorousness
vacillation
froideur
trepidation
ill humour
biliousness
astringency
sharpness
discountenance
hauteur
indifference
arrogance
superciliousness
contemptuousness
mordancy
acidness
acridity
acridness
violence
dishonorUS
reproach
reprobation
humiliation
condemnation
notoriety
censure
dishonourUK
stigma
doubts
qualms
scruples
foot-dragging
misgivings
corrosiveness
acuteness
poignance
poignancy
keenness
bite
edge
virulency
roughness
crabbedness
haughtiness
snobbishness
scrappiness
disputatiousness
fight
hawkishness
quarrelsomeness
attack
assaultiveness
warmongering
force
assault
feistiness
militantness
coyness
dislike for
indisposedness
nolence
backwardness
trenchancy
churlishness
blur
onus
spot
stain
rebuke
brand
slur
unpopularity
blot
dispprobation
abhorrent
hateful
pariah
stoniness
milt
temper
melancholy
lien
grumpiness
caprice
whim
depression
rudeness
crankiness
nasty behavior
bête noir
invasion
encroachment
infringement
destructiveness
opposition to
second thoughts
objection to
backwardness in coming forward
resistance to
pangs of conscience
despisement
dismissiveness
misprision
lordliness
sneering
repellent
monstrosity
offensive
odious
repugnant
pet hate
ill repute
chilliness
standoffishness
attitude
push
enemy
loftiness
insolence
superbity
pride
glaciality
lack of warmth
stiffness
frigidity
ice
distance
stand-offishness
black eye
bar sinister
loss of face
obstruction
obstructiveness
uncharitableness
ruthlessness
retaliation
criticism
non-compliance
dissent
hardness of heart
warfare
prevention
defenceUK
duel
negativism
action
con
contest
contraposition
violation
strife
combat
grapple
skirmish
fray
defenseUS
engagement
brush
antinomy
counterattack
confronting
struggle
opposure
encounter
civil disobedience
more ❯
Noun
▲
An ambiguity or inadequacy in the law or a set of rules
loophole
ambiguity
let-out
avoidance
crack
defect
discrepancy
dodge
escape
escape clause
excuse
fault
flaw
inadequacy
inconsistency
omission
plea
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
pretext
shortcoming
slip
subterfuge
alternative
escape route
get-out
means of avoidance
means of evasion
out
outlet
technicality
workaround
let-out clause
means of escape
way out
opening
gap
window
door
error
weakness
egress
exit
fallacy
mistake
weak point
hole
more ❯
Noun
▲
Confusing word
weasel word
confusing statement
dodge
equivocal saying
misleading statement
misleading word
suppressio veri
waffling
Noun
▲
A manner or expression that hides one's true character or feelings
pretenseUS
act
charade
facade
guise
masquerade
semblance
airs
disguise
façade
front
playacting
pose
put-on
show
acting
appearance
artifice
cloak
con
cover
deceit
deception
display
dissimulation
double-dealing
excuse
fabrication
fakery
faking
falsehood
falsification
feigning
gag
hoax
imitation
insincerity
invention
make-believe
mask
misrepresentation
misstatement
ostentation
posing
posturing
pretext
routine
ruse
schtick
sham
shuffling
simulation
stall
stunt
subterfuge
trick
trickery
veil
veneer
wile
dumb act
false pretense
means
method
setup
strategy
hustle
design
course of action
measure
twist
way
action
con game
angle
fast one
frame-up
line of action
shell game
step
jest
diddle
tack
frame
instrument
prank
policy
course
wrinkle
wangle
confidence game
game plan
bunko
kite
cabal
procedure
system
cunning plan
boondoggle
programmeUK
tactics
sport
shakedown
programUS
booby trap
fix
double-cross
fast shuffle
operation
resort
resource
swizzle
recourse
dirty pool
movement
collusion
project
maneuveringUS
swizz
scenario
practical joke
expediency
brainchild
stopgap
finesse
switch
fun
concern
secret
fixture
manoeuvringUK
legerdemain
arrangement
ramp
practice
shenanigans
graft
fraudulent scheme
covin
extortion
master plan
line
plan of action
monkey business
shady deal
secret plan
little game
disposition
fit-up
recipe
loophole
methodology
initiative
planning
proposition
jape
purpose
pattern
skullduggery
agency
falseness
makeshift
falsity
gamesmanship
slant
plotting
conjuring
manipulation
hanky-panky
machinations
cant
tool
medium
blackmail
magic
curveball
jugglery
perfidy
disloyalty
crime
exploitation
bit of sharp practice
blueprint
proceeding
substitute
stealing
crooked deal
ground plan
bait and switch
bill of goods
gadget
gizmo
widget
winning move
kicker
innovation
coinage
concoction
creation
option
land mine
path
road
intention
equivocation
jiggery-pokery
skulduggery
plans
wiles
formation
hosing
solution
possibility
alternative
cunningness
improvisation
deed
loss-leader
shtick
deal
set of tactics
campaigning
manoeuvresUK
generalship
proposal
stratagems
attention-grabber
deviation
disturbance
distractor
commotion
diversion
interruption
promotion
aid
apparatus
publicity device
eye-catching novelty
beguilement
monkeyshines
horseplay
clever move
subversion
undertaking
thought
formula
sucker game
cozening
jazz
hoaxing
wrong
baloney
bamboozlement
instrumentality
gency
motion
mine
hidden danger
baited trap
mousetrap
trip wire
deadfall
submission
animus
devices
diplomacy
defenceUK
how
maneuversUS
technique
defenseUS
fashion
channels
campaign
style
contraption
mode
appliance
demarche
fancy footwork
shuffle
draftUS
draughtUK
