guile[noun]Synonyms: cunning, artifice, cleverness, craft, deceit, slyness, trickery, wiliness
Antonyms: ingenuousness, candor
[TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
guile /ɡaɪl/
noun [uncountable] formal[
Date: 1200-1300;
Language: Old French]
the use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive someone
Synonym : cunning:
With a little guile she might get what she wanted.—guileful adjective [TahlilGaran] Dictionary of Contemporary English ▲