guile

guile
Synonyms and related words:
Italian hand, acuteness, art, artfulness, artifice, astuteness, cageyness, callidity, canniness, cleverness, craft, craftiness, cunning, cunningness, deceit, deceitfulness, dissemblance, dissimulation, duplicity, falseheartedness, falseness, fine Italian hand, finesse, foxiness, furtiveness, gamesmanship, hypocrisy, indirection, ingeniousness, insidiousness, inventiveness, one-upmanship, readiness, resourcefulness, satanic cunning, sharpness, shiftiness, shrewdness, slipperiness, slyness, sneak attack, sneakiness, sophistry, stealth, stealthiness, subtilty, subtleness, subtlety, suppleness, surreptitiousness, treacherousness, trickiness, underhandedness, wariness, wiles, wiliness, wit

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  • Guile — Guile, n. [OE. guile, gile, OF. guile; of German origin, and the same word as E. wile. See {Wile}.] Craft; deceitful cunning; artifice; duplicity; wile; deceit; treachery. [1913 Webster] Behold an Israelite indeed, in whom is no guile. John i. 47 …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • Guile — may refer to:* GNU Guile, an interpreter/virtual machine for the Scheme programming language * Guile ( Street Fighter ), a video game character from Street Fighter series * Guile (Chrono Cross), a video game character from Chrono Cross …   Wikipedia

  • Guile — Guile, v. t. [OF. guiler. See {Guile}, n.] To disguise or conceal; to deceive or delude. [Obs.] Spenser. [1913 Webster] …   The Collaborative International Dictionary of English

  • guile — [gīl] n. [ME gile < OFr guile < Frank * wigila, guile, akin to OE wigle: see WILE] slyness and cunning in dealing with others …   English World dictionary

  • guile — [gaıl] n [U] formal [Date: 1200 1300; : Old Frenc] the use of clever but dishonest methods to deceive someone = ↑cunning ▪ With a little guile she might get what she wanted. >guileful adj …   Dictionary of contemporary English

  • guile — mid 12c., from O.Fr. guile deceit, wile, fraud, ruse, trickery, from Frankish *wigila trick, ruse or a related Germanic source (Cf. O.Fris. wigila sorcery, witchcraft, O.E. wil trick; see WILE (Cf. wile)) …   Etymology dictionary

  • guile — index artifice, bad faith, collusion, color (deceptive appearance), deception, duplicity, evasion, fraud, hoax …   Law dictionary

  • guile — [ gaıl ] noun uncount FORMAL the skillful use of dishonest means to trick people or make them do what you want: CUNNING …   Usage of the words and phrases in modern English

  • guile — n duplicity, dissimulation, cunning, *deceit Analogous words: trickery, double dealing, chicanery, chicane, *deception: craft, artifice (see ART) Antonyms: ingenuousness: candor …   New Dictionary of Synonyms

  • guile — [n] slyness, cleverness artfulness, artifice, chicanery, craft, craftiness, cunning, deceit, deception, dirty dealing*, dirty pool*, dirty trick*, dirty work*, dishonesty, dissemblance, dissimulation, double cross*, duplicity, foul play*, jive*,… …   New thesaurus

  • guile — ► NOUN ▪ sly or cunning intelligence. DERIVATIVES guileful adjective. ORIGIN Old French, related to WILE(Cf. ↑W) …   English terms dictionary

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