oldest trick in the book
secret scheme
porky
trumped-up charge
false charge
sanctimoniousness
escapade
antic
monkeyshine
tomfoolery
feat
accomplishment
frolic
lark
gambol
treatment
projection
shifting
take in
overcharging
roguery
knavery
bit
scene
connivance
complicity
deceptiveness
venture
embezzlement
bilk
mare's-nest
fallacy
ride
malarkey
hogwash
pork pie
shuck
crock
fib
curve ball
false face
false clue
fool's errand
false trail
wild-goose chase
diversionary tactic
misleading clue
cover up
run around
enterprise
rip
attempt
progress
effort
on the make
phoneyness
empty talk
hypocritical talk
hypocritical behaviour
Tartufferie
big picture
double cross
lies
propaganda
do
have
one-upmanship
funny business
complot
confederacy
red tape
crafty designs
road map
grand design
league
secret understanding
illegal scheme
robbery
underworld
squeeze
daylight robbery
lay
larceny
illicit scheme
illegal enterprise
theft
criminal activity
thieving
push
lift
thievery
illegality
purloining
lawlessness
steal
sedition
hookup
countermine
counterplot
treacherousness
prestidigitation
knowledge
agreement
involvement
consent
approval
skunk
guiltiness
guilt
collaboration
cahoots
flam
diddling
plan of attack
golden circle
incantation
charm
chant
abracadabra
backstabbing
business
betrayal
infidelity
unfaithfulness
faithlessness
two-timing
treason
magic words
mumbo jumbo
invocation
fraudulent artifice
fradulent artifice
optical illusion
magic trick
occultism
magic formula
hocus
mystification
rigmarole
open sesame
spell
juggling
conjuring trick
stab in the back
more ❯
Noun
▲
An intentionally false statement
lie
fabrication
falsehood
fib
untruth
deception
falsity
fiction
falsification
prevarication
invention
mendacity
misinformation
dishonesty
disinformation
exaggeration
myth
perjury
sham
deceit
inaccuracy
porky
pretenseUS
pretenceUK
story
white lie
dissimulation
distortion
gossip
guile
misrepresentation
misstatement
pretext
propaganda
subterfuge
tale
bulldust
fable
falseness
forgery
fraudulence
hyperbole
line
whopper
yarn
backbiting
detraction
taradiddle
tarradiddle
half-truth
departure from the truth
fairy tale
flight of fancy
made-up story
piece of fiction
tall story
tall tale
terminological inexactitude
trumped-up story
barefaced lie
fake news
figment of the imagination
little white lie
red herring
alternative fact
cock and bull story
fairy story
pork pie
porky pie
make-believe
hoax
faking
charade
whimsy
masquerade
simulation
contrivance
put-on
pose
act
reverie
play-acting
posturing
posing
lack of veracity
imitation
counterfeit
daydreaming
playacting
ideation
phonyUS
spoof
swindle
phoneyUK
creation of the brain
thought
perfidiousness
imaginativeness
acting
fool's paradise
posture
self-deception
show
facade
shamming
telling stories
copy
façade
airs
pretension
display
appearance
flimflam
scam
veneer
wish
romancing
whim
ploy
feint
sleight
imposition
desire
caprice
visualizationUS
visualisationUK
vagary
inventiveness
imposture
envisioning
castle in Spain
pie in the sky
imaginative faculty
wildest dream
phantom of the mind
creature of the imagination
misunderstanding
double-crossing
two-facedness
originality
speculation
pretending
affectation
dreaming
creative thought
attitudinizing
cant
attitude
bluff
performance
veil
stunt
cloak
ostentation
gag
schtick
stance
reproduction
ostensible reason
dissemblance
underhandedness
white lies
simulacrum
putting on an act
chaser
hamming
dissimilation
spectreUK
snare
mock-up
dummy
pretentiousness
pageant
role-playing
game
false display
sweet talk
soft soap
a put-up job
false front
way around
a put-on
shuck and jive
little white lies
forswearing
phantom
bogy
monstrosity
monster
will-o'-the-wisp
lookalike
likeness
false colours
ignis fatuus
virtual reality
specterUS
rainbow
fata morgana
duping
pinchbeck
rip-off
dupe
knock-off
pirate
counterfeiting
false pretense
dumb act
image
pseudo
four-flusher
junque
gold brick
replica
conception
oathbreach
swindling
quackery
charlatanry
blind
pirating
coining
power of invention
wishful thinking
conceiving
hope
fond hope
head trip
air castle
cloud cuckoo land
mind trip
fanciful notion
flight of imagination
utopia
lying under oath
wilful falsehood
giving false testimony
bearing false witness
inclination
preference
attraction
partiality
fondness
impersonation
gambit
maneuverUS
fiddle
cheat
wheeze
sell
sting
hocus-pocus
urge
liking
relish
predilection
taste
want
impulse
like
mind's eye
mental image
imaginative power
false swearing
false oath
craving
bent
yearning
hankering
thirst
longing
pining
love
penchant
fraudulent copying
need
ache
appetite
hunger
shine
con trick
manoeuvreUK
bearing false testimony
forswearing oneself
oath breaking
false testimony
giving false evidence
violation of an oath
envisagement
quirk
predisposition
eccentricity
idea
itch
kink
picture
humourUK
thing
yen
whimsey
humorUS
peculiarity
fraudulent imitation
making false statements
sweet tooth
druthers
love affair
eyes for
more ❯
Noun
▲
A quick and nimble move, typically to elude
juke
dodge
sidestep
duck
dummy
fake
shirk
swerve
shake
fake out
two-step
Euro step
dart
bolt
spring
leap
dive
jump
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