artifice[noun]Synonyms:- trick, contrivance, device, machination, manoeuvre, stratagem, subterfuge, tactic
- cleverness, ingenuity, inventiveness, skill
Related Words: ingenuity,
inventiveness,
originality,
adroitness,
cleverness,
keenness,
quickness,
shrewdness,
adeptness,
proficiency,
chicane,
chicanery,
trickery,
knavery,
rascality,
skulduggery,
deceit,
dissimulation,
duplicity,
guile [TahlilGaran] English Synonym Dictionary ▲
ar‧ti‧fice /ˈɑːtəfəs, ˈɑːtɪfəs $ ˈɑːr-/
noun formal[
Date: 1600-1700;
Language: French;
Origin: Latin artificium, from artifex 'skilled worker', from ars ( ⇒ art1) + facere 'to make']
1. [uncountable] the use of clever tricks to deceive someone
Synonym : cunning2. [countable] a trick used to deceive someone
